ক্যাটাগরি Religion
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Pro-Pakistani Yunus’ hatred against Awami League and Hindus is not new
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has said that the attacks on minorities, particularly Hindus, following the August 5 changeover were politically, not religiously, motivated. During a meeting with US Senator Gary Peters on March 18, he claimed that the interim government had taken swift action against the perpetrators. Yunus’ statement implies that “revenge attacks”…
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Jihad in Bangladesh: AQIS vs ISIS
The strategies and focus of Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Bangladesh reflect their broader organizational goals, operational approaches, and ideological underpinnings, tailored to the local context. While both groups aim to establish Islamic governance and wage jihad, their methods, priorities, and engagement with Bangladesh…
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2012-22: Countries where daughters are raped by fathers!
The alarming rise in the incidents of child rape, gang rape, and even rape of daughters by their fathers in Bangladesh and many other countries will shock any conscious person in any part of the world. On the other hand, the sex perverts will be inspired—thanks to the lax enforcement of laws and the rise…
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2013-15: Documentation of madrasa rapes in Bangladesh
The article discusses reported cases of madrasa rapes in Bangladesh, focusing on the abuse of both boys and girls by religious figures. I’ll analyze this in the context of some common questions: What do these incidents mean? And why do religious scholars commit such crimes? What do the laws say? My response will draw on…
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Who are the top leaders of jihad in Bangladesh?
Al-Qaeda recruiter Asif Adnan is the son of a retired High Court judge. He was arrested in 2014. Later, AF Hasan Ariff, Yunus’ adviser, stood for him and managed his bail. Now Asif Adnan has become a spiritual leader of the Caliphate and is preaching against secularism and democracy, and calling for jihad in India,…
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Analyzing extremist group JMB’s ideology and intentions
The ideological roots of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (Assembly of Mujahideen) are deeply embedded in Salafi-Jihadist thought, influenced by global movements like the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda, as well as local Islamist groups like Jamaat-e-Islami and the Ahle Hadith movement. Long article: History of Jamaat-linked JMB’s bloody jihad Its ideology rejects secularism, pluralism, and Western…
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Could Volker Türk threaten Bangladesh Army under UN mandate?
Under international law and the United Nations mandate, Volker Türk, as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, does not have the authority to unilaterally threaten or warn the Bangladesh Army about their participation in UN peacekeeping missions based on their internal actions, such as the July-August riots. Such decisions fall under the purview of the…
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Factbox: Minority repression by Yunus government supporters neglected
Apart from physical harm to the minority community people of Bangladesh, hundreds of houses, business establishments and religious sites have come under attack, vandalism and looting since the August 5 changeover. On the other hand, minorities were forced to resign from many educational institutions. In its report on the first 100 days of the Yunus…
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Yunus lied about his complicity in govt-ouster plot
Conspiracy, lies, treachery, diversion, ungratefulness, and blame games are the common features of Nobel laureate and former Grameen Bank managing director Prof Muhammad Yunus. He would take credit for positive elements and never admit his faults or crimes—be it a tax evasion case or benefits from a friend or well-wisher. He has no shame. The…
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Anti-quota movement: Statements of major political parties in the early days
June 5: After a High Court bench ordered the reinstatement of the freedom fighter quota in government jobs, Nurul Haque Nur, the founder of the Chhatra Odhikar Parishad, which launched the quota reform movement in 2018, said: “I think reinstating the quota system that students had abolished through an active movement for about 7 months…
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Bangladesh’s power dynamics: Yunus and Hasina’s similar tactics
The most notable distinction lies in their external support: Yunus is propped up by Islamists, Pakistan, the West, and the United Nations, while Hasina drew strength from secularists, India, and Russia
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Brief timeline: 1971 Liberation War and birth of Bangladesh
Starting from mid-February till January 10, 1972, this brief timeline mentions every important event of the Bangalee’s struggle for independence and efforts to thwart it through genocide by Pakistan, its allies, and local collaborators, like the Pace Committee, Razakar, and al-Bard forces. This timeline will remind you about diplomacy and dirty politics, the deadliest genocide…
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Documentation of 1971 Hindu genocide in Bangladesh
In 1971, the West Pakistani rulers launched an offensive in East Pakistan to subdue the Awami League and its supporters, as well as Hindus. Ethnic (Hindu) cleansing, forced pregnancy of Hindu women, and deliberate killing of Hindu males to exterminate Bangalee Hindus as a race were the key agenda of the Pakistani military. As part…
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Yunus finally forms his political party with Islamist elements
Nearly 78 years after chanting the slogan “Pakistan Zindabad” with much enthusiasm, the son of Dula Mia Saudagar, a Chittagong-based goldsmith and member of the Pakistan Muslim League National Guard, 85-year-old Muhammad Yunus successfully finalized his own political organization, the Jatiya Nagorik Party or the National Citizens’ Party (NCP), on February 27, a day before…
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Terrific operations of Islamic State (ISIS) in Bangladesh
Until 2015, Bangladesh witnessed militant attacks using improvised devices, grenades and machetes on secularists, Awami League members and the police since 2000. The Middle East-based Islamic State (ISIS), which began operations in 2015, had similar targets. The ISIS was formed by former members of Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI-B), Hizb ut-Tahrir, Ahle…
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Awami League’s soft Islamization became a boomerang
Islamization of Bangladesh took place several times—from 1975-96, 2001-06, 2007-08, and 2024-25—every time at the hands of the military or army-backed governments—extensively—with the media and civil society leaders going with the tide. The previous Awami League, the lone secularist force, also allowed a soft Islamization, apparently under pressure from the military intelligence and the Jamaat-backed…
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Abuse of power and resignation of Nahid Islam, the chief of Yunus’ King’s party
Former adviser Nahid Islam held a press conference, flanked by the Chief Adviser’s press secretary and deputy press secretary, after resigning from his post! How? The Interim Government’s Press Information Department (PID) released this photo! After tendering his resignation to the chief adviser, Nahid came out of the Jamuna State Guest House in a car.…
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The unfinished trial of Rangpur al-Badr commander ATM Azhar
I’m astonished at what the deposed Awami League government had in mind as it left the last legal battle of convicted war criminal ATM Azharul Islam pending for five years and let Jamaat-e-Islami claim the trial farcical now! The Supreme Court’s Appellate Division rejected his appeals against the death penalty pronounced by the International Crimes…
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1971: East Pakistan had many pro-Pakistani army officers
The highest-ranking East Pakistani army officer was Lt Gen Khwaja Wasiuddin, one of the very few to reach the general officer or flag rank
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Why do Bangladeshi Islamists kill police?
Persistent violence against law enforcement and the judiciary by a specific group of people in Bangladesh is considered a grave crime, as it implies a concerted attack on the state machinery to change the system. The murder of police members and judges began after independence at the hands of the ultra-left National Socialist Party (Jasod)…
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Yunus administration pondering clean chit to al-Qaeda terrorist Syed Zia
The interim government led by Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof Muhammad Yunus released Jasimuddin Rahmani, the spiritual leader of al-Qaeda affiliate Ansar al-Islam, dozens of jihadists and notorious terrorists after coming to power. Many other extremists also managed to flee the prisons as their groups launched fatal attacks in July-August. Since then, Rahmani and other…
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Russia’s prediction was right: Biden-Hillary conspired to unseat Sheikh Hasina
Now that the Trump administration is taking extensive actions to uncover the Democrat’s conspiracy behind the Russia-Ukraine war, people are starting to believe that the disinformation campaign against Vladimir Putin was a conspiracy. Putin was right about Bangladesh, that the US was conspiring an uprising after the January 7 elections last year to overthrow Sheikh…
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US embassy was complicit in Sheikh Mujib’s assassination plot
Some pro-Pakistan army officers of the Bangladesh Army, unable to cope with their defeat in the Liberation War, carried out a brutal massacre at Dhanmondi No. 32 on August 15, 1975, resulting in the death of the then President Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and his family members. Secret documents of the US State Department reveal…
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Jamaat-backed AQIS jihadists out to eliminate Awami League, hit India
Armed militant attacks and calls for jihad have been seen regularly in Bangladesh since 1999, but there was a sudden slowdown in 2005—only after numerous fatalities—with the arrest of a top leader of the Bangladesh branch of Pakistan-based Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI-B), Mufti Abdul Hannan. The following year, after months of denial of their existence,…
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History of Jamaat-linked JMB’s bloody jihad
From 2001 to 2006, at least 54 extremist organizations and foreign militant-fundamentalist organizations under the cover of Islamic NGOs and with the support of the BNP-Jamaat government created a nationwide terrorist network. At that time, under the orders of MPs and ministers and with the cooperation of the police and RAB, they carried out all…
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Yes, it was a US-backed army coup on August 5 to recreate 1/11 after 17 years
From 2005 till January 1, 2007, the same civil society leaders linked to the US embassy were highlighting the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) as a corrupt political entity that patronizes pro-Pakistani jihadist elements, even though the Jamaat-e-Islami and Hefazat Islam’s mother organization Islami Oikyo Jote–a pro-Taliban Qawmi madrasa platform–were also part of that coalition government.…
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As rivalry grows, role of Yunus, US embassy, expat journos, Chhatra Shibir in July-August anarchy is exposed
On February 17, SM Shahed Emon, a student coordinator of the July Uprising, posted a detailed post on Facebook about the role of Jamaat-e-Islami’s student organization Islami Chhatra Shibir and Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, who later became the Chief Adviser to the interim government formed after the fall of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.…
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No freedom of press in Bangladesh: Media mum on OHCHR report’s discrepancies
Five days have passed since the OHCHR released the full report on the July-August riots in Bangladesh, yet no media outlet dared publishing any analytical news on it even though the discrepancies are clear. It clearly shows the state of press freedom under the US- and jihadist-backed interim government led by Nobel Prize winner Prof…
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জুলাই অভ্যুত্থানে শিবিরের ভূমিকা নিয়ে ছাত্র সমন্বয়ক ও শিবির নেতাদের বক্তব্য
নতুন দলের দখল নিয়ে ঝগড়ায় নিজেরাই সব ফাঁস করে দিচ্ছে (১) নতুন দলের দখল নিয়ে ঝগড়ায় নিজেরাই সব ফাঁস করে দিচ্ছে (২) নতুন দলের দখল নিয়ে ঝগড়ায় নিজেরাই সব ফাঁস করে দিচ্ছে (৩) নতুন দলের দখল নিয়ে ঝগড়ায় নিজেরাই সব ফাঁস করে দিচ্ছে (৪) আজ ১৭ই ফেব্রুয়ারি জুলাই অভ্যুত্থানের এক ছাত্র সমন্বয়ক এস এম শাহেদ…
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News treatment of water canon on protesting primary school teachers and other anti-women stance of Yunus administration shameful
Bangladesh’s press freedom has again been criticized by international observers due to Yunus government’s suppression and intimidation by its followers. According to the Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a number of journalists and media outlets came under attack in recent weeks at various places, but the incidents were largely underreported in the mainstream media due to…
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