The infighting surfaced following resignation and expulsion of some important leaders.
Jamaat central executive committee at a meeting on January 14 decided to form a new organisation and a five-member committee headed by Jamaat secretary general started working to for the implementation of the decision, said a circular the party issued following the resignation of its assistant secretary general Abdur Razzaq.
The decision was made based on observations made by Jamaat majlis-e-shura, read the circular.

Asked about progress in the establishment of the new organisation, Jamaat nayeb-e-amir Mia Golam Parwar told New Age on Saturday that it was their organisational matter and they would inform media at a proper time.
Asked if Jamaat will exist or be dissolved after the formation of the new organisation, he declined to reply.
Jamaat has been facing internal clash for several years on two issues — apologising to the nation for its role in the 1971 Liberation War and reforming the party changing its core principle of establishing shariah and Islamic Republic, party leaders said.
They said that reformist leaders, mainly the young leaders, argued that Jammat must apologise to the nation for its role in the Liberation War to get rid of stigma attached to it.
Most of the senior leaders, however, argued that the party did nothing wrong taking ‘political stand’ against the Liberation War and the proposed apology to the nation would boomerang against the party, the party leaders said.
Jamaat central executive committee member Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher said that he did not want to comment right now about the proposed reform.
Expelled majlish-e-shura member Mojibur Rahman Manju said that many Jamaat leaders believed that Jamaat’s core policy should be reformed as most of the people got irritated with the name of Jamaat because of negative perceptions.
He said that the core principles should be replaced by ‘religious values, good governance, rule of law and human rights.’
Jamaat amir Maqbul Ahmed and secretary general Shafiqur Rahman continued maintaining their firm stand against the reformists, party leaders said.
On February 15, Jamaat expelled Mojibur, also former president of Jamaat’s student body Islami Chhatra Shibir, accusing him of violating party discipline and involvement in anti-organisation activities.
Mojibur said that he wanted to engage in a new political party with an ideology of welfare state, adding that major political parties including Awami League, Bangladesh Nationalist Party and Jamaat failed to fulfil people’s aspirations.

He said that majority of the young force in Jamaat were demanding reforms.
Top defence lawyer for Jamaat leaders in war crimes trial Abdur Razzaq, who resigned as Jamaat assistant secretary general on February 15, in his resignation letter said that the young generation of Bangladesh were educated and enlightened and they were patriots and capable of playing an active role in changing Bangladesh.

In his resignation letter sent to Jamaat amir from London, Razzaq cited Jamaat’s failure to apologise to the nation for its ‘role in opposing the historic struggle for liberation in 1971’ and to reform the party in light of the realities of the 21st century and the developments in the Muslim majority countries.