1. BANGLADESH
TREADING THE TALIBAN TRAIL
Editor
JAIDEEP SAIKIA

2. Islam is on rise in Bangladesh.
In coming days the South Asia will
witness a more intense Islamic terror.

3. “Amra sobai hobo Taliban, Bangla hobe
Afghanistan”
(“We will be the Taliban.
andBangladesh will be Afghanistan”)

4. Because of fundamentalist
Islamism, Bangladesh was liable to
become the “next Afghanistan”.

5. Madrassa-Schools for
terrorists
 Total number of madrassas in
Bangladesh is 8,897.
 They are monitored by rich Islamic
countries like Saudi-Arabia.
 Madrassas are essentially free and
run on the name of religion,

6. 3.34 million pupils are now studying at
Bangladesh’s Thousands of
Madrassas, nearly five times as many as
even in Pakistan.

7. Bangladesh- Independent
Islamic state
Since 1971, Bangladesh witnessed
dismantling of its secularist principles.
A constitutional amendment in 1988 declared
Islam as state religion in Bangladesh.

8. Islamic teachings
The vast majority of Islamic schools or
madrassas are simply teaching
students to be more devoted Muslims.
And to be a devoted Muslim is to be
a good Terrorist.

9. Islamisation of Bangladesh
 Deletion of Article 12: It effectively
withdrew the mandate for a secular
government.
 Article 8: Replacement of the word
“secularism” with the words
“absolute trust in the almighty
Allah.”
 Addition of Clause 2 of Article 25:
“The state shall endeavor to
consolidate, preserve and strengthen
fraternal relations among Muslim
countries based on Islamic solidarity.”

10. Islamic law
According to Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh’s
constitution should be replaced by an
“Islamic form of government” and Islamic law.
It opposes- “nationalist, secularist, and
socialist leaders”

11. Jamaat’s five line motto includes a
declaration that “Jihad is our means.”

12. Jamaat-e-Islami
 Jamaat has been concerned in the
killing of university professors during
the bloody events of 1971.
 Jammat was banned from political
activities , but in 1977 was allowed
once again to participate in the
Bangladesh politics.

13. Islamic teachings
Madrassas follow a form of Deobandi
Islam that was taught in the 1950s.
They define Muslim politics in
opposition to Indian nationalism.

14. Islam can never be secu;ar
United states feels that moderation
continues to determine Islamic practice
in Bangladesh, then it should think
again.
There can be no improvement in
Bangladesh until Islam is there.

15. Terrorist links with Madrassas
Jamaat and Islami Chhatra Shibir have
ties to madrassas.
These organizations have been
implicated in a number of bombings and
politically and religiously motivated
assassinations.

16. Indo-Bangladesh border
 The Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) have
routinely clashes with the Indian
Border Security (BSF).
 BSF deputy commandant, B.R.
Mondal and fifteen BSF jawans were
murdered, and some of the BSF
jawans were killed were slung on
bamboo poles and carried away like
animals.

17.  The Indian Border Security Force
(BSF): “The rebel from North-East
India maintain at least 195 camps
inside Bangladesh.”
 Claim of Bangladesh to India’s North
East was greater than that of India.

18. Harakat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami-
Bangladesh (HUJI-B)
 Their main objective is to establish
Islamic rule in Bangladesh.
 It has demonstrated connections to
Osama Bin Laden.
 Their leaders and members have
demonstrated willingness to resort
violence to advance its agenda.

19. HUJI-B -Connections to
Osama Bin Laden
HUJI-B’s founder, Fazul Rahman, was one of
the main signatories to Osama Bin Laden’s
23 February, 1998 fatwa, “World Islamic
Front Statement Urging Jihad against
Jews and Crusaders,” which declares US
civilians to be the legal target for attack

20. Islamisation of North-East
Pakistan with Bangladeshi complicity is
engaged in strategic, deliberate campaign to
destabilize North East and Militaries
Bangladeshi Islamic migrants.

21. Plight of Hindu Minorities in
Bangladesh
 Hindus in Bangladesh make up for
less than 10% of total population
 Hindu Places of worship were
ransacked.
 Villages were destroyed
 Hindu women were raped.
 All this because Hindu tended to vote
“Awami League.”

22. Ethnic Cleansing of Hindus in
Hindu Population of East Bengal/East
Pakistan/ Bangladesh
30.00%
25.00%
20.00%
15.00%
Hindu Population
10.00%
5.00%
0.00%

23. Torture of Non-Muslims
 Salam Azad wrote a book about the
plight of the minorities and growing
Islamization of his country-
Bangladesh.
 Most of his works are banned in
Bangladesh.
 Because of persecution, Azad’s wife
and he are now temporary resident of
India.

24. Usurped Hindu lands
 Because of Atrocities in Bangladesh
by Muslims, millions of Hindus
emigrated to West Bengal and Tripura
 The land they left behind was taken
over by the State.
 Land was leased to others through
Evacuee Property Management
Committee.
 US State Department:“Approximately
2.5 million acres of land was seized
from Hindus and almost all of the 10
million Hindus in the country were

25. Non-Muslims Massacred by
BNP
 On 16 November, Gopal Krishna
Muhuri, Principal of Nazirhat College in
Chittagong, was shot dead at his home.
 A journalist Shahriar Kabir was
arrested, who has sought to publicize
abuse against Hindus.
 Christians were killed by bombs in the
church of Baniachong.
 A Buddhist religious priest named
Gyanjoti Bhikku at Raujan under
Chittagong District was killed.

26. Hindus were not allowed to vote
in Bangladesh
 In1992, during the government of
Khaleda Zia, many anti-Hindu
pogroms took place.
 Hindus were not allowed to vote in
2001 because they refused to forgive
Khaleda Zia.
 Hindus were threatened by the
members of BNP-led alliance not to
vote.
 Within 45 days after the election

27. Hindus Raped and Massacred in
Bangladesh
 The attackers entered the home of a
college student, ransacked the
house, looted valuable and raped her in
front of her mother.
 The attackers came at night, told the
family that they should leave the area
because they voted for Awami League.
Then they tied up the husbands and raped
the women.

28. Jiziya-The tax of being a Non-
Muslim
 8 December 2001, Bangladeshi
newspaper reported: 50 Christian
families in Notre were subjected by
the nightmare of the hoodlums.
 Give ransom or Girl, ordered
hoodlums

29. Raping Hindus out of
Bangladesh
 Religious cleansing of Hindus is the
primary goal.
 The underlying policy is “jane maaris
na, ijjat maar” (don’t kill them, rape
their women).

30. Condition of Minorities in
Bangladesh
The minorities of Bangladesh have
only three options.
 To change their faith and become
Muslims
 To leave the country, leaving behind
all their possessions in Bangladesh
 Get external support to combat the
situation.

31. Rohingyas-A Muslim Minority in
Burma
 In 1978, 2,00,00 Rohingyas fled to
Bangladesh after Burma’s military
government had launched a campaign to
rid the area of Illegal migrants.
 In 1980s, more radical elements among
the Rohingyas broke away from the RPF
to set up Rohingyas Solidarity
Organization(RSO).
 Nearly 100 RSO rebels were reported to
be undergoing training in the Afghan
provience of Khost with Hizb-e-Islami

32. Bangladeshi in Delhi
 More than 1,50,000 Bangladeshis who
have migrated to Delhi, primarily from
the districts of
Khulna, Bagerhat, Faridpur, and
Barisal.
 Politicians like H. K. L. Bhagat have
organized ration cards and free
weekly medical care for these
migrants

33. History Distorted
School children of Bangladesh are made to
believe that the Marauders of 1971 were
“Indians”
History books only referred to the “allied” forces
assisting the freedom fighters without naming
any Country.

34. Indian sacrifice gone in vain
 India contributed in blood, sweat, and
money to Bangladesh liberation war in
1971.
 Sacrifices made by Indian soldiers
have been totally erased from public
memoies.
 After Independence, Bangladesh gave
up secularism and projected India not
as a neighbor but as a bully.

35. Economic persecution of
Minorities
In 1993, BNP government enacted a law.
 Minorities were not allowed to withdraw a
large amount from the banks.
 The commercial banks also stopped the
disbursement of business loans to
Minorities.
 Local officials and law enforcing agencies
side with the Muslim majority population
against the minorities.

36. Indian Congress encouraged
Migration
 Since 1961,Congress party encouraged
illegal migrants from Bangladesh to build
up its Vote Bank.
 The Congress and its successor has
always ranked winning elections and
remaining in power on higher priorities
than security and integrity of the country.

37. Increasing population of
Bangladesh
 Bangladesh declared Islam as state
religion in 1988.
 Muslim personal law sanctions a plurality
of wives.
 They do not practice Family Planning.
 Increasing population results in poverty
and Lebensraum.

38. Bangladesh- Haven for
Smugglers
 Bangladesh is a transit point for drugs
and precious stones.
 Myanmar cannot send drugs to
Bangladesh without traveling through
India’s North East.
 Bangladeshi ports are outlets for this
illegal trade.

39. Drugs Trade
 About 80% of heroin from Myanmar is
sent through this route.
 The entire operation fetches 600 to
1,000 crore Indian rupees annually.
 About one-fifth of this amount goes
into the pockets of very important
people of these countries.

40. Bangladeshi Lebensraum
 Bangladesh’s prerogative to increase
its population just as it pleases.
 Bangladesh consider it as their divine
right to migrate in search of
“lebensraum”.
 Bangladesh consider it as a
responsibility of the neighboring
countries to provide jobs, shelter and
food to its illegal immigrants.

41. Assam-If they want to survive in
their land
 Refuse to sell their land to any
Bangladeshi, at any cost offered.
 Ask the politicians what his stand on
the Bangladeshi issue is.
 Ask the elected representatives, what
progress has been made towards the
detection, disfranchisement and
deportation of foreign nationals.

42. Population of Assam
Assam Population increased from 3.29
million to 14.6 million within 70 years
16
14
12
10
8 Assam Population
6
4
2
0
1901 1971

43. Population of Assam
 Assam population has doubled itself
within 30 years because of massive
infiltration from Bangladesh.
 AGP Reveled: No government has the
courage to say that it would prefer to
rather fall than to remain a
government for the illegal immigrants.

44.  Works on “role of Indian army” by
Secular Bangladeshi intellectuals was
pilloried and banned.
 Bangladesh has emerged as the
biggest illegal arms bazaar in the
South Asia region.
 It is Unrealistic to that believe that the
conditions under which Bangladesh
was born would remain that forever

45. Islamic countries to help
Terrorist
 The United Nations settled the refugee
crises eventually.
 But wealthy Saudi Arabian charity
Rabita al Alam al Islami began
sending aid to the Rohingya refugees
in 1978.
 In 1980, more redical elements among
the Rohingyas broke away from the
RPF to set up the Rohingya Solidarity
Organization (RSO).

46. General Ziaur Rahman
 In 1977, he de-secularized the
constitution, legitimized the
banned, communal and Islamist
fundamentalist parties.
 He shifted the country’s foreign policy
towards forging close ties with
Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia other
Muslim countries.

47. Relations of Bangladesh with
Pakistan
 Bangladesh’s intelligence community
NSI and the DGFI have close links
with Pakistan’s Intelligence community
ISI.
 Bangladesh-Pakistan relations are too
close, including ties of marriages.
 The ISI and the DGFI have been
conjointly fomenting cross-border
terrorism in India’s north-east.

48. DGFI
Directorate General of Forces
Intelligence
 DGFI supports ATTF and the NLFT for
frequently killing and kidnapping
Bengali Hindus for Ransom.
 DGFI bribes the Indian journalists and
Editor.
At the marriage of the daughter of a
Kolkata-based journalist, the DGFI
supplied a quintal of Hilsha fish.

49. Al-Qaeda
 ISI in the mid-1990s had been
instrumental in creating the Taliban
movement and also had extensive
contacts with Al-Qaeda.
 Soon after Taliban were expelled, 3,000
Al-Qaeda fugitives from Afghanistan fled
to Pakistan, and thence to Bangladesh
via Nepal.

50. DGFI-Political contact in India
During the last parliamentary
elections in India 2004, about 7
candidates received significant
amounts of money from DGFI in
Kolkata

51. DGFI has classified Indian journalists and
media commentators in four categories.
 Reds: Die-hard anti-Bangladeshi
 Pink: Opposed to the present BNP-
Jamaat regime
 Yellow: Actively cooperative, but do not
want others to about it
 Green: most trusted, serve Bangladesh
with great dedication

52. Greens in India
 There are about 30 Greens in India
 They are among newspaper and TV
reporters, news editors, political
editors, bureau chiefs, resident
editors, correspondents of foreign
media house, freelancers and
executive aditors.
 DGFI pays them.

53. Illegal Bangladeshi Muslim-
migrants in Assam
 According to 1971 census, districts of
Assam, Dhubri, Barpeta, Hailakandi
and Goalpara are Muslim Majority
Districts.
 Three other
Districts, Karimganj, Nagaon and
Morigaon had more than 40% Muslim
Population.

54. Globalization of Islam
In an Interview with the Karachi-based
newspaper, Ummat on 28
September, 2001, bin laden said:
“There are areas in all parts of the world
where strong jihadi forces are present, from
Bosnia to Sudan, and from Burma to
Kashmir,”

55. Society can not hope to survive unless it
can provide all services it needs from
within.
A society that lacks skilled and unskilled
workers is removed or replaced.
Today no society can survive, without its
full complement of skilled and semi-
skilled workers.