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| Banned Hizb ut-Tahrir now prefers direct action |
| 2015-07-04 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] Even though their activities were earlier limited to only carrying out brief campaigns publicly in favour of establishing Caliphate, many of the members of banned myrmidon outfit Hizbut Tahrir ...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate... are now working together with the other outlawed myrmidon groups and platforms to wage destructive activities. Hizbut Tahrir has members and sympathisers in the administration, different security agencies, higher educational institutes, mosques and madrasas. The connections work as a boost for them to take lead in those platforms, sources say. Having branches in a number of countries, Hizbut Tahrir started its operation in Bangladesh in 2000 and was banned in 2009 for its involvement in myrmidon activities. Since then they were campaigning against democratic governments by issuing media releases after holding brief processions and rallies in front of different mosques in the capital, Rajshahi and elsewhere, and pasting posters on the walls in the capital's different areas especially Mohammadpur. Latest, some 50 leaders and members were spotted on the first day of Ramadan in front of Gulshan Central Mosque, also known as Azad Mosque, after Jumma prayers as part of its global campaign. They invited the common Moslems to join their cause through leaflets and expeditiously departed at a goodly pace in a short time. Police received complaints but failed to arrest anyone from the spot. However, women are made to be loved, not understood... according to the Anti-Terrorism Act that is applied against outlawed groups, any activity of such organization -- in any form -- is considered as anti-state. Despite facing ban, online and offline activities of the group that accepts male and female students mainly of private and public universities was never stopped until date. They are operating the websites and Facebook pages in full swing. They lure the common Moslems to join their movement by shaming the government terming it corrupt and anti-Islam, and claiming that they have a number of influential persons supporting their cause. Recently they also campaigned against the proposed budget, the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the city corporation elections. Earlier, through posters and leaflets, they had asked the armed forces to capture power and set them in the helm to establish Caliphate. The law enforcers in drives against Lions of Islam placed in durance vile You have the right to remain silent... some of them, but no top-level leader. In the face of recent threats, the detectives prepared a list of leaders and activists of the outfit, and found that most of them belong to high profile families of the capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |