The present government is encouraging all these evil forces and their Taliban style activities for the sake of the unity of the coalition in power, and telling the rest of the world that none of those activities exist in Bangladesh like the Ostrich hides its head in the sand.

The New York Times, Time Magazine, Far Eastern Economic Review, Washington Post, Guardian, Herald Tribune, Asia Week, Wall Street Journal, Economist, and News Week are publishing so many articles full of evidence that fanatic elements exist in Bangladesh. Reports from the Amnesty International, European Union, Human Rights Watch, US State Department and so many other international organizations continually urge the government to stop such activities, but the government is putting the blame on the opposition parties, or the minority groups.

It would be too late for the nation to survive as a democratic one, if we all don't come forward now to stop it. We don't want our beloved country to be turned into another Afghanistan or Iraq due to the wrong leadership.

I strongly urge the civil society to come forward for our own existence. SAMS Kibria, Ahsanullah Master, Manik Shaha, Monjurul Imam, Momtaz Uddin, Gopal Krishna Shaha, Ivy Rahman, Humayun Azad, Prof. Younus, Humayun Kabir Balu, Shamsur Rahman and so many have already been killed. Poet Shamsur Rahman, Shahrier Kabir, Arefin Siddique, Advocate Humayun and former prime minister and the leader of the opposition, Sheikh Hasina, have been attacked several times.

Please come forward, all progressive forces, civil society members, human rights organizations and freedom loving people, before we drift further to chaos and confusion.