Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh

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Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, [transl. Jihad movement of Islam of Bangladesh] is the Bangladeshi branch of the terrorist group Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI). It is banned in Bangladesh [1] and is a Proscribed Organisation in the United Kingdom under the Terrorism Act 2000. [2]

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HuJI also played an instrumental role in the founding of the Indian Mujahideen terrorist group and had been involved with its earlier incarnation, Asif Reza Commando Force. [3]

Leadership

The founder of the group was Maulana Abdus Salam. Other well known leaders include Shaikhul Hadith Allama and Azizul Haque, who was the chairman of the political party Islami Oikya Jote. Muhammad Habibur Rahman (alias Bulbuli Huzur) was a leader of the HuJI and initially a leader of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish. [4] The principal of Lalkhan Madrasa in Chittagong, Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury, was also a leader of the HuJI. [4]

Another leader of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh, Ataur Rahman Khan, was elected member of parliament from Bangladesh Nationalist Party. [5] Leader Muhammad Habibur Rahman is a leader of Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis, Principal of the Slyhet Jameya Madania Islamia, and one of the organizers of the 2013 Shapla Square protests by Hefazat-e Islam demanding blasphemy laws. [5] He has also declared a reward for killing Taslima Nasreen. [5] He received the Awami League nomination for elections to be held on 22 January 2007 as part of a coalition deal with Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis which received heavy criticism from local Awami League leaders who threatened to resign en masse. [5] Both were part of a team of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh which visited Afghanistan and met with Osama bin Laden. [6] [7] They had flown to Pakistan where they were hosted by Qari Saifullah Akhtar and were driven by Abdur Rahman Shahi, a Bangladeshi mujahadeen, to Afghanistan. [7]

Mufti Abdul Hannan is the current leader of the Bangladeshi branch of the HuJI. He is currently incarcerated, convicted of various terrorism charges and has been sentenced to death. [8] He is charged in 25 criminal cases involving terrorism. [9]

History

Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islam (HuJI) was founded in 1984 during the Soviet–Afghan War. [10] HuJI Bangladesh was founded on 30 April 1992 in the Bangladesh National Press Club by Bangladeshi mujahideen veterans of the Soviet–Afghan War. The founder of the group was Maulana Abdus Salam. [4]

Since its founding, the group has been responsible for the deaths of over 100 people in various terrorist attacks. [11] The group has been known to support the Rohingya insurgency in Western Myanmar. [12] It allegedly has ties with the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) and the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO). [10]

List of attacks

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  2. ↑ Terrorism Act 2000 (11, Schedule 2). 2000.
  3. ↑ "A short history of the Indian Mujahideen". The Indian Express. 2018-01-24. Archived from the original on 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  4. 1 2 3 "Ferocious HujiB now on the wane". Dhaka Tribune. 21 August 2016. Archived from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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  9. ↑ "2004 attack on UK envoy: Mufti Hannan files review plea". The Daily Star. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  10. 1 2 "Huji men used as mercenaries". The Daily Star. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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