Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by rayiner on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @11:27AM
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I have family around Jackson Heights and one is reposting stuff from Jamaat-e-Islami (the main Islamist party) on FB.
It’s very odd. I saw lots of younger Bangladeshis supporting the overthrow of the Awami League government (the most secular of the parties). I wasn’t sure if it was people who just didn’t realize it would leave a vacuum for Islamists, or or people who wanted that. It seems there’s some of both.
Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by selimthegrim on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @11:54AM
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My boss was a BNP supporter and regularly used to tell me that Chhatra league was as bad or worse than Shibir.
Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by rayiner on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @12:31PM
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Growing up with my militantly secular dad, I've always been shocked to even meet BNP supporters in the wild.
Re:Over 36,500 killed in Iran's deadliest massacre, document...
by selimthegrim on Tuesday January 27, 2026 @12:47PM
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He always told me he didn't support any one party outright but he also told me Pakistan was a great country so I could put two and two together. He also called Prothom Alo communists.
It seems to be true across the Muslim world. My father is from North Africa, and any time we've been back there over the past decades it's very clear a large swath of the youth are embracing the more religious political movements.