The BNP appears to view religious extremism as a tool to break the power of the opposition Awami League, which is largely supported by the secular and urban middle classes. Similarly, the massive rise in the number of madrassas (religious schools) financed by Saudi and Gulf money – totalling roughly 64,000 and operating under the same fundamentalist Deobandi Islam that inspired the Taliban – is part of a clear effort to change Bangladesh’s culture of religious tolerance.
BNP似乎将宗教极端主义看作一个打破反对党——受到世俗主义的城市中产阶级大力支持的孟加拉国人民联盟（Awami League）权力的武器。同样地，在沙特和海湾国家的资助下，madrassas（伊斯兰学校）数量的大幅增长是为改变孟加拉国宗教忍让文化的明确行动的一部分。现在madrassas总数已经高达约64,000所，并在激发过塔利班的同一个原教旨Deobandi伊斯兰教下运作。