BANGLADESH FACES ISLAMIST SURGE AFTER REGIME CHANGE

Because the dramatic ousting of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in August, Bangladesh has spiraled into chaos – and what’s rising as a substitute is deeply alarming.

Underneath the interim management of Muhammad Yunus, the nation has change into a haven for radical Islamist teams as soon as banned for terrorism.

Hizb ut-Tahrir, Hefazat-e-Islam, Tawhidi Janata, Jamaat-e-Islami, and the al-Qaeda-linked Ansarullah Bangla Workforce are not hiding within the shadows – they’re marching by way of Dhaka in broad daylight.

On March 7, Hizb ut-Tahrir defied a authorities ban and led 1000’s by way of the capital, chanting “Khilafat, Khilafat” and calling for the substitute of Bangladesh’s secular democracy with an Islamic caliphate.

The demonstration turned violent as individuals clashed with police exterior the Baitul Mukarram Mosque.

In the meantime, the streets inform a darker story. Islamist mobs have torched Hindu properties, destroyed temples, and launched brutal assaults on minorities.

Over 2,200 anti-Hindu incidents have been reported in 2024 alone. As a substitute of condemning the violence, Yunus’s regime dismisses the assaults as “pretend” or “politically motivated.”

Convicted terrorists are being launched.

Amongst them are Mamunul Haque of Hefazat-e-Islam and Jashimuddin Rahmani of Ansarullah Bangla Workforce – males who as soon as incited mass violence and homicide. They’re now free below authorities watch.

Teams like Jamaat-e-Islami – beforehand banned for his or her function within the 1971 genocide – have had their restrictions lifted and are re-entering the political house with their unique aim intact: a worldwide Islamic state.

What’s unfolding is the systematic dismantling of a secular republic.

If this trajectory continues, Bangladesh might quickly be part of the ranks of Afghanistan below the Taliban and Syria below jihadist rule.

Supply: Gatestone Institute