Fundamentalists' threat
Md. Mostafa Kamal, Mirpur, Dhaka
I regret to say that terrorism and fundamentalism have spread rapidly to many parts of the country in the name of Islamic governance aiming to establish an Islamic state -- a rule of Allah as opposed to man made laws. They are well-organised and well equipped in terms of access to funds on the basis of international contact. The present government is blamed for this situation. Many leaders of the government party understood it but could not express in fear of losing their ranks. A central committee member of BNP has left the party due to alleged patronisation the militants by a section in the government. He also said that it was not possible to raise the militants rapidly without their knowledge. A senior BNP lawmaker told in the Parliament that the recent killing of journalists and judges reminded him the killing of intellectuals in the country before the independence in 1971.Abu Hena lost his membership only for speaking against fundamentalism and extremism. He also blamed a section in the government and the party for patronising the militants. Md. Ashraf Hosssen who is the whip of the ruling party supported his statement. I think his statement is a credible evidence in this situation. Expelling Abu Hena from BNP otherwise proves it. Recently, the militants have killed two judges and many others in suicide attacks and we have just started to see these. Now it is very difficult to save the judges by providing gunmen. Militants are issuing continuous threats to blow up the offices of courts, jails, even Secretariat and markets. They are threatening that they will kill officials and employees, journalists, top leaders even ministers. It is a threat to the future of democracy. We are losing our credibility among the international community. The donors are warning that if the government doesn't do something about it very quickly, Bangladesh will become known more and more as a place of terrorism and violence. Government should find out those providing assistance to militants in northern region since 2002 and take stern actions against them for their involvement in promoting terrorism.
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