Terrorism: Hit them back

The root of the story goes back at least more than fifty years. 'Wahabism' the most extreme, ruthless, retrograde brand of Islam lied dormant but alive in the Arabian peninsula for long time. Abul Ala Moududi founded 'Jamaat-e-Islami' and he adopted and promoted 'Wahabism'. It could not gather much support among the mass population who adhere to the principles of 'Sufism', but the misguided so called 'Moulana' succeeded in recruiting and regimenting a group of hard core fanatical Muslims in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh etc. The real game started after the sharp windfall rise of oil price in the Middle East in early seventies. These hard core misguided Muslims and their sympathisers collected, received, distributed astonishing amount of un-earned money among the various pseudo-religious outfits in poor Muslim countries, and recruitment of cadres -- 'Jehadis', suicide bombers -- went on unabated.

In the 'disguise' of building, Madrasahs and providing social services etc. they strengthened their organisations and the cadres. They found easy recruits in the poverty stricken Muslims of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, Algeria, Chechnya and also in the 'west'. It is evident from the testimony of the father of Mamun, a 'jamaat sympathiser, who hurled the bomb which killed two judges in Jhalakathi. The father is a security guard having five sons and two daughters without giving a thought on how he will feed seven children with his meager income. He said, 'we take two meals a day. Mamun received 50,000 taka for volunteering as a suicide bomber. I would have sent the other son Sagor for that purpose too, for another 50,000 taka!' That would have fetched one lac taka for the family! Such is the mindset of the recruits, their guardians and mentors!