The October 1 election catapulted the Jamaat-I-Islami (Jamaat) and the IslamiOikya Jote (IOJ) to power as the smaller partners of the Bangladesh NationalistParty (BNP)-led government. But the same event also became the catalyst for anorchestrated attack by the Awami League (AL), the ideological nemesis of Islamicascendancy in Bangladesh politics.