Alarming
sign in Bangladesh
By Jamal
Hasan
Two of my friends came back from
Bangladesh
. They gave a very similar account of the mindset of many educated
Bangladeshis. The common trend is they are staunchly anti-American,
anti-Indian, anti-Hindu and anti-Jewish. Many of the young university
going students, especially from
Jahangirnagar
University
,
Chittagong
University
and
Rajshahi
University
are falling prey to militant Islamist youth group Islamic
Chhatra Shibir's political ploy. Those days of liberal moderate
Muslim country of the 1970's are gone. Young educated Bangladeshis have
the audacity to say, "Today we have not captured the state power-
when we get the power, we will definitely kill the infidels".
Khaleda Zia administration is
patronizing the militant Islamists. On the facade, the sycophants and
die-hard supporters of the Islamist coalition do not pose as bearded
head-shaking Talibanists. But they cold-bloodedly and calculatively are
implementing the blue print of a grand design. Primarily they will
eliminate all the secular, non-religious Bengali intellectuals and
polticians and secondarily they will strengthen the foundation of Islamist
conglomerates. In
USA
and in most Western countries there is no dearth of Bangladeshi Islamists.
Many eforums can be testament to their activities. The expatriate
Bangladeshi Islamists are nothing but eyes and ears of Islamist killers in
Bangladesh
. Any law enforcement official of
USA
would be amazed to see the extent of networking between
USA
based Bangladeshi Islamists and their comrades back home.
Today, US State Department is
making a grave mistake. Unlike
USA
's action in
Pakistan
, so far
USA
's role in
Bangladesh
is nothing short of patronization and appeasement. Because of
USA
's failure to be more heavy-handedness, Khaleda Zia, a liliput compared to
her one-time role model General Pervez Musharraf, got immense power. She
has become berserk to eliminate any sign of modernist and liberal
thoughts in the poverty stricken over populous country. Some critics
of
USA
's policy in
South Asia
say, may be Uncle Sam is waiting for another 9/11- this time initiated by
Bangladeshi Islamists. The problem would be if it really happens,the
fallout would be very nasty. The repercussion would not be good for
secular and liberal Muslims living in the Western land.
It is high time to think about
immigration reform, so that Islamists of any country do not get easy
access to penetrate in this land of great opportunity.
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