1st Edition

The Politics of Terrorism and Counterterrorism in Bangladesh

Edited By Saimum Parvez, Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman Copyright 2023
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This book examines contemporary issues and debates of terrorism in Bangladesh, including national and transnational terrorist outfits operating within the country, their narratives and counternarratives, ideologues, women and the youth, media representation, counterterrorism laws, and challenges. Bangladesh is a fascinating and often paradoxical case study for terrorism studies. The book... Read more

Introduction Saimum Parvez and Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman; Chapter 1: Three Decades of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh Ali Riaz; Chapter 2: The Quintessential Ideologue: Rahmani and His Sermons Asheque Haque; Chapter 3: Female Terrorism in Bangladesh: Manifestations, Causes, and Consequences Jasmin Lorch and M Abul Kalam Azad; Chapter 4: Terrorism Narratives Among the Urban Youth in Bangladesh Bulbul Siddiqi; Chapter 5: How Do Terrorists Use the Internet for Recruitment? Saimum Parvez; Chapter 6: Mediating Terror: Framing the Dhaka Attack in the Bangladeshi Press Kajalie Shehreen Islam; Chapter 7: Under the State's Securitized Gaze: The Indigenous Peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts Bina D’Costa and Hana Shams Ahmed; Chapter 8: Bangladesh’s Counterterrorism Laws and Their Discontent Ridwanul Hoque; Chapter 9: The Other Side of Counterterrorism in Bangladesh Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman

Biography

Saimum Parvez is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA-COFUND) postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Political Science at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) in Belgium.

Mohammad Sajjadur Rahman is a doctoral candidate at the Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Clark University, USA.