Any threat against country to be resisted: Shahriar
State Minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam today said the government will resist any kind of threat against the country.
“The government will not be worried by such threats or calls and we will resist it,” the minister said while briefing the media over the recent threat issued by al-Qaeda.
An audiovisual message purported to be from al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has urged the Muslims in Bangladesh to wage an intifada (popular uprising) to confront the “crusader onslaught against Islam”.
Posted in Jihadology.net, the message alleged thousands of people were being killed in the streets of Bangladesh for protesting the “collusion of the anti-Islam secular government with a bunch of transgressing secularists”.
Asked what action would be taken against any political party if its link to threat was found, the minister said, “If accurate information is found against any parties, the high-ups of the government will decide on it.”
“It is not a part of the international pressure, but it may be a conspiracy,” Shahriar replied to another question if the government is considering the threat as an international pressure following the January 5 parliamentary election.
“It will take more few days to comment whether any opposition party has link to the threat,” he added.
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