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AFP Thousands of Bangladeshi Islamists rallied in Dhaka on Saturday, one of their biggest public shows of strength in years as religious activism surges. [1]

RANGOON —Arakanese Buddhists in Myebon Township held a silent protest on Monday to express their displeasure over the government’s decision to award degrees of citizenship to 209 displaced Muslims in the area, according to Arakanese politicians. [2]

Industrial solar could shield Bangladesh from global energy shocks Bangladesh is not directly involved in the Iran conflict, but its effects are already visible—from Dhaka’s upscale [3]

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. [4]

JAKARTA -- Huge crowds in Jakarta welcomed the return of Indonesian Islamist leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, who returned to the country on Tuesday after three years of self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia. [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]

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. [7]

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. [8]

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[1] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-05-04 · 46% match

Bangladesh Islamists rally in show of force

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] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-23 · 45% match

Muslim Citizenship Procedure Angers Arakanese, Some Rohingya See Opportunity

RANGOON —Arakanese Buddhists in Myebon Township held a silent protest on Monday to express their displeasure over the government’s decision to award degrees of citizenship to 209 displaced Muslims in the area, according to Arakanese politicians.

[3] MM thedailystar.net · 50% match

Industrial solar could shield Bangladesh from global energy shocks

Industrial solar could shield Bangladesh from global energy shocks Bangladesh is not directly involved in the Iran conflict, but its effects are already visible—from Dhaka’s upscale

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-01-05 · 45% match

Philippine rebels on cusp of Muslim autonomy dream

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.

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-11-10 · 44% match

Indonesian Islamist leader urges 'moral revolution' on return home

JAKARTA -- Huge crowds in Jakarta welcomed the return of Indonesian Islamist leader Muhammad Rizieq Shihab, who returned to the country on Tuesday after three years of self-imposed exile in Saudi Arabia.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2014-09-04 · 43% match

Al Qaeda Announces India Wing, Renews Loyalty to Taliban Chief

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.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-02-14 · 43% match

Pakistan's election was supposed to end deadlock. It failed

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.

[8] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2023-01-30 · 41% match

Bangladesh Arrests Alleged Islamist Recruiting in Rohingya Camps

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.

[9] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2016-06-24 · 41% match

UN Rapporteur Meets Muslim and Buddhist Communities in Sittwe

RANGOON — Yanghee Lee, the United Nations (UN) special rapporteur on human rights in Burma, met on Thursday with Muslim community leaders of Aung Mingalar quarter in Sittwe, the Arakan State capital.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2019-04-24 · 41% match

Sri Lanka's radicalized Muslims have long ties to Islamic State

PoliticsSri Lanka's radicalized Muslims have long ties to Islamic State FBI looks into sophisticated blasts as details of deadly Easter attacks emerge This undated image posted by the Islamic State group's AMAQ news agency on April 23 purports to sho

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