Is Bangladesh becoming a Taliban state The question has become urgent in light of the growing strength of militant groups supposedly aligned with Al Quaida the landslide victory of the centerright coalition in the general election of October 2001 and the deliberate and planned violence against religious minorities that followed. God Willing explores the explosive issue of Talibanization by analyzing the politics of Islamism in the worlds third most populous Muslim country. Ali Riaz helps the reader to understand the emergence of Islamism as a legitimate democratic political in a largely secular state as opposed to the medias sensational portrayal of Bangladesh as a country overrun by Islamist forces with a supranational agenda.