Why are Bangladeshi students turning to extremism?

[Nilgiri]

Gosh, you're talking about Pakistani automobile industry? Those folks can't even handle low-tech industries like textiles. In his country, textile mills are shutting down as availability of electricity is becoming a major problem.

I dont want to derail topic too much. It is Bangladesh subforum after all

 

[kobiraaz]

Then 30% Bangladeshis are our brothers. They are part of the same family. I can't blame their government, when Pakistan's government is also bad. However the people, we share something that you Indians can never share with us.

It is not 70 / 30.

When there was polling system in facebook, There was a vote about the most hated country among Bangladeshis. Over 5000 voted and India came out top along with Israel followed by Pakistan

 

[Nilgiri]

It is not 70 / 30.

When there was polling system in facebook, There was a vote about the most hated country among Bangladeshis. Over 5000 voted and India came out top along with Israel followed by Pakistan

"Facebook"....the same thing the Gulshan terrorists were such big fans of.

Facebook crowd does not represent Bangladesh so accurately.....just like this subforum does not either.

 

[Al-zakir]

Rawami Bangladesh is the majority 70% of Bangladeshis look favourably upon India and by default are awami league supporters to different degrees (from neutral to strong support)

Post reported for misleading and spreading false info about bd in international forum.

How do you know this bharti? Where did you get this number? Too much vege is probably not good for your pea size brain.


Rawami harami league got 5% of total vote in last election. They are illegal by any count in modern electoral system.

No country recognized that election except stinky world famous toilet less bogoted terrorist thug nation called cow mata Bharat. Now get a job and take your dhoti self out if this forum. You lot making me sick.

 

[Ali Sinan]

Why are Bangladeshi students turning to extremism?

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37094224

More than 20 people, mostly foreigners, were killed in a brazen Islamist attack on a cafe in the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, on 1 July. The five young gunmen were shot dead by the army.

Many in the country were shocked to learn that some of the militants came from wealthy families and were educated in elite educational institutions.

Since then, life in Bangladeshi universities has changed dramatically. The BBC's Ethirajan Anbarasan has been speaking with university students and activists in Dhaka about youth radicalisation.

Suvro Emmanuel Rozario, Dhaka University - 'We have lost connection with our families'

Until recently, Bangladesh had a culture of living [closely] together, there were strong family ties, and people were living with their family members, and they were communicating with them.

Suddenly, we had more connection with the world through the internet and social media - [but] we lost connection with our families.

We are being isolated either with a computer or a smartphone.

This is where the extremists take the opportunity.

The vulnerable youth are isolated, and they cannot share their despair or frustration with others.

The extremists exploit frustration of these youths and isolate them from their families.

If you look at those extremists who were involved in recent attacks, they were living isolated from their families.

There is no space to share their emotions.

Muntaka Khan, student activist - 'We need more activities and more inclusion'

The latest violent incidents have definitely created a bit of misunderstanding among people on what the youth should do or what they actually think.

At the same time, they have also created a bit of awareness, in the sense that now people are more concerned about what activities the youth are getting involved in and how they are using their free time, because that is very important.

Some of these students involved in extremist activities [came from] reputed universities.

They were definitely studying, but, besides that, probably what happened was [that] they did not have other things to [keep themselves occupied] with, which forced them to do something which was unconventional, which was not normal, which made them go into extremist ways or to get radicalised.

That's the discussion that we are actually going through right now, how can we make the youths more active, or create more inclusion among ourselves so that these sorts of distractions do [not tempt them]?

Mashahed Hassan Simanta, Jahangir Nagar University - 'The lonely are being targeted'

The extremists try to find those who are lonely and frustrated.

Those people are easy to manipulate.

In order to fulfil their own purpose, [the extremists] need to inject [their] ideologies into those people.

We need to be more concerned about what our [fellow] students and friends are actually doing.

Ritun Mubtasin Kabir, Jahangir Nagar University - 'I knew they were trying to brainwash me'

Most of the frustrated youth do not have an icon or a role model who they can follow and who can mentor them.

Having a role model is important because then [one] can have a goal in life.

We can try to emulate that person.

Our life should always have a purpose, what [we] really want to be.

When I was in school, there was a student organisation linked to an Islamist party.

They came to me and only said that they prayed five times a day.

I knew that they were trying to brainwash me.

Unfortunately, lots of my friends did not have that kind of awareness.

Those people can be easily manipulated.

Most youths are aware of those who are trying to propagate extreme views, but only three or four students can get misled and this minority can do horrible things like the Gulshan attack.

Farah Zein Nikita, Dhaka University - 'What we are seeing is the opposite of Islam'

I think what is happening in Bangladesh is misrepresentation and miscommunication about Islam and about religion.

We know that Islam is a religion of peace.

But what we are seeing is the opposite of Islam.

We are a secular country, and we all live together.

Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists live together.

We celebrate all festivals together.

Some of our youths get frustrated about religion and get frustrated about everything.

This is a dark hour in our country, but it will pass very soon.

Rehan Khondekar, Dhaka University - 'Young people need to connect with each other offline'

After the Gulshan attack, I think that the youth community should be more connected.

They should go and discuss their issues and inner feelings with their families and friends offline.

We think that we have a separate world on social media like Facebook.

But, actually, we are alone there.

When we meet face to face, we get to know each other and we understand each other's values.

The main problem here is the youth are not getting the right information from the right people.

In our country, what we can do is to use our imams in mosques.

They can spread good values to our youth more frequently during prayers.

We [also] have to make sure that this right information is online.

BECAUSE OF INDIAN INTERNAL IN THEIR INTERNAL AFFAIRS....

 

[Nilgiri]

BECAUSE OF INDIAN INTERNAL IN THEIR INTERNAL AFFAIRS....

Did any of the Bangaldeshis interviewed actually say that?

 

[Ali Sinan]

Did any of the Bangaldeshis interviewed actually say that?

Stooges

 

[Nilgiri]

Post reported for misleading and spreading false info about bd in international forum.

How do you know this bharti? Where did you get this number? Too much vege is probably not good for your pea size brain.

Surprised you never came across it considering how many times its been posted on this forum already.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/14/chapter-4-how-asians-view-each-other/

You should really not reporting things as "misrepresentation" .....and instead ask for the source ...instead of getting so butthurt.

@Sliver check out the quality, totally non-knee-jerk response again from this subforum.

I mean you are not even a Bangladeshi but some Kashmiri guy right? Can't even talk Bengali am I correct?....according to @Anubis So should you be reported as a false flagger?

Stooges

How convenient.

 

[Arefin007]

Surprised you never came across it considering how many times its been posted on this forum already.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2014/07/14/chapter-4-how-asians-view-each-other/

You should really not reporting things as "misrepresentation" .....and instead ask for the source ...instead of getting so butthurt.

@Sliver check out the quality, totally non-knee-jerk response again from this subforum.

I mean you are not even a Bangladeshi but some Kashmiri guy right? Can't even talk Bengali am I correct?....according to @Anubis So should you be reported as a false flagger?



How convenient.

He is Sylheti as far I know. Its different to Bengalee don't force him to speak Bengali What are you doing

 

[bd_4_ever]

^ Yes he is Sylheti. Plus he speaks more Urdu then any other Bangladeshi member here. But out of the Jamati scum brigade in PDF, I rate Al-Zakir higher then others. Speaks sense more often and man's got some humor too.

 

[Nilgiri]

^ Yes he is Sylheti. Plus he speaks more Urdu then any other Bangladeshi member here. But out of the Jamati scum brigade in PDF, I rate Al-Zakir higher then others. Speaks sense more often and man's got some humor too.

I was wondering about it because of posts like this one:

https://defence.pk/threads/rabindranath-tagore-the-poet-of-two-countries.429716/page-4#post-8303756

Al zakir said he is Kashmiri....you trying to defend him as a Bengali while he himself says he's not is quite sad. I do not claim to be the spokesperson for BD....but I have atleast half a brain to know that to have an opinion about who Bengalis in Bangladesh should like or dislike from a cultural point of view requires one to if not be a Bengali atleast have good command over the language and the culture....a Kashmiri living in the US is exactly not that.

 

[bd_4_ever]

I was wondering about it because of posts like this one:

https://defence.pk/threads/rabindranath-tagore-the-poet-of-two-countries.429716/page-4#post-8303756

Ya I read that. I haven't seen where he claimed himself to be a Kashmiri and neither have I an iota of interest regarding his background.

But a supposedly BD member harping urdu sitting in USA is what intrigues me the most.

 

[Nilgiri]

But a supposedly BD member harping urdu sitting in USA is what intrigues me the most.

Yah but Urdu is language of much of the muslim "elite-elite" (and many in BD would be what you call jamati today probably) everywhere in subcontinent.

@Anubis will have to explain it I guess what he means.

 

[Anubis]

He said he was Kashmiri in a post regarding Nawab Salimullah....he is from a Kashmiri family that for some reason relocated to BD at some point in history(near or distant) and has somehow managed to shield themselves from the culture of the place they are living in(may be for generations)...in most cases immigrants like him are integrated fully by the third generation...he is a shining exception....give him a cookie.

 

[Nilgiri]

He said he was Kashmiri in a post regarding Nawab Salimullah....he is from a Kashmiri family that for some reason relocated to BD at some point in history(near or distant) and has somehow managed to shield themselves from the culture of the place they are living in(may be for generations)...in most cases immigrants like him are integrated fully by the third generation...he is a shining exception....give him a cookie.

You got that now @Arefin007 ? Don't pester me about it anymore....thanks. Zakir is a big boy and can defend himself.