Glossary

A.L.     Awami League: Opposition party led by Sheikh Hasina Wajed

BNP    Bangladesh National Party: Ruling party led by Prime Minister Khaleda Zia

IOJ      Islamic Okye Jyote:

Junior partner in ruling coalition; Islamist party

K.N.    Khatme Nabuwat:

International umbrella organization of Islamists dedicated to the "preservation of the finality of Mohammad's prophethood."

J.I.       Jama'at-e-Islami: International Wahabi Islamist political movement and name of a political party in Bangladesh.

J.P.      Jatiyo Party: Minor political party headed by General Ershad, former military

ruler.