Outlawed Islamist group in Bangadesh
Shamsul Alam Monir, Dept. of Public Admin,DU
Bangladesh is a religions tolerant country (though the US blacklisted us as a country of Islamic extremists). A couple of years back when the then president of US Bill Clinton came to visit Bangladesh, he decided to see a village where BRAC operates. But being informed by his intelligence group, he cancelled his trip to that place. They gave red signal not to visit the village because of extremist groups. That was a negative feedback to Bangladesh. The recent mischief of the outlawed Islamist group, Jama'atul Mujahidin, was the attack on policemen and looting of guns and bullets. According to the report of The Daily Star, when police asked them (assembled outlawed group) to show permission for the meeting, they told the policemen to leave the spot. The moment the policemen threatened to raid the house, about 60 operatives attacked the law enforcers with firearms, sticks, swords and other lethal weapons. Police returned the fire. And when police ran low on bullet supplies, the gang mounted attacks and looted the arms and ammunition from them. What a daredevil attack on our policemen by the fanatic Islamist group! Islam doesn't support such type of misdeeds. Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance. These fanatic groups misinterpret the perception of Islam. As a result of their barbaric activities, Islam is being treated as a religion of extremists and the image of Bangladesh in the globe is being lowered. So, my request to the government of Bangladesh is that it should take stern action against these fanatic groups for the sake of country's image.
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