A banned Islamic militant group blamed for hundreds of bomb blasts last week across Bangladesh has threatened to strike again unless the government introduces Islamic rule in the impoverished country.  If Dhaka authorities failed to establish Islamic law or tried to arrest any member of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, â(we) will take direct action,â the group said in a statement on the website âjihadunspun.comâ.
âEverybody is the enemy of Islam who wants to launch democracy as an institutional form,â said the English-language statement seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
| That pretty much lays it out, doesn't it? |
âTherefore we invite the ruling party and also the opposition to initiate the rule of Islam within a short time in Bangladesh.â
| We invite the ruling party and also the opposition to hunt them down and kill them like dogs... |
Two people were killed and about 100 injured when hundreds of homemade bombs exploded simultaneously across the country last Wednesday, triggering an unprecedented security alarm among Bangladeshâs 140 million people, most of whom are Muslims. No individual or group has claimed responsibility for the bombings but copies of a leaflet found at most of the blast sites carried a call by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen to impose Islamic rule on democratic secular Bangladesh. The leaflet also warned the United States and Britain against occupation of Muslim nations. |