The issues of apologizing, self-criticism, and reform regarding Jamaat-e-Islami's role in the 1971 War of Liberation are age-old. Following the publication of a new book authored by the party's former Assistant Secretary General, the late Barrister Abdur Razzaq, that longstanding debate has resurfaced. However, Jamaat leaders cite that these matters are now irrelevant. In their words, seeking forgiveness for their role in 1971 has lost its relevance.In the statements of Jamaat's current leadersh...