The challenge of radicalisation : Hizb ut-Tahrir in Bangladesh

• Main Author: Iftekharul Bashar
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94583; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7565
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The announcement of a foiled coup last month underscored the emergence of the Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT) as a new security challenge in Bangladesh. Despite its aim to overthrow the country’s democratically elected government, HT is attracting support for its IT-enabled ideology due to the country’s confron...