Religious Militancy in Bangladesh (2013-2016)

Mohd Amdadul Haque, Sadia Afrin and Foisal Ahmed
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Mohd Amdadul Haque: Lecturer, Political Science at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University, Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh
Sadia Afrin: Lecturer, Political Science at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University, Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh
Foisal Ahmed: Lecturer, Political Science at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University, Gopalganj-8100, Bangladesh

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2020, vol. 4, issue 6, 18-25

Abstract: Religious militancy has come into focus all over the world after the attacks of the Al Qaeda in 2001 in New York. Militancy denotes the activities of individuals, groups or parties to engage in violence with a particular ideological purpose. Religiously inspired violent extremism and militancy emerged in Bangladesh only in the mid-1990s. But during 2001 to 2006, militancy in Bangladesh got a profound root through links and networks with global militant organizations. After a short break the issue of militancy again has come into forefront in 2013 with old and new networks following the wave of transnational trend. Militant organizations attacked bloggers, foreigners, atheists, priests, non-Muslims and other targeted individuals. Militant attacks and atrocities vehemently attracted global media. However, this paper is an attempt to examine whether there is militancy in Bangladesh or not with the nature of militant attacks and extent of the activities of militant gangs in Bangladesh during the period of 2013 to 2016.

Date: 2020
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