Jamaat-e-Islami, an Islamist party in Bangladesh, is drawing massive crowds ahead of the country's elections on February 12.

Once banned and widely criticized for opposing the 1971 liberation war, it has reemerged since the fall of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and now aligns with student activists.

Its conservative stance on women alarms many Bangladeshis, even as Jamaat insists it supports women's rights. The country now enters uncertain political terrain, with debates over religion, gender and democracy intensifying.