Israeli periodical The Jerusalem Report on its present problem has revealed a 4-page report titled ‘Militancy gators begin popping-up in Bangladesh’ giving particulars of dangers posed by militancy forces, together with Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP), Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and their allies that embrace Al Qaeda and Islamic State. It could be talked about right here that The Jerusalem Report is a sister publication of Israel’s largest and most influential English every day The Jerusalem Publish. In keeping with supply, this report shall additionally seem within the print and on-line version of The Jerusalem Publish subsequent week. A number of weeks in the past, The Jerusalem Report revealed one other report on dangers posed by Hizb Ut Tahrir to Bangladesh and the UK. However that is for the primary time, any Israeli newspaper has revealed a report giving particulars of the notoriety of militancy and terrorist group in Bangladesh. The report additionally praised Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and the nation’s anti-terror elite pressure Fast Motion Battalion (RAB) for effectively combating terrorism.
Initially paragraphs of the 4-page article, The Jerusalem Report mentioned:
Bangladesh, the third-largest Muslim nation on this planet is on the crossroad, with its subsequent basic election scheduled to be held on January 7, 2024 – the place anti-Semite, anti-West radical Islamist and jihadist teams are brazenly exhibiting fangs producing excessive wariness amongst the folks within the nation and the area as Islamist takeover of Bangladesh would flip it into one other neo-Taliban state. Such concern is steadily getting intensified as within the current years, Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP), which is termed as ‘Tier-III Terrorist Group’ by a variety of US courts and its ideological allies comparable to Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) and pro-Caliphate Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI) are getting uncovered sympathy of the Biden administration.
Biden administration’s current actions could have extreme penalties for Bangladesh, doubtlessly turning it right into a neo-Taliban state. Following the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, many Afghans who had supported and collaborated with US forces have been left in a weak place, focused by extremist teams. Now, Biden is making an analogous mistake in Bangladesh, a South Asian nation, by seemingly supporting Islamist forces with an extended historical past of anti-American, anti-Semitic, and anti-Western sentiments, the place these Islamist bigots have been on-record setting hearth on American flag and chanted slogans comparable to – “Loss of life to America” or “We will turn into Taliban, Bangla [Bangladesh] might be Afghan”.
Through the 2001-2006 rule of the coalition authorities of Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), there have been a number of incidents in Bangladesh the place American flags have been burnt by protesters. These protests have been typically triggered by numerous elements, together with political developments, worldwide occasions, and public sentiment.
The Biden administration’s disturbing diplomacy has raised considerations concerning the long-standing relationship between the USA and Bangladesh, doubtlessly jeopardizing the 51-year historical past of cooperation between the 2 nations. For the reason that US acknowledged the newly-independent Bangladesh in 1971 after its victory over Pakistani occupation forces, the connection had been marked by cordial cooperation and vital improvement partnership. Nonetheless, this constructive trajectory now appears to be taking a troubling flip because of President Biden’s diplomatic method.
Lately, the Biden administration has claimed to uphold democracy however has proven hostility in direction of Bangladesh’s ruling secularist Awami League authorities whereas seemingly collaborating with the ultra-Islamist Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) and its jihadist allies, together with Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI). This method is dangerously pushing Bangladesh in direction of a future paying homage to a neo-Taliban state or perhaps a caliphate.
Criticizing Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration and its Islamist companions, The Jerusalem Report mentioned:
It’s important to notice that BNP and its Islamist companions have a historical past of harboring anti-American, anti-Semitic, and anti-Western sentiments. These Islamist teams have been on document for setting hearth to the American flag and chanting slogans like “Loss of life to America” or “We will turn into Taliban, Bangla [Bangladesh] might be Afghan”.
In a deeply regarding transfer, through the 2001-2006 rule of the BNP-Jamaat coalition authorities, they even named a bridge ‘Hezbollah’ as a “mark of honor”, brazenly expressing their help for the Lebanese resistance group, Hezbollah, which the USA has designated as a terrorist group. BNP-Jamaat coalition authorities’s junior communications minister Salahuddin Ahmed instructed French information company AFP, “I named the bridge Hezbollah due to our love for the Lebanese resistance group. Hezbollah is the one group which is combating Israel and the bridge is called after the group as a mark of honor”.
The then Overseas Minister Morshed Khan went so far as to label Israel’s actions as “state terrorism” and “spiritual terrorism” whereas accusing the USA of sponsoring it.
Bangladesh Nationalist Celebration (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami take into account Jews and Israel as “enemy” – help “elimination of the Jewish State from the world map”, whereas they acknowledge Lebanese Hezbollah and Palestinian Hamas as “ideological allies”.
Biden’s current actions in Bangladesh might have dire penalties, doubtlessly turning the nation right into a neo-Taliban state. Following the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan, many Afghans who had supported the US discovered themselves weak and focused by extremist teams. Sadly, it seems that an analogous mistake is being made in Bangladesh, with President Biden seemingly aligning with forces recognized for his or her vehement anti-American sentiments.
Of additional concern is the energetic help for Islamist teams, together with BNP, JeI, and Hefazat-e-Islam (HeI), by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and officers on the State Division. The US ambassador in Dhaka, Peter D. Haas, has been noticed associating with people who burn American flags and even threatening Bangladeshi media retailers with visa-related penalties to coerce them into selling the agenda of those Islamist forces.
By supporting the BNP, the Biden administration could inadvertently bolster a company with an agenda that contradicts American values and international coverage aims. The BNP’s goal is to ascertain Sharia Legislation in Bangladesh with the backing of Islamist allies, doubtlessly remodeling the nation into an anti-Semitic caliphate, mirroring the Afghan mannequin. Such a improvement might considerably undermine US pursuits within the area.
Inadvertently empowering Islamist teams in Bangladesh could lead on the nation down a path towards turning into a neo-Taliban state, with far-reaching implications for American international coverage and the worldwide battle in opposition to terrorism. These choices demand cautious consideration and a reevaluation of the US method to Bangladesh to make sure the preservation of shared values and pursuits.
Warning the intense consequence of BNP’s returning to energy, The Jerusalem Report mentioned, “The Biden Administration’s backing of the BNP, a celebration designated as a tier-III terrorist group by the USA, has elicited concern from numerous sectors. Such endorsement might doubtlessly metamorphose Bangladesh right into a sanctuary for extremist ideologies”.
In the meantime, following publication of the article in The Jerusalem Report, a number of Israeli media together with i24 TV in addition to different counterterrorism organizations in the USA may provide you with experiences exposing infamous actions of terrorist entities in Bangladesh.