Editorial Desk :
As per a story in the New York Times, terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed it has sent ‘foot soldiers’ to Bangladesh alongwith Indonesia and Malaysia in Asian region. It means more killing and unrest may overtake these countries destroying stability and peace.
The report is based on an investigative story filed by Rukmini Callimachi who said he derived the fact from an interview of a jailhouse former IS militant from Germany, named Harry Sarfo. He has also used reference materials, he claimed in thousands of pages on IS compiled after the November 2015 Paris attack.
Leaked White House intelligence has revealed that the ISIS has “fully operational” branches in 18 countries including Bangladesh. A ‘heat map’ showing the presence of jihadist terror cells dated August 2016 shows the full reach of the
evil group is now bigger than ever.
The NBC TV network on August 03 also reported that a recent classified document of the US State Department shows Bangladesh as a growing hub of IS operations.
The heat map focused mainly on seven Muslim countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
IS is not a rational movement and we have no reason to believe otherwise. But they love violence and look for situation where violence can be fomented by using frustration.
It is not that too many acts of terrorism have been launched. But people are terrorised in Bangladesh for lack of confidence in the government’s ability to handle the issue and its arbitrary use of police powers without showing eagerness to find the cause.
The people say that government actions are disturbing business activities and placing too many police restrictions on general public creating new causes of anger and frustration.
The government’s unwillingness to allow others to be associated for finding the right path for ending terrorism, reveals the government’s own weakness. The people in power are anxious for their own protection and remaining in power.
Terrorism has affected our economy badly and if it cannot be stopped by earning confidence in our government’s ability to do so, we shall face greater chaos and ruination of the economy.
The government seems not aware of the dimension of the problem. The bureaucrats surrounding the government are the real barrier for the government to think and act politically.
Terrorism is a national issue and hence national debates are essential to address it.
The government is happy that Modi is ready to help us. India is failing to deal with terrorism in Kashmir and in its eastern parts. India is already involved in our affairs, and we do not want outside powers to take advantage of our failure to solve our problem of terrorism. The government’s own inclusive way of staying in power has contributed to the problem.
To be honest the government ought to have been behaving like an all party unity government for creating confidence in the minds of the investors both our own and foreign. But it appears more worried about loosing grip on power than saving the country.
It is in the best national interest not to fall into trap of those who want to see Bangladesh become a reckless anarchy and a field of IS kind of reckless terrorism attracting foreign powers.
The bureaucrats are same everywhere and wherever the bureaucrats were allowed to dictate political leaders or run the government disasters befell. They are shortsighted and easily blinded by absolute power. They are anti-people and against the rule of law. They cannot tolerate pro-people police and independence of the judiciary.
Unless the government is ready to come out of the clutches of bureaucratic dominance, there is no easy way of resisting terrorism.
Lives of innocent law abiding people have become miserable for thoughtless government actions when we are hearing more terrorist attacks to come.
We cannot all be useless and helpless in dealing with threats of terrorism. We cannot forget the plight of our young children how easily they are becoming target of police harassment.
We cannot allow foreign terrorists or foreign powers to spread their wings here and worsen the crisis.
The crisis cannot be resolved as party politics between Awami League and BNP. The crisis is much larger. We need open and frank public debates to know the causes of terrorism. Without waiting for the government let the persons with conscience and eminence organise public debates for a national solution to our national crisis.
As per a story in the New York Times, terrorist group Islamic State (IS) has claimed it has sent ‘foot soldiers’ to Bangladesh alongwith Indonesia and Malaysia in Asian region. It means more killing and unrest may overtake these countries destroying stability and peace.
The report is based on an investigative story filed by Rukmini Callimachi who said he derived the fact from an interview of a jailhouse former IS militant from Germany, named Harry Sarfo. He has also used reference materials, he claimed in thousands of pages on IS compiled after the November 2015 Paris attack.
Leaked White House intelligence has revealed that the ISIS has “fully operational” branches in 18 countries including Bangladesh. A ‘heat map’ showing the presence of jihadist terror cells dated August 2016 shows the full reach of the
evil group is now bigger than ever.
The NBC TV network on August 03 also reported that a recent classified document of the US State Department shows Bangladesh as a growing hub of IS operations.
The heat map focused mainly on seven Muslim countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
IS is not a rational movement and we have no reason to believe otherwise. But they love violence and look for situation where violence can be fomented by using frustration.
It is not that too many acts of terrorism have been launched. But people are terrorised in Bangladesh for lack of confidence in the government’s ability to handle the issue and its arbitrary use of police powers without showing eagerness to find the cause.
The people say that government actions are disturbing business activities and placing too many police restrictions on general public creating new causes of anger and frustration.
The government’s unwillingness to allow others to be associated for finding the right path for ending terrorism, reveals the government’s own weakness. The people in power are anxious for their own protection and remaining in power.
Terrorism has affected our economy badly and if it cannot be stopped by earning confidence in our government’s ability to do so, we shall face greater chaos and ruination of the economy.
The government seems not aware of the dimension of the problem. The bureaucrats surrounding the government are the real barrier for the government to think and act politically.
Terrorism is a national issue and hence national debates are essential to address it.
The government is happy that Modi is ready to help us. India is failing to deal with terrorism in Kashmir and in its eastern parts. India is already involved in our affairs, and we do not want outside powers to take advantage of our failure to solve our problem of terrorism. The government’s own inclusive way of staying in power has contributed to the problem.
To be honest the government ought to have been behaving like an all party unity government for creating confidence in the minds of the investors both our own and foreign. But it appears more worried about loosing grip on power than saving the country.
It is in the best national interest not to fall into trap of those who want to see Bangladesh become a reckless anarchy and a field of IS kind of reckless terrorism attracting foreign powers.
The bureaucrats are same everywhere and wherever the bureaucrats were allowed to dictate political leaders or run the government disasters befell. They are shortsighted and easily blinded by absolute power. They are anti-people and against the rule of law. They cannot tolerate pro-people police and independence of the judiciary.
Unless the government is ready to come out of the clutches of bureaucratic dominance, there is no easy way of resisting terrorism.
Lives of innocent law abiding people have become miserable for thoughtless government actions when we are hearing more terrorist attacks to come.
We cannot all be useless and helpless in dealing with threats of terrorism. We cannot forget the plight of our young children how easily they are becoming target of police harassment.
We cannot allow foreign terrorists or foreign powers to spread their wings here and worsen the crisis.
The crisis cannot be resolved as party politics between Awami League and BNP. The crisis is much larger. We need open and frank public debates to know the causes of terrorism. Without waiting for the government let the persons with conscience and eminence organise public debates for a national solution to our national crisis.
