"Bangladesh being turned into Afghanistan" says Bangladeshi journalist Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

11-Jul-2025

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Veteran journalist and counterterrorism expert Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury has alleged that the country is being systematically transformed into a theocratic state under Muhammad Yunus's interim government. 

The award-winning Editor of Blitz newspaper, who specialises in South Asian geopolitics, painted a dire picture of democratic backsliding and extremist infiltration in an exclusive interview with India Today Global.

"Yunus is actually having the blueprint of turning Bangladesh into a theocracy," he stated, pointing to concerning statements from key regime allies.

The journalist specifically highlighted the public statements of Mufti Syed Muhammad Faizul Karim, leader of Jamaat-Char Monai and a key Yunus ally, who according to Choudhury, "publicly told media that they are willing to turn Bangladesh into another Afghanistan."