Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury is an internationally acclaimed multi-award-winning anti-militancy journalist, writer, research scholar, and counterterrorism specialist. He regularly writes for local and international newspapers.
In this article, we will explore the origins of threats by Islamic extremists, their potential impact on the nation, and the essential steps required to counter them effectively.
The growing influence and resurgence of Islamist-jihadist conglomerates, particularly within the ultra-Islamist Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), have raised grave concerns for both Bangladesh and India.
According to media reports, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party has been getting millions of dollars from dubious sources, which have been used against the Awami League government.
With ultra-Islamist BNP’s track-record of its deeper ties with Islamists and jihadists, it is indeed a matter of grave concern that the Biden administration is trying to turn Bangladesh into a newer militancy launchpad by installing BNP and its Islamist-jihadist partners in power.
The notorious trend of cases of abduction, rape and forceful conversion of Hindu females shall not end until Muslims continue to uphold the obstinate belief of getting direct access to ‘Jannat’ as a reward for raping a Hindu and non-Muslim female.
With continued collaboration, trust, and dialogue, these two nations can create a brighter future for their citizens and the entire South Asian region.
Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its ideological allies such as Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI) as well as other pro-Islamist, pro-jihadist, anti-Hindu and anti-India elements are trying to implement their blueprint of turning the country into a Caliphate or sharia state by undemocratically unseating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her secularist government.
While the citizens in the United Kingdom (UK) are suffering from an acute financial crisis and whereas many UK military families are not having access to room-heating systems or hot water, the government has been spending US$8.5 million every day to host illegal migrants in hotels at the cost of taxpayers.
