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<b>Living on the edge: Jehadist attitudes in Bangladesh</b>
Vikram Sood
03 January 2007
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Many of the members are Afghan jehad veterans, and fund ing from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait continues with the aim of introducing a more orthodox system of Islamic education and governance. The argument cannot be that they are fanciful groupings of a few or that they may not be effective; instead the fear is that this shows an evolving mindset in our neighbourhood
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<b>India has chosen to stay out of any advisory roles because anything we say or do will be held against us.</b> The West has been more explicit in expressing its worries at what might be and Dhaka-based British, US and Canadian envoys have given gratis advice on democracy and the need to hold free and fair elections. They have also been urging the young to exercise their franchise, several of whom are not on the voter lists or have been removed from the lists, because of selective revision. Usually, such mysterious omissions are names of those who belong to the minorities.
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