Friday, December 09, 2005
The jihad comes to Bangladesh
Yesterday I wrote that the jihad had spread to Bangladesh. Bangladeshi blogger Rezwan continues his coverage today in a post called "Bicycle of violence":
This is, at bottom, a civil war within Islam, and only Muslims are going to be able to beat these guys.
The suicide bombings in Bangladesh have turned more evil in nature. They are now targeting innocent people. Yesterday's blast occurred as hundreds of curious people had gathered on a narrow street in Netrokona shortly after the police safely detonated another bomb found abandoned in a building. A suicide bomber on a bicycle rode into the crowd and detonated the explosives tied to his body by pulling a cord according to eye-witnesses....
The whole nation is panicked. Mothers are keeping their children from crowded places or even schools. Police and the security forces are exasperated by their new role, protecting the nation and not finding time to catch the culprits. Full body checks, metal detectors, arch detectors are being carried out by police everywhere; in shopping malls, Mosques, public buses and even in protest gatherings. The bomb scares have started to hit the tourism industry. Soon there will be more effects troubling the economy.
This is, at bottom, a civil war within Islam, and only Muslims are going to be able to beat these guys.
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