A large proportion of students from the private universities in Bangladesh are allegedly getting connected to local and international jihadist network. In recent past, the activities of jihadist group Hizbut Tahrir and Hizb Ut Towhid had greatly intensified within the educational institutions in the country mostly within private and state-owned colleges and universities, while such activities are also getting spread amongst the students in various schools. This issue came into the radar of country's intelligence agencies afresh when Bangladeshi born Al Qaeda Wanna-Be Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on charge of plotting to bomb the Manhattan Federal Reserve Bank building in United States.
Nafis is the son of Quazi Mohammad Ahsanullah, an officer at private-owned National Bank Limited in Bangladesh. He went to United States in January this year with the excuse of higher studies, but soon after his arrival in United States, the US intelligence agencies tracked this bloodthirsty young man, who had been plotting to "destroy America" while pledging his allegiance to Osama Bin Laden. New York City mayor Bloomberg noted that this was the 15th foiled plot targeting New York City since the terrorist attacks that toppled the World Trade Center.
In addition to his plans to detonate a 1,000-pound bomb at the Federal Reserve Bank on Liberty St. in lower Manhattan, Nafis also considered assassinating President Obama and blowing up the New York Stock Exchange, according to a criminal complaint.
Nafis attended Southeast Missouri State University in the spring — although his academic record in Bangladesh was hardly stellar. In Bangladesh, he was a student of private-owned North South University. According to the sources at North South University, Al-Qaeda pal Nafis was a terrible student with extremely bad grades, which resulted in his being dropped out from the classes. It may be mentioned here that, activities of Jihadist group Hizbut Tahrir has significantly increased within this university along side a large number of educational institutions in Bangladesh. Hizbut Tahrir denounces democracy and preaches establishment of Caliphate State with strict Sharia law.
United States authorities said he was unafraid of constructing the huge car bomb from 50 20-pound bags of ammonium nitrate. He was working with an accomplice who was really an undercover FBI agent.
New York Police Department Commissioner Raymond Kelly said the suspected terrorist came here with "the avowed purpose of committing some sort of jihad in the United States."
Nafis was intent on assembling an Al Qaeda cell here to assist him in reaching his psychopathic goal, federal official revealed.
Interestingly enough, while Bangladeshi youth Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis has been captured by the US authorities on specific charge of nefarious Jihadist activities, Bangladeshi intelligence agencies were in total dark about his activities during his stay in Bangladesh. Moreover, local staffs at US Embassy in Dhaka, who check details of each of the visa applicants prior to issuing of the visas had also failed in tracing such notorious tendency of the Bangladeshi youth. It was earlier reported in Weekly Blitz that hundreds of youths with Jihadist mindset had entered a number of Western nations either with study or immigrant visas. In United States, large number of Bangladeshis as well as nationals from Pakistan and India are regularly giving Jihadist orientation to their so-called congregations under the garb of Tablighi Jamaat. Similar activities are also spreading wings in United Kingdom for past few years. Currently, there are more than 75,000 Muslims from South Asian nations in UK alone, who consider Jihad as holy task and feel encouraged in making offensives on "non-Muslim community or establishments" in United Kingdom. There is no real surveillance on the activities of Tablighi Jamaat within community mosques in the West. These pro-Jihadist population, mostly with affection for Al Qaeda and Jihadist bigwigs grow beard and behave in extreme radical manner to encourage younger generation in joining their platform. Following recent arrest of Bangladeshi born Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis in United States, it has been demanded by peace-loving population in the West of conducting comprehensive investigation on the activities of the Tablighi Jamaat members as well as those young Muslims preaching growing beard or wearing Islamic hijab.
It may be mentioned here that, detained Bangladesh youth Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis has openly exhibited his "dream" on Facebook of establishment of Caliphate rule in Bangladesh. He also expressed anger at the current ruling party in the country. It is anticipated that Nafis turned furious on the ruling Bangladesh Awami League for its continuous offensives on Jihadist groups in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has repeatedly reaffirmed the commitment of her government in freeing Bangladesh from the grips of Jihadists and extremist Islam. While in Bangladesh, Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis was offering five-times prayers and were also studying the Quran, while he considered Prophet of Islam as the "greatest man ever" and predicted that the "future of Bangladesh" would be in a "Khalifa" – an Islamic caliphate under Sharia law. From the radical behavior of the Bangladeshi youth, it is anticipated that, either he was connected to Hizbut Tahrir or another nefarious Jihadist group named Hizb Ut Towhid.
Bangladeshi campus turned into breeding ground of Jihadists