extremism
Violence in Bangladesh: The picture is disturbing, the wounds are deeper
If Marcellus saw the picture of college students brutalising an innocent man, he would surely have said to Hamlet that “something is rotten in the state of Denmark.
India's crackdown on Kashmir will spur global Muslim extremism: Imran
India's crackdown on protests and dissent in Kashmir will drive more of the world's Muslims into extremism, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says during a fiery speech in the part of the disputed territory administered by Pakistan.
Editorial / Women and violent extremism
Studies of some 30 countries in the Middle East, Africa, South and East Asia show that an overwhelming majority of women in these countries are victims of violent extremism and terrorism.
A logical antidote
Currently, the Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs and UN Women Bangladesh are jointly drafting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP) with a view to implementing the UN Security Council Resolution 1325, which calls for increasing women's participation in efforts to maintain peace and security. The NAP shall aim to ensure women's meaningful participation in the prevention of conflict
Building awareness against extremism stressed
Speakers stress the need for building public awareness against extremism in the country through the participation of different stakeholders including religious leaders, teachers and NGO activists.
The ouster of ISIL from Mosul
It is the considered opinion of scholars and observers of terrorism and extremism that the ISIL capture of Mosul was the most significant...
STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING / Avoid tunnel vision in tackling extremism
Our policymakers should appreciate, more importantly acknowledge, that the radicals have made inroads in our midst. The affluent and the educated youths have been targeting those whose minds have been indented enough to be motivated to not only disown the parents but also indulge in suicide attacks.
Causes of extremism in Bangladesh
I read the article 'When kids become monsters' with interest published in TDS on July 5, 2016. The narration was correct and interesting.
STRATEGICALLY SPEAKING / Extremism and the bamboo brigade
Of late we have seen pictures of the police handing over bamboo sticks to groups of people in various districts ostensibly for the purpose of combating militancy and extremism in the country.
Stand against violent acts of extremists
The European Parliament delegation for South Asia has called on the government, political parties and civil society members to
Enemy of none, lover of sitar
He was a sitar player. All his life, he was devoted to music, culture and peace. His family members and colleagues don't believe he had enmity with anyone. He never said or wrote anything against any religion or hurt anybody's religious sentiment.
PM renews call for greater unity of Muslim Ummah
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina renews her call for greater unity of the Muslim Ummah and its pursuit of the great Islamic values of fraternity, justice and inclusion. The premier also reiterates her "zero tolerance" policy to terrorism and violent extremism.
ICG urges Bangladesh govt to change strategy for containing violent extremism
The government should change its present strategy to contain violent extremism and political threats, says Brussels-based think-tank International Crisis Group.
Dhaka-US renews pledge to fight extremism
The US say it will remain beside Bangladesh in the ongoing fight against violent extremism and terrorism, which threaten societies that cherish basic human freedom.
Uniting to prevent violent extremism
Violent extremism is a direct assault on the United Nations Charter and a grave threat to international peace and security.
We are better off but not happy!
Bangladeshis simply cannot allow extremists to triumph over liberalism and the way to defeat extremism is neither through dagger nor through 'development' but through unadulterated democracy.
Reactivated JMB!
If all those extremists killed and arrested in the last one month belong to the JMB then all those that had written off the extremist group as a non-entity and without the capacity to create problems for the country must be eating their words, and that includes the head of our police too.
Bangladesh in 34-state Islamic military alliance
Bangladesh has joined a Saudi Arabia-based 34-state Islamic military coalition to combat terrorism, according to a joint statement published on state news agency SPA.
In the grip of madness
Bangladesh's experience with ribald extremism and terrorism is more recent and, so far, has been less painful in terms of mass attacks or casualties. But there has been a slow, but steady gnawing at the very soul of this country.
