Of course Islam is under threat: from globalization and the modern world; its rigidity, its death cult, its mistreatment of women, its intolerance for other religions, its advocacy for holy war world domination are all threatened. http://www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2005-08-15 <http://www.bangladesh-web.com/news/view.php?hidDate=2005-08-15&hidType=NAT&; hidRecord=0000000000000000056652> &hidType=NAT&hidRecord=0000000000000000056652 No evidence to confirm-Bangladesh having int'l terrorist links: Fair
Monday August 15 2005 10:32:04 AM BDT A US analyst of terrorism here on Saturday said the public perception that Islam is under threat (from its enemies) is a major factor that generates the support for terrorism as a shield, reports UNB. "It's not gender, it's not poverty; but most important of all is that those individuals who perceive that Islam is under threat are many times likely to support terrorism," said Dr Christine Fair, an officer in the Research and Studies Programme of the United States Institute of Peace. Dr Fair, who specializes in South Asian political and military affairs and has conducted studies on security and terrorism in the region, was talking on 'Demand and Supply side of International Terrorism' at a meet at the National Press Club. Centre for Communication, Development and Policy Studies (CCDPS) and American Center jointly sponsored the function. Asked about her impression about Bangladesh in terms of presence of terrorists or link with terrorist outfits, she said she has no impression about Bangladesh. But she hastened to add, "I know what I am told by the Indians; I don't have any evidence to confirm. Pictures the Indians are depicting that I don't have any evidence to. I don't have evidence too that it is not true." Dr Fair disagreed with Bangladesh officials' claims that no Bangladeshi citizen is involved in international terrorist network, saying that an international organization found at least one among the detainees after breaking down the identities. Besides, several thousand people went to Afghanistan, trained and returned. " So the official claim that no Bangladeshi is involved in international terrorism is not statistically true," said the US specialist in terrorism study. Dr Fair however failed to confirm whether that one person is actually Bangladeshi citizen as she came to know from available information in the public domain. The US analyst also referred to a study conducted by a US-based organization called PEW that reportedly ranked Bangladesh 11th among 14 countries that support terrorism. She, however, advised the concerned quarters not to give much significance to this data or statistics. Rather, she suggested formulation of a universally working definition of terrorism differentiating criminal elements, insurgent elements and terrorism. " Every country on board should have one definition of terrorism." During her talk, she explained various phenomena of terrorism and their nature in the contexts of different political, religious and socioeconomic realities. She also analyzed the reasons behind suicide terrorism to say that one reason may be "perception of occupation", like Laden's view of US occupation of Saudi Arabia or perception of Israeli occupation of Palestine. On Afghanistan affairs during the Taliban times, she said people might have gone to Afghanistan with multiple purposes and interests-some might went there for job or protesting Soviet invasion. But she argued that her concern was that Afghanistan enabled a genuine pan-Islamic military identity to emerge. Asked who imparted training in Afghanistan, Dr Fair disclosed that America's CIA was not involved in the training--it was ISI who accomplished the task. The US, the Saudi Government and a number of others channeled funds to the ISI--the US had no independent agency to give training in Afghanistan. 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