Jihadi Terrorist Network in Bangladesh

Map of Jihadi terrorist training camps in Chittagong hills district

Map showing bombing incidents and Jamati terrorist activities around the country

Jihadi training centers in Bangladesh

Name of the center	Location	Type	number of trainee
Darul Ulum Moinul Madrasa	Hathazari	Runs 1000 Kowmi Madrasas in Cox's bazar area	200,000
Al Zameya Al Islamia	Potia	Runs 1000 Kowmi Madrasas in Cox's bazar area	20,0000
Abdullah bin Abbas Al Islamia	RamuUpazilla	Kowmi Madrasa funded by Bahrain based Al Yamama trust.	Trainer Taliban trained Abdul Jobbar. hundreds of Burmes refugee youth
Chakmarkul Jameya Islamia Darul Ulum madrasa	Ramu. Established in 1947. 25, 000, 000 tk monthly expenses.	Kowmi Madrasa. Masud Ajhar's books are taught here.	800. 30% Burmese settler youth.
Madrasa Rashidia Azizul Ulum	Chalia toli, Ramu	Kowmi Madrasa	500
Rahmania Modinatul Ulum Dakhil Madrasa	Ramu, Morichya union	Kowmi Madrasa	200
Al Rashid Kashemul Ulum Dakhil Madrasa	Ramu, Morichya union	Kowmi Madrasa	150
Madrasa Islamia Arabia	Ramu, Morichya union	Kowmi Madrasa	200
Thoaingakatha Forkania Madrasa	Thoaingakatha, Ramu	Kowmi Madrasa	200

A madrasa in Ramu used for training terrorists

Mosque in Naikhangchhari used for training terrorists

A lavishly built mosque in Potia built with Saudi money

Austrian grenade (regular issue of Pakistan army) used by the Jihadi terrorists

Foreign NGO funding Islamic terrorist groups:

Al-Haramine: A Saudi Arab based Islamic NGO. Due to American intervention in stopping the worldwide Islamic terrorist networks the head office of Al Harmnie, in Uttara Model Town, was closed on July 30, 2004. The former director of Al Harmine, S Tibriz, admitted that AL-Harmine had been involved in building mosques and madrasas in Cox's Bazar and NaikhangChhari and giving financial supports to Burmese Muslim refugees.

Al-Fuzaira: Popular name of an Arab Emirates based welfare association. It's head office is in the sector 4 of Uttara Model Town, Dhaka. The head of Al-Fuzaira is a Sudanese national Alhaj Kamal Uddin.

Darul Ansar Al- Khairia: A Dubai based Islamic NGO. It's head office is in Boalkhali PS the west side of Kalurghat bridge. The director of this NGO is Maulana Selim Ullah. His brother was the former general secretary of RSO (Rohinga Solidarity Organization).

Dawlat-ul-Kuwait:

Dawlat-ul-Bahrain:

Patrons of the terrorists: Maulana Mohammad Yunus, Maulana Nazir Ahmed, Maulana Faridul Alam, Kamal Khalifa, Hafez Sanaul Islam (Neila, Teknaf), Maulana Kabir Ahmed (Teknaf), Hafez Nurul Bashr, Sekandar Ali, Master Gafur, Abdullah, Maulana Dil Mohammad (Ukhia), Anwar Hossain. These patrons work as the representatives of those sponsoring NGOs and use the funds to oblige the Madrasa teachers to enroll Burmese refugee students, appoint Burmese teachers and motivate the madrasa students for armed Islamic revolution.

Statements of the representatives of the government and the local residents:

There are at least 2000 Kowmi Madrasas in Cox's Bazar district. These madrasas are managed by the Hathazar based Darul Ulum Moinul and Potia based Jameya Al Islamia madrsas. Maulana Harun Director, education, Chakmarkul Jameya Islamia Darul Ulum Madrasa.

I haven't received any directives from my superiors to inspect or even observe the activities run by those Madras. I suspect the building of so many Islamic schools and mosques in the remote hilly areas. I think these are built by people with vested interest to illgaelly aquire appropriate government lands and funds of Islamic NGOs. Golam Faruk, Officer-in-Charge, Naikhangchhari police Station.

The highest number of Kowmi Madraas in Bangladesh are in Kutubdia and Moheshkhali Thanas. These madrasas are built to illegally acquire government lands. Zahirul Islam Sabuj, Officer-in-Charge, Moheshkhali Police Station

Abdur Rahman Shyakh: The guru

Abdur Rahman Shyakh, the right hand of Motiur Rahman Nizami and the chief terrorist mastermind, hails from the Chorshigram a village in Jamalpur district. His working HQ is in the Nayapara area of Jamalpur town. His father Abdullah Ibn Fazal was a notorious collaborator of the Pakistani army during the liberation war. Abdur Rahman has been a deserving son of a top Jamati leader. As a student Abdur Rahman joined the Islamic Chhatra Shibir, the student front of Jamat-e-Islam (JI). As the son of a leading Jamat-e-Islam leader, Abdur Rahman soon was sent to Saudi Arabia at party expenses for higher education. On completion of his studies in Saudi Arabia, Abdur Rahman returned home and tried different trades and jobs. But his main portfolio was to work as an interpreter and translator. In course of his job as a translator Abdur Rahman came in close contact with many diplomatic representatives of many Middle Eastern countries. Soon Abdur Rahman became involved in the al-Quaida network. As a recruit of Al-Quaida Abdur Rahman went to Afghanistan to be inducted into into Jihadi movement. Due to his dedication to Jihadi causes he soon became an initiate of Bin Laden who inducted him into the network and gave him advance training in using explosive sabotage activities. On completion of the training Abdur Rahman returned to Bangladesh and formed a terrorist cell, Jamat-ul Mujahedin, following JI’s coalition with BNP.

Although Jamat-ul-Mujahedin was formed in Jamalpur it runs its terrorist activities in the north Bangla region. Abdur Rahman's relatives in Dinajpur and Rajshahi districts helped him to expand his organizational activities in those districts. In early 2002 the first conference of the commanders of Jamat-ul- Mujahedin was held at Khetlal in Joypurhat. During that conference local police arrested 17 terrorists in connection to terrorist activities. Abdur Rahman’s younger brother Ataur Rahman was one of the terrorists arrested by the police. After this incident the commanders of Jamat-ul- Mujahedin went underground and extended their terrorist activities around the country. Following the conference at Khetlal in which his brother and a few other terrorists were arrested after an accidental blast in Dinajpur, Abdur Rahman built his permanent HQ in Rajshahi town and formed the so-called Bangla Bahini whose leader Siddik Ullah is his key associate.

Abdur Rahman is the guru of the Vigilante Muslim Forces (JMJB). Siddik, teh visious leader of JMJB, once introduced Abdur Rahman to the journalists as his spiritual leader. Abdur Rahman also gave a public speech in a gathering at a local school ground. He also published a manifesto of JMJB as the public front of Jamat-ul- Mujahedin. A local newspaper did coverage on him and publicized his Islamic manifesto. The said newspaper also introduced Abdur Rahman as a member of Al-Quaida and a follower of Laskar-e-Toyoba and Jyaish-e-Muhammad. Abdur Rahman runs many terrorist cells using different aliases around the country. Abdur Rahman went underground following the US involvement in the post 21 grenade attack on the opposition leader Sheikh Hasina.

The last time Abdur Rahman and his terrorists were reported to have seen doing extensive trainings in the Chengania char of the Sapdhari union of Islampur Upazilla in Jamalpur district. The Chngania char is located in the inaccessible areas of the Jamuna river. According to the locals hundreds of Jamat-ul- Mujahedin cadres were seen living in tents on the Chengania char. They were armed, carrying wireless sets, mobile phones, black haversacks, sticks and generators. The terrorists were trained in Chengania char until 14th August 2004. The locals reported to have heard gun shots and heavy grenade explosions. The massive explosions terrified the local villagers. A news about terrorists' training was also published in the Daily Janakantha. Abdur Rahman was also reported to have seen among the terrorists. After the media coverage the police made a move but before they could reach the Chengania char, the terrorists disappeared. Many suspect that the training of the terrorists in mid august may have some connections with the grenade attack on Sheikh Hasina and AL leaders on 21 August 2004.

(Source: The Daily Janakantha, 6 September 2004)

Reference: 1. Articles in Prothom Alo. 2. Growing Extremism: A Document published by Bangladesh Awami League 3. Report in the Daily Janakantha

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