| ID | 173184 |
| Title Proper | Terrorism in Bangladesh |
| Other Title Information | Understanding a Complex Phenomenon |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Lorch, Jasmin |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Bangladesh continues to face a threat from Islamic terrorism. However, the drivers of this phenomenon remain under-studied. Research has traced terrorism in Bangladesh to wider processes of Islamization; a political context marked by conflict between the country’s two main political parties and by authoritarian governance; the institutional weakness of the Bangladeshi security and justice system; and international factors, such as the Afghanistan War, influences from the Gulf, and more recently the Rohingya refugee crisis, as well as the increased interest of al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in South Asia. Based on an analysis of the literature and interviews, I argue that while the growth of terrorism in Bangladesh has been a complex process in which all of these factors have interacted, different constellations of them have been decisive at different historical stages. |
| `In' analytical Note | Asian Survey Vol. 60, No.4; Jul-Aug 2020: p. 778–802 |
| Journal Source | Asian Survey Vol: 60 No 4 |
| Key Words | Terrorism ; Bangladesh ; Islamism ; Jamaat-e-Islami ; Awami League |