Crackdown on Hizbut Tahrir
The crackdown on Hizbut Tahrir has apparently proved the fact that many militant outfits are still active in Bangladesh, which can be a potential threat to our sovereignty in the future if they are not nipped in the bud at the earliest possible time. Regrettably, three of the men arrested were 'respectable university teachers', who are supposed to be our ideal role models. We should carefully underscore the fact that these people have the scope and ability to influence the youth and they are capable of persuading them to adopt their destructive principles. It's also perplexing to wonder how such an extremist group was allowed to exist in our progressive political milieu, even after so many fatal terrorist attacks that virtually shook the foundation of our national security. Similarly, I don't understand why in a democratic nation this fundamentalist group should be allowed to hold a press conference and permitted to announce an audacious ultimatum that demanded the release of their detained associates within the next 48 hours, who were actually convicted of drawing the foundational blueprints of multidimensional terrorist activities. Don't we have any standard codes of law and order in this country? It really doesn't matter what enlightened principles these 'overexcited' people are adhering to. The 'means' they have chosen to achieve their objectives should be viewed as absolutely unacceptable in this liberal era of democratisation.
If such radical zealots are allowed to expand their fundamentalist ideologies unhindered, then someday they will go beyond control and threaten our socio-political stability. We already have a great magnitude of political uncertainty in our country. The growth of such radical syndicates will inevitably make our political scenario even more uncertain. In the past, our policy makers often displayed an odd tendency of gaining awareness regarding this issue when it was already too late to take any fruitful initiative.
We should not let history repeat itself!
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