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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...

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Suu 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...

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Will 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...

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Communal 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...

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Islamist 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...

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Bangladesh 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...

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Countering 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...

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Myanmar’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...

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Another 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...

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Countering 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...

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Combating 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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