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Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh

A Pyramid Root Cause Model

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Authors:
  1. Shafi Md Mostofa

    1. World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  • Seeks to investigate not only the causes of radicalization but also how radicalization has unfolded
  • Focuses on the Islamic State
  • Looks at both local and global factors

Part of the book series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific (CSAP)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Introduction

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 1-36

  3. The Islamization of Bangladesh

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 37-74

  4. The Rise and Growth of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 75-101

  5. The Local Drivers of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 103-133

  6. Ideological and Global Factors of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 135-161

  7. Explaining Islamist Militancy: A Pyramid Root Cause Model

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 163-186

  8. Concluding Remarks

    • Shafi Md Mostofa
    Pages 187-192

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 193-198
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About this book

This book seeks to investigate not only the causes of radicalization but also how radicalization has unfolded since 2009 based on an exhaustive review of the relevant literature and two stints of fieldwork in Bangladesh involving 71 in depth interviews of highly credentialed individuals. This book looks at both local and global factors that have served to provoke young Bangladeshis, many of whom are from relatively well-educated backgrounds, to become religiously belligerent and eventually to turn into terrorists. Ideology, it is argued, plays a pivotal role in the radicalization process, and justifies violence. Most importantly, ideology proffers solutions to the micro and macrocauses of commonly identifiable youth disaffection. This book mainly focuses on the Islamic State and Al Qaeda’s exploitation of religious beliefs and their construction of a mobilizing, apocalyptic narrative that strikes a chord with the young, middle-class Muslims. Both organizations target them for recruitment. The book ends by proffering what is called a ‘Pyramid Root Cause model,’ which attempts to tie all the causative variables of radicalization into a connected explanation of what has been happening in Bangladesh over the last decade. This book is of interest to scholars of political Islam, international politics, and security studies, including terrorism and the politics of South Asia.

Authors and Affiliations

  • World Religions and Culture, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Shafi Md Mostofa

About the author

Shafi Md Mostofa is an assistant professor of World Religions and Culture at Dhaka University’s Faculty of Arts and an adjunct lecturer of the University of New England, Australia.

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