Bangladesh, July 9 -- In a shocking revelation, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus has publicly expressed solidarity with Hefazat-e-Islam, an extremist madrasa-based group, by reposting a poster on his official ‘X (formerly Twitter) account and referring to the 2013 law enforcement crackdown at Shapla Chattar as the “Shapla Massacre”. This post, made by a man still projected internationally as a champion of peace and development, unmistakably signals the ideological shift and alarming direction Bangladesh is heading.

This particular incident at Shapla Chattar took place in May 2013, when Hefazat-e-Islam besieged Dhakas central commercial district, issuing a set of 13 radical demands, many of which mirror the core ideologies ...