Bangladesh, Feb. 14 -- It is said – never mess with Bangalis as they resemble the Royal Bengal Tiger and Tigresses. Hopefully by now, conspirators sitting in Washington, London, Beijing and Islamabad have learned the lesson, when people of Bangladesh massively voted in favor of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) by largely rejecting Jamaat-e-Islami, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and a loyal lapdog of the United States, China and Pakistan.

In recent years, parts of South Asia have witnessed renewed mobilization around Islamist narratives. Bangladesh was not immune. Street radicalism, aggressive moral policing, and sporadic mob actions created unease -particularly among women, minorities, and secular youth. Social media ampli...