The study, Countering Jihadist Militancy in Bangladesh, says the lull in violence in recent months ‘may prove as a temporary respite’. The Bangladeshi jihadi landscape is now dominated by banned outfits, Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh or JMB and Ansar al-Islam, according to ICG. “The state confronted groups responsible for an earlier wave of violence with some success from 2004 to 2008. Subsequently, especially since controversial January 2014 elections, bitter political divisions have reopened space for new forms of jihadist activism,” it read. Bangladesh’s recent history of jihadism dates back to the late 1990s with the Afghanistan war veterans returning to the country, the study says.

Source: bd News24 February 28, 2018 02:03 UTC