Jamaat 's rehabilitation began when Ziaur Rahman became president after a coup in 1975 and lifted the previous ban on religious parties . In 1977 , Zia removed secularism in the constitution , replacing it with Islamic ideals , further clearing the way for Jamaat-e-Islami to return to political participation . In 1978 Azam returned to Bangladesh on a temporary visa with a Pakistani passport and stayed as a Pakistani national after his visa expired , refusing to leave a country he considered his home by birth-right . His stay was however unwelcome in Bangladesh , and he was beaten by sandals by an angry mob at the footsteps of the Baitul Mukarram Mosque while attending a funeral in 1981
a coup in 1975
Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Ghulam Azam