- Photo: Dhaka Tribune
More may appear today or tomorrow.
But here’s a long list of extremist Islamist groups, along with five banned outfits, international groups, suspected financier NGOs operating in Bangladesh.
It’s shocking for the ordinary, unarmed and peace-loving people, no doubt, because they won’t be able to fight the armed-radical Islamists with arms. They urge the government to ban Jamaat-e-Islami, its student group Islami Chhatra Shibir, and dozens of other parties and groups including controversial platform Hefazat-e-Islam which are instigating militancy through their everyday activities.
Facebook page Occupy Shahbagh, Dhaka uploaded it today!
===Outlawed Islamist #Militant Groups in #Bangladesh===
2. Jama’at-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) and
3. Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB) on February 23, 2005,
4. Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami (Huji) on October 17, 2005 and
5. Hizb ut-Tahrir: Banned on October 22, 2009
===Blacklisted Groups===
Hizb-ut-Tawhid,
Islami Samaj,
Ulema Anjuman al Baiyinaat,
Islamic Democratic Party,
Tawhid Trust,
Tamir ud-Deen,
Alla’r Dal
Shahadat-e-Nobuwat,
Ansarullah Bangla Team and
Al Markajul al Islami
===Groups Under Watch===
Al-Harat al-Islamia,
Jamayatul Falaiya,
Tawhidi Janata,
Jummatul al-Sadat,
Al Jihad Bangladesh,
World Islamic Front for Jihad,
Warat Islamic Front,
Al-Khidmat Foundation,
Muslim Millat Sariyah Council,
Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh,
Hizbul Mahdi,
Jamiatul Ehhia-ut-Turaj,
Hayatul Igasa,
Bangladesh Anjumane Talamije Islamia,
Khidmat E Islam Foundation,
Islami Jihad Group,
Tanjeem Bangladesh,
Iktadul Tulah Al Muslemin,
Amanatul Forkan Al Khayriya,
Ibtedatul Al Muslemin,
Al-Sayeed Mujahid Bahini and
Ahsab Bahini
===Other International Militant Groups Active in Bangladesh===
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT),
Harkat-ul Mujahideen,
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF),
Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM),
Jaish-e-Mostofa,
Indian Kashmir-based organisation Asif Reza Commando Force (ARCF),
Tehrik-e-Jehad-e-Islami-Kashmiri (TJI),
Harkat-ul-Jehadul Islami,
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HuM),
Hezbi Islami,
Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen and
Harkat ul-Ansar
===Myanmar-based Groups===
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO),
Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO),
National United Party of Arakan (NUPA),
Arakan Rohingya Force,
Islamic Solidarity Front,
Arakan People’s Army,
Liberation Myanmar Force,
Arakan Mujahid Party,
Rohingya Independents Force,
Rohingya Independence Army,
Rohingya Patriotic Front,
Rohingya Islamic Front and
United students Association of Arakan Movement (USM)
===NGOs Suspected for Militant Financing===
Revival of Islamic Heritage Society (RIHS),
Rabita al-Alam al-Islami,
Society of Social Reforms,
Qatar Charitable Society,
Al-Muntada Al-Islami,
Islamic Relief Agency,
Al-Furqan Foundation,
International Relief Organisation,
Kuwait Joint Relief Committee,
Muslim Aid Bangladesh,
Dar Al-Khair,
Hayatul Igachha and
Tawheed-e-Noor