Spreading Tentacles: The Islamic State in Bangladesh

Animesh Roul

Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 13 Issue: 3

[February 6, 2015]

http://www.jamestown.org/

Ustad Muhammad Achwan: Leader of Jemaah Ansharusy Syariah of Indonesia.

Author : Animesh Roul

December 2014, Militant Leadership Monitor 

BioWeapons Monitor 2014

Just released. SSPC's work / contribution: India and Pakistan Chapters. 

Origins of the BioWeapons Monitor

The Maldives-Syria Connection: Jihad in Paradise?

ANIMESH ROUL, 

Terrorism Monitor,  Volume: 12 Issue: 22, November 21, 2014

APOCALYPTIC JIHADIST: AL-QAEDA IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT CHIEF AASIM UMAR" (AQIS)'s Chief Asim Umar in the October issue of Militant Leadership Monitor (Author, Animesh Roul, MLM, Jamestown Foundation, Vol 5 (10) October 2014)

Animesh Roul (SSPC, Executive Director) "Child Soldiers Of India’s Myriad Mutinies", | DEFENCE AND SECURITY ALERT, November 2014.

http://www.dsalert.org/

Pakistan's Anti-India Spy Network Eyes Vital Defense Infrastructure from Sri Lanka

Publication: Terrorism Monitor Volume: 12 Issue: 19, October 10, 2014

By: Animesh Roul

Key Points

• Jihadist discourse over the past year has exhorted India's sizeable Muslim population to participate in jihad, either abroad or targeting the Indian state.

• Despite Indian nationals' involvement in transnational terrorist plots, and a substantial indigenous insurgent campaign through the late 2000s, Indian Muslims have typically avoided the jihadist call.

_{​​Key Points​}

• _{Bangladesh faces growing security threats from a range of radical Islamist interests, including entrenched Deobandi militants, newly emergent jihadist groups, and even transnational operations such as Al-Qaeda.}

• _{A message from Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in January 2014, the first specifically directed at Bangladesh, will resonate with a number of radical groups aiming to spread jihad within the country.}

^{"Low Lying Threat: Risk from domestic radicals rises in the Maldives"}

^{Jane's Intelligence Review, October 2014}

The Maldives is experiencing a growing undercurrent of Islamist extremism.  Animesh Roul examines this trend and the domestic risk posed by Maldivian youths travelling to fight alongside Islamist groups in jihadist theatres such as Syria.