Blood Brothers #147: Bengali Muslims, allying with Pakistan and fighting Indian hegemony

In this episode of the Blood Brothers Podcast, Dilly Hussain speaks with the prominent Bangladeshi academic, author, and former chairman of the department of International Relations at Dhaka University, Professor Shahiduz Zaman.

Topics of discussion include:

  • The Islamic history and heritage of Bengal from the Bengal Sultanate to the Mughal Empire.
  • The betrayal and land-loss of East Bengal’s Muslims during partition.
  • Why did India intervene in Bangladesh’s liberation war in 1971?
  • Is Pakistan to blame for anything that led to the end of East Pakistan?
  • Islamic brotherhood with Pakistan and Hindu hostility from India.
  • Pakistan, China, the U.S., ISI and Myanmar.
  • Shaping a new foreign policy for Bangladesh with considerations for a nuclear deterrence pact with Pakistan.
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