There were two ominous signs in the security paradigm of Bangladesh last week 1.) the release from death row of the chief of militants organisation Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) responsible for killing atheist bloggers in 2013 and 2.) re-entry into the scene of the banned transnational Jihadist outfit Hizb ut Tahrir (HuT) taking responsibility for the vandalism and mayhem following the mass upsurge of 05AUG. Setting things into focus on 09AUG HuT organised a largely attended public meeting demanding a ‘Khilafa’ state (Caliphate) in Bangladesh. More on this when we conclude.
Thriving on chaos:
In its third week in power this neither constitutional nor legitimate ‘interim’ Govt in Bangladesh has been for all practical purposes thriving on chaos. There seems no end to the unpredictability and insecurity surrounding the nation, with mismanagement, indecisiveness and inefficiency being the order of the day. Bangladesh has never in its history faced such a notorious power and political vacuum, not even after 1971.
This indicates that things have deliberately been permitted to deteriorate and intentionally let go on a very free fall downward spiral. The implied ‘no hope no win’ situation is not only worrying it is allowing for plenty of questions to be raised in the public domain as to the ‘ultimate intentions’ of this bunch of US backed conmen.
Flirting with Fundamentalists:
Add all of the above to the Govt and Dr Yunus’s growing unexplainable endearment of obscurantist extreme right wing fundamentalist parties and their cohorts from day one of its assuming power.
As a consequence ongoing social media engagement paint rosy pictures of Jamaat E Islami (JeI) and their student wing the Islami Chatra Shibir (ICS) as ‘revolutionaries’ and the ultimate ‘saviour of the nation’ in their efforts with the ‘people’ to oust the fascist Sheikh Hasina regime on 05AUG. This fictional narrative has huge traction, specially in Facebook.
Truth be told; nationwide even if one million ‘people’ actually joined the ‘monsoon revolution’ — 179 million did not — meaning the majority population of Bangladesh are neither ‘fascist’ nor are they cowards or stupid. Therefore this jargon of ‘jonogon’ or people is a viciously false construct of the JeI and ICS and is totally divorced from reality, meant only to act ‘courageous’ in mob numbers and confuse people as to their larger agenda.
The Net Noise:
Our research and study of reports and propaganda videos implies – alarmist and excitable online raconteurs and right wing agent provocateurs are demanding Dr. Yunus
- a) be sworn in as the President and
- b) to trash and ‘rewrite’ the existing constitution to fit in ‘post revolutionary’ ideals.
These online brainwashing videos perfectly calibrate the hidden HuT agenda and are gullible commodities for the naive.
All well said and done — but what is the covert angle to this unwanted constitutional complication controversy and how does one go about sorting the actual exercise is yet shrouded in mystery. Together there is a lot of ‘sound and fury’ by ‘theorist and ideologues’ some closest to Dr Yunus which in the end signifies nothing more than exposing the plot that has been hatched for decades to introduce Shariah laws and convert Bangladesh into an outright Islamic state.
Vote bank and election hoax:
While in recent days the Jamaat is talking pretty about ‘inclusivity’ across society and polity this ‘inclusion’ worryingly extends only to their support base and increasing their physical numbers among ‘like minded’ Islamic parties, ‘Qaumi madrasa’ bumpkins and obscurant Mollah etc. It has nothing in its village politics like charter to ‘include’ women, third gender, differently abled, religious and indigenous minorities as also secular Islamists like the Sufis or even the leftist parties.
We beg to differ with those who believe that the Jamaat’s exercise is only to increase their very nominal and insignificant ‘vote bank’ for the next ‘democratic elections’. There is absolutely nothing ‘democratic’ about the Islamist and their mandate is solely to capture power one way or the other period! They are by the way in no rush. The more this Govt delays it’s tenure — the more advantage the Islamist have to calibrate and fine tune things with their shady handlers for a final coup which will lead to further bloodshed.
Hizbut Tahrir the ‘unsung heroes’ of 2024?:
Why we believe HuT are the masterminds of things as they unfold in Bangladesh is, because of their covert modus operandi. For decades they have been peddling the idea of Khilafa to intelligent, informed, educated and elite sections of our society including teachers, academics, students of public and private Universities, civil bureaucracy etc.
Therefore the stealth, speed and sheer precision of attacks (some Awami League false flags too) we witnessed towards the fag end of the Sheikh Hasina tyranny and choosing of targets, key point installations, police stations etc, together with skills at mass mobilisation could only have been achieved by a suave, sophisticated, well regimented and brilliant urban guerrilla outfit with HuT perfectly fitting the bill.
The Shibir and ADSM student coordinators were merely foot soldiers while the HuT were the real Generals and political theoreticians in the background. That in a nutshell is a the gist of the ‘monsoon revolution’.
Forecast — what is likely to happen:
Act 1: Dr Yunus with US clearance and backing of the Army takes over as President, and declares a state of emergency suspending the constitution and basic rights of citizens.
Act 2: with lawlessness and violence inevitably escalating, Martial Law is declared, giving ample time for Islamist forces to unite further until a new constitution to their liking is drafted and adopted.
Act 3: a new constitution based on implementation of Sharia law is declared making Bangladesh the newest Khilafa (Caliphate) in the world. Strict dress codes and civic behaviour for both women and men are promulgated together with threats of harsh punishments.
Act 4: Dr Yunus is declared the Emir or Khalifa which given his international standing will go down well with the US and Europeans who won’t mind jettisoning democracy in Bangladesh replaced by an ‘elected’ Shura council consisting of theocrats and technocrats and some remnants of erstwhile political parties.
Act 5: The name of Peoples Republic of Bangladesh will change to ‘Khilafa E Bangal’ with the national flag and anthem replaced by more Islamic bent of colour and content. The Tiger hopefully will continue as the national animal!
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