Jamaat-e-Islami has strongly condemned and rejected a recent statement by Hefazat-e-Islam Amir Maulana Muhibullah Babunagari, who labeled Jamaat as “an enemy of Qaumi madrassahs,” calling the remark “fabricated,” “baseless,” and “unbefitting of a scholar of his stature.”

The rebuttal came in a statement issued Monday by Ehsanul Mahbub Zubair, Assistant Secretary General and Head of Jamaat’s Central Publicity and Media Department, in response to a front-page article published in a vernacular daily under the headline: “If Jamaat comes to power, Qaumi, Deobandi and Sunni Madrasas will not exist.”

“There is not even a shred of truth in Maulana Babunagari’s statement. It is entirely fabricated,” Zubair said. “Such unfounded allegations do not reflect the dignity expected from a respected Islamic scholar. We categorically condemn and protest this misleading narrative.”

Zubair emphasised that Jamaat-e-Islami, since its inception, has been actively involved in establishing and supporting Islamic institutions across the country including mosques, orphanages, and madrassahs.

“Numerous Jamaat leaders, activists, and supporters are directly engaged in running Qaumi madrassahs. There is no record, none, of any Jamaat member opposing Qaumi, Deobandi, or Sunni madrassahs.”

He pointed to the 2001–2006 BNP-Jamaat coalition government, during which two Jamaat ministers held office, as proof of the party’s commitment to religious education.

“During that time, Jamaat ministers actively supported and facilitated Qaumi madrassahs financially, administratively, and politically. To claim otherwise is to rewrite history.”

“We call upon all stakeholders, scholars, media, and political actors, to refrain from spreading false or inflammatory statements. Dialogue should be rooted in facts, not fear-mongering,”

the statement read and concluded with an appeal for unity: “Let us not allow baseless propaganda to divide the Ummah. Truth and mutual respect must guide our discourse.”