Bangladesh's main Islamist party was banned from contesting next year's election when the high court ruled that Jamaat-e-Islami's charter breached the country's secular constitution Bangladesh's main Islamist party was banned from contesting next year's election when the high court ruled that Jamaat-e-Islami's charter breached the country's secular constitution in Dhaka on August 1, 2013. Bangladesh's main Islamist party was barred from contesting next year's elections when judges declared its charter breached the secular constitution, sparking warnings of fresh violence in the volatile nation. Amid tight security outside the court in central Dhaka, a panel of judges approved a long-running petition that argued Jamaat-e-Islami should never have been allowed to register as a political party.