This paper revisits the hyphenated identity question of Bangalee-Muslims primarily by exploring the dynamic interplay of “Muslimness” and “Bangaliness” and the ambiguity and contestation associated with it. It contends that both Bangalee, the linguistic and culturally-informed-secular narrative, and Bangladeshi, religion and territorially defined form of nationalism, are parochial and exclusive in that they failed to accommodate the indigenous people in imagining an inclusive national identity. The narrative of “Bangaliness” emerged historically as a collective identity; however, it fails to accommodate the sense of Muslimness. Despite the reformist-revivalist forms of Islamic movements that the Bangladeshi society has been experiencing, as the paper argues, the Bangalee-Muslims continue to adopt the localized forms of Islamic practices as a means of articulating their sense of Bangaliness and Muslimness. However, the collective identity question remains ambiguous and contested as Adibasi (Indigenous people), Bangalee (Bengali), and Muslimness are yet to be inclusive in either in Bangalee or Bangladeshi identity.