Terrorists at work
Lashkar-e-Tayeba is the name of a Pakistan based militant group, second biggest international terrorist group after Al-Qaeda.
The activities of this group are mostly cantered in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. We were a bit less concerned while our IGP and the DG of Rab recently assured the people that their presence in Bangladesh has weakened due to the anti-militancy drives. Now, almost every day their members are being caught, new hiding places are being uncovered with jehadi booklets, deadly arms and bomb making materials and new members are being arrested. It seems they have already set their feet very deep in Bangladesh and their number is not that small as has been anticipated by the law enforcers.
The IGP and the DG of Rab have already changed their tone about them and apprehended that it may take a longer time than expected to contain them fully.
Today, 15 Nov, there are headlines in some Bangla dailies stating that this terrorist group members are scattered all over Bangladesh in the guise of textile technicians, labourers, students, madrasa teachers and employees of private business houses. In some places they are training madrasa students to make and hurl bombs. As citizens of Bangladesh we are very much alarmed. This group has destabilised Pakistan, inflicted heavy casualties in India and their next target is destruction of Bangladesh. They have high links in both Pakistan and some Muslim countries who do not like Bangladesh flourishing as a democratic country.
They have friends in Bangladesh who shelter them and provide them with hiding places.
We have a big consolation that the Bangladeshis in general have no support for these so-called Islamic jehadis . There are however some supporters who do not like an unified education system.
They want to keep a significant number of our children uneducated in the name of giving madrsa education for their pecuniary benefits, they want to keep our women indoors.
Their agenda is to keep people as their blind followers. They are in favour of closing girls' schools like the terrorists in Pakistan.
These are the people who get the money and materials from their foreign friends. They are misinterpreting Islam and making us "suspicious" travellers in the outside worlds.
Bangladesh will have to come out of the clutches of these elements. As the people of this country are very much aware, I believe it will not be very hard for our law enforcement agencies to eradicate them from this soil. This is the time to hit when the country is being ruled by a party which will not shelter these elements. Let us all lend our hands to the government.
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