Tag: Harkatul Jihad al-Islami (HuJI-B)
Human rights advocacy group Write For Rights has issued an urgent press release calling on the Bangladeshi government to launch a comprehensive crackdown on religious extremists and militants, warning that their growing influence threatens national…
In a provocative display that has ignited fears of escalating religious tensions, leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami—a pivotal ally of the Yunus-led interim government and key patron of Touhidi Janata mobs—organised a large-scale picnic featuring cow…
Members of the cultural organization Udichi were barred from holding a national anthem singing event and beaten up in Bogra by the jihadists of Islami Chhatra Shibir and Inqilab Moncho on Wednesday. Independent TV carried…
২০০১ থেকে ২০০৬ পর্যন্ত বিএনপি-জামায়াত সরকারের মদতে অন্তত ৫৪টি উগ্রবাদী সংগঠন এবং ইসলামি এনজিওর আড়ালে বিদেশি জঙ্গি-মৌলবাদী সংগঠন দেশব্যাপী সন্ত্রাসী নেটওয়ার্ক তৈরি করে। সেসময় এমপি-মন্ত্রীদের নির্দেশে ও পুলিশ র্যাবের সহযোগিতায় সারাদেশে ভয়ংকর সব অপারেশন সম্পন্ন…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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,…
Bangladesh has been talking about Islamist militancy and extremism, or an armed struggle to establish a Shariah-based state, since early 1999. Members of the Bangladesh branch of the Pakistani militant outfit Harkatul Jihad al-Islami or…