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ILCAA Joint Research Project

Social Transformation and Multipolarization of Muslim Societies in South Asia: Toward an Integrated Understanding of Structural Change and Islamism in Bangladesh (jrp000279)

jrp279

Keywords

  • South Asia
  • Bangladesh
  • Islamism
  • Village Society
  • Muslims

Areas

  • South Asia

Website

https://fakir2020.webnode.jp/

About the Project

Project term: April, 2022–March, 2025

This study explores various multipolar trends of Muslim societies in South Asia by examining social transformations in the recent Bangladesh, which is enjoying steady economic growth. It examines the progress of urbanization and expansion of the middle class in Bangladesh as well as the emerging consumer culture. It also considers the impact of extremist activities, such as the terrorist incident in 2016, and delves into the structural changes experienced within Muslim societies in South Asia.

Masahiko TOGAWA, Project Coordinator

Members

Coordinator

  • Masahiko TOGAWA

ILCAA Staff

  • --

Joint Researchers

  • Koichi FUJITA
  • Keiko IKEDA
  • Takami ISHIZAKA
  • Akiko KUDO
  • Naonori KUSAKABE
  • Mayumi MURAYAMA
  • Tetsuya NAKATANI
  • Masaaki OHASHI
  • Ai SUGIE
  • Ami SUZUKI
  • Toshihiko SUDA
  • Mineo TAKADA
  • Humayun Kabir
  • Obaydullah Al Marjuk
  • Ranjan SAHA PARTHA

Outputs

Meetings

The 8th meeting

  • Date/Time: Fri 28 Jul 2023 13:00–17:15
  • Venue: Online meeting
  • Language: Japanese
  • 13:00–13:30 Keiko IKEDA (Shizuoka University) ：Report (Japanese)
    Introduction “Intersectionality and Mainstreaming of Gender Perspectives: A view from Bangladesh Studies”
    13:35–14:00 Nobuko UESAWA (Mejiro University) ：Report (Japanese)
    “Complexity and Intersectionality of Discrimination against Women in the Christian Community of the Garo Ethnic Minority”
    14:05–14:30 Mami KANAZAWA (Sophia University) ：Report (Japanese)
    “Women, Disabled People and Disabled Women: Difficulties Experienced by Disabled Women as a Single Person”
    14:40–15:05 Takami ISHIZAKA (Kanto Gakuin University) ：Report (Japanese)
    “From the Working Patterns of Women in Muslim and Ethnic Minority Villages in Rajshahi District”
    15:10–15:35 Ami SUZUKI (Kobe University) ：Report (Japanese)
    “Parda Practices and Plurality of Public Space from the Perspective of A Handicraft Workshop”
    15:45–16:00 Discassant: Ai SUGIE (Kyoto University) ：Comment (Japanese)
    16:00–16:15 Discassant: Minako KURAMITSU (Ochanomizu University) ：Comment (Japanese)
    16:15–17:15 Discussion
    Chair: Mayumi MURAYAMA (Institute of Developing Economies)

    • The 7th meeting

    • Date/Time: Sat 20 May 2023 13:00–17:30
    • Venue: Meeting Room, International Center, 4th Floor, University Building-8, Aoyama Campus, AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY
    • Language: Japanese
    • Speaker1: Koishi FUJITA (Kyoto University)
      “Economic development and transformation of labour market in Bangladesh: With special reference to rural labour market”
      Speaker2: Toshihiko SUDA (Daito Bunka University)
      “Influence of increasing migration on Bangladeshi rural economy: Observation of the two villages in Cumilla District”
      Speaker3: Mineo TAKADA (Hiroshima Shudo University)
      “Bangladeshi society through the lens of migration: Based on research experience and literature review”
      General Discussion
      Chair: Ai SUGIE (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University)

      • The 6th meeting

      • Date/Time: Mon 13 Mar 2023 13:00–17:00
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: Japanese
      • 13:00-15:15
        Meeting
        15:30-16:15 Ai SUGIE (ILCAA Joint Researcher, Kyoto University)
        “A Political Ecology of Riverside Villages in Bangladesh”
        16:15-17:00
        Discussion

      The 5th meeting

      • Date/Time: Fri 23 Dec 2022 13:00–16:00
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: English
      • 4th International Seminar: Tablighi Jamaat in Bangladesh
        (International Seminar Series: Secularization, Islamization and Globalization in South Asia: Beyond Bipolar Politics in Bangladesh)
        Time:
        10:00-13:00 (Bangladesh Standard Time)
        13:00-16:00 pm (Japan ST)
        20:00-23:00 (Dec 22nd, Vancouver ST, Canada)
        Chair: Humayun Kabir (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
        Speaker 1: Bulbul Siddiqi (North South University, Bangladesh)
        Tablighi Jamaat Movement in the Public Sphere
        Speaker 2: Momotaj Begum (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
        Negotiation for Extended Gender Roles in Islam: Female Tablighi Jamaat
        Discussant 1: Mahbubur Rahman (North South University, Bangladesh)
        Discussant 2: Ainoon Naher (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
        Response by Each Speaker
        General Discussion

      The 4th meeting

      • Date/Time: Fri 30 Sep 2022 12:30–15:30
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: English
      • International Seminar Series: Secularization, Islamization and Globalization in South Asia: Beyond bipolar Politics in Bangladesh
        3rd Seminar: Islamic Consumerism in Bangladesh
        Time:
        09:00–12:00 (India Standard Time)
        09:30–12:30 (Bangladesh Standard Time)
        12:30–15:30 (Japan Standard Time)
        Chair: Masood Imran Mannu (Jahangirnagar University)
        Welcome address: Amitava Chakroborty (Delhi University & General Secretary of ISBS)
        Introduction: Togawa, Masahiko (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
        Speaker 1: Ranjan Saha Partha (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
        　　　　　　Halal Market and Islamic Consumerism
        Speaker 2: Nakatani, Tetsuya (Nara Prefectural University, Japan)
        　　　　　　Pilgrimage, Islamic Tourism, and Consumerisation in Bangladesh
        Discussant 1: Nurul Huda Sakib (Jahangirnagar University)
        Discussant 2: Obydullah Al Marjuk (Independent University Bangladesh)
        Response by Each Speaker
        General Discussion

      The 3rd meeting

      • Date/Time: Sun 21 Aug 2022 12:00–14:30
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: English
      • International Seminar Series: Secularization, Islamization and Globalization in South Asia: Beyond bipolar Politics in Bangladesh
        2nd Seminar: Education and Islam in Bangladesh
        Time:
        9:00–11:30 (Bangladesh Standard Time)
        12:00–14:30 (Japan ST)
        20:00–22:30 (Canada/Vancouver time the day before)
        Chair: Ainoon Naher (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
        Introduction: TOGAWA, Masahiko (ILCAA, TUFS)
        Speaker 1: Humayun Kabir (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
        “Protectors of Islam”: The Ulama, State, and Society in Bangladesh
        Speaker 2: Ahasan Habib (Green University of Bangladesh)
        Madrasa Education in Rural Bangladesh
        Discussant: Sayeed Ferdous (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
        Discussant: Abdullah Al Mahmud (University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh)
        Response by Each Speaker
        General Discussion

      The 2nd meeting

      • Date/Time: Sat 9 Jul 2022 11:00–14:00
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: English
      • 1st Seminar: Post-Islamism and Politics in Bangladesh
        Time:
        8:00-11:00 (Bangladesh Standard Time)
        10:00-13:00 (Malaysia Standard Time)
        11:00-14:00 (Japan Standard Time)
        19:00-22:00 (Canada/Vancouver time the day before)
        21:00-24:00 (USA/Kentucky time the day before)
        Chair: Obydullah Al Marjuk
        Introduction: TOGAWA Masahiko (ILCAA, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Japan)
        Speaker 1: Nazmus Sakib (University of Kentucky, USA)
        The Problems and Prospects of Post Islamism in Bangladesh: Current Trajectories and the Future
        Speaker 2: Abdullah Al Mahmud (MAHSA University, Malaysia)
        The Post-Islamist Directions of Thoughts among the Ulama of Bangladesh
        Speaker 3: Obydullah Al Marjuk (Independent University, Bangladesh)
        Rise of Salafism and Neoliberalism in the Secular Age in Dhaka
        Discussant 1: Naseem Akhter Hussain (Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh)
        Discussant 2: Humayun Kabir (Thompson Rivers University, Canada)
        Response by each speaker and General Discussion

      The 1st meeting

      • Date/Time: Sat 14 May 2022 9:30–12:45
      • Venue: Online meeting
      • Language: Japanese
      • 9:30-10:40
        Introduction
        10:45-11:30
        Speaker: Tetsuya NAKATANI
        Title: “Economic Development and Tourism in Bangladesh: A Discussion with a Reference to Tourism Behavior and Islamic Tourism”
        11:30-12:15
        Speaker: Masahiko TOGAWA
        Title: “Transformation of Rural Society and “Islamisation” in Bangladshl: A case study of Gohira village in Chattogram”
        12:15-12:45
        Discussion

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