Pakistan, social networking and the Facebook Jihad phenomenon
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS While the world remains engrossed in debates triggered by Wikileaks, a new threat from cyberspace is emerging. Social networking sites have now become a potential space...
View ArticleSuu Kyi’s new role: challenging tasks ahead for Myanmar
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS After a three-week long tour of Europe, opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has returned to a Myanmar that is going through a critical time. The ethnic violence that...
View ArticleWill violence and strikes disrupt elections in Bangladesh?
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS The number of incidences of political violence in Bangladesh surged in the first quarter of 2013. Activists of the country’s largest Islamist political party, Bangladesh...
View ArticleCommunal harmony: a missing cornerstone of reform in Myanmar
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS In an article published on 2 May 2013 on the Voice of al Islam website, radical Indonesian ideologue Abu Bakar Bashir called for jihad to end the ‘genocide’ of the...
View ArticleIslamist militancy on the rise in Bangladesh
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS Islamist militant groups in Bangladesh are showing signs of revival. According to Bangladeshi authorities, militants from at least two banned outfits — Jama’atul...
View ArticleBangladesh needs to get serious about counterterrorism
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS The recent killing of a Hindu priest in the north of Bangladesh is reflective of the continued threat of terrorism in the country. The so-called Islamic State (IS) has...
View ArticleCountering terror in Bangladesh
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, NTU 2016 was a challenging year for counterterrorism in Bangladesh. The so-called Islamic State (IS) succeeded in carrying out a series of attacks, most notably the July...
View ArticleMyanmar’s Rohingya plight faces jihadist hijacking
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, NTU On 9 October 2016, 200 armed attackers from the Aqa Mul Mujahidin — an organisation with links to the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) — carried out a surprise...
View ArticleAnother year of unresolved terror in Bangladesh
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, RSIS Threats to Bangladesh’s internal security continue to emanate from groups affiliated with al-Qaeda and the so-called Islamic State (IS). The key groups operating in...
View ArticleCountering India’s terror blind spot in West Bengal
Author: Iftekharul Bashar, NTU In July 2019, India’s State Minister for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy accused Jama’at-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) of using some madrassas (religious schools) in West...
View ArticleCombating extremist charities during COVID-19
Authors: Iftekharul Bashar and Kenneth Yeo Yaoren, RSIS As COVID-19 places extraordinary burdens on governments, deficits in state-led support are creating opportunities for extremist networks to win...
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