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A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during Bangladesh’s general election in Dhaka on February 12, 2026. [1]
AFP Thousands of Bangladeshi Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years as religious activism surges. [2]
Dhaka – A counterterrorism commander in Dhaka has announced the arrest of a Bangladeshi who trained as an Islamist militant in Afghanistan and was recruiting in Rohingya refugee camps. [3]
DUBAI — Senior Muslim scholars have appealed to Islamist rebels holding an Arab journalist hostage in the Philippines since June to free him immediately, statements issued this week said. [4]
DHAKA -- For Bangladeshi businessman Mahbubul Alam and many of his countrymen, the future is suddenly an open book. Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin, center, swears in Muhammad Yunus, right, in Dhaka on Aug. (confirmed by 2 sources) [5]
DUBAI — Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and “raise the flag of jihad” across the subcontinent. [6]
Students react while attending a science lesson for the first time in weeks during the reopening of schools after a long halt due to the violence surrounding anti-government protests that resulted in the resignation of Sheikh Hasina at the Viqarunnis... [7]
DHAKA—Armed assailants shot dead one Rohingya paramedic and injured a computer technician at the Muchuni camp in Teknaf sub-district of Cox’s Bazar on Friday evening for allegedly sharing information about the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) mi... [8]
A voter casts her ballot at a polling station during Bangladesh’s general election in Dhaka on February 12, 2026.
AFP Thousands of Bangladeshi Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years as religious activism surges.
Dhaka – A counterterrorism commander in Dhaka has announced the arrest of a Bangladeshi who trained as an Islamist militant in Afghanistan and was recruiting in Rohingya refugee camps.
DUBAI — Senior Muslim scholars have appealed to Islamist rebels holding an Arab journalist hostage in the Philippines since June to free him immediately, statements issued this week said.
DHAKA -- For Bangladeshi businessman Mahbubul Alam and many of his countrymen, the future is suddenly an open book. Bangladeshi President Mohammed Shahabuddin, center, swears in Muhammad Yunus, right, in Dhaka on Aug.
DUBAI — Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahri on Wednesday announced the formation of an Indian branch of his militant group he said would spread Islamic rule and “raise the flag of jihad” across the subcontinent.
Students react while attending a science lesson for the first time in weeks during the reopening of schools after a long halt due to the violence surrounding anti-government protests that resulted in the resignation of Sheikh Hasina at the Viqarunnis
DHAKA—Armed assailants shot dead one Rohingya paramedic and injured a computer technician at the Muchuni camp in Teknaf sub-district of Cox’s Bazar on Friday evening for allegedly sharing information about the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) mi
DARAPANAN, Philippines -- Forty-nine years ago, Al Haj Murad Ebrahim quit college and joined a rebellion intent on establishing an Islamic government in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic nation.
Ayesha Jalal is Mary Richardson Professor of History at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts and also a professor in the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy there.