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Rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh worries India
Indrani Bagchi | TNN | Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 10:50 IST
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NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart
Sheikh Hasina meet virtually for a bilateral summit on Thursday, beyond the discussions on connectivity and infrastructure, a rising concern in India is the apparent resurgence of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh.
The Hasina government is re-activating over 80 terrorism-related cases against the extremist group
Hefazat-e-Islam, whose new radicalised chief Junaid Babunagri has already vandalised statues of Sheikh
Mujibur Rehman and threatened to bring down others too. Bangladeshi media reports quoted home minister
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal as saying, “Terrorism cases can’t be postponed for long. Details of the cases are being checked. The government is determined to take action against the accused.”
He acknowledged that the government had not been proactive against Hefazat and that “seven years have passed for various reasons, which is a mistake”. While the Hasina government has been proactive against terror groups affiliated or inspired by al-Qaida, the Taliban and Islamic State terror group, Hefazat has escaped action, largely because the previous chief tilted in favour of the government, and the government used it to target the Jamaat. But the group has now turned on the government, raising concerns whether Hasina will be able to deal with these elements. Hasina’s son Joy Wajed too issued a warning against Hefazat, calling them the new “razakars”.
“There is a group that has raised its head in a bid to take the country backwards. They are threatening to transform Bangladesh into Afghanistan. There was the Jamaat in 1971, and now Hefazat is becoming the new Razakar,” he said. In its most recent pronouncements, Hefazat has demanded closure of the Iskcon facilities in Bangladesh and the French embassy and to declare Ahmadiyas as “non-Muslims”. The growth of the group comes at a time when
Pakistan is reinstating its position in Bangladesh, with the return of an envoy to Dhaka after a longish period.
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Indrani Bagchi | TNN | Updated: Dec 17, 2020, 10:50 IST
TNN
NEW DELHI: As PM Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart
Sheikh Hasina meet virtually for a bilateral summit on Thursday, beyond the discussions on connectivity and infrastructure, a rising concern in India is the apparent resurgence of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh.
The Hasina government is re-activating over 80 terrorism-related cases against the extremist group
Hefazat-e-Islam, whose new radicalised chief Junaid Babunagri has already vandalised statues of Sheikh
Mujibur Rehman and threatened to bring down others too. Bangladeshi media reports quoted home minister
Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal as saying, “Terrorism cases can’t be postponed for long. Details of the cases are being checked. The government is determined to take action against the accused.”
He acknowledged that the government had not been proactive against Hefazat and that “seven years have passed for various reasons, which is a mistake”. While the Hasina government has been proactive against terror groups affiliated or inspired by al-Qaida, the Taliban and Islamic State terror group, Hefazat has escaped action, largely because the previous chief tilted in favour of the government, and the government used it to target the Jamaat. But the group has now turned on the government, raising concerns whether Hasina will be able to deal with these elements. Hasina’s son Joy Wajed too issued a warning against Hefazat, calling them the new “razakars”.
“There is a group that has raised its head in a bid to take the country backwards. They are threatening to transform Bangladesh into Afghanistan. There was the Jamaat in 1971, and now Hefazat is becoming the new Razakar,” he said. In its most recent pronouncements, Hefazat has demanded closure of the Iskcon facilities in Bangladesh and the French embassy and to declare Ahmadiyas as “non-Muslims”. The growth of the group comes at a time when
Pakistan is reinstating its position in Bangladesh, with the return of an envoy to Dhaka after a longish period.
Rise of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh worries India - Times of India
A rising concern in India is the apparent resurgence of Islamist extremism in Bangladesh. The Hasina government is re-activating over 80 terrorism-related cases against the extremist group Hefazat-e-Islam, whose new radicalised chief Junaid Babunagri has already vandalised statues of Sheikh...
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