Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh

Ali Riaz is Associate Professor and the Chairperson of the Department of Politics and Government at Illinois State University, USA. His publications include God Willing: The Politics of Islamism in Bangladesh (2004), Unfolding State: The Transformation of Bangladesh (2005), and Paradise Lost? State Failure in Nepal (with Subho Basu, 2007).

• Introduction 1. The Political Landscape of Bangladesh 2. Islamist Politics and the Militants: A Taxonomy 3. The Missing State and the Homegrown Militants 4. A "Friendly" Neighborhood and the Proxy-Wars 5. The Long Shadow of the Distant World 6. Future Trajectories of Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh. Appendix 1: Constitutional Provisions of the Caretaker Government. Appendix 2: Bomb Attacks in Bangladesh 1999-2005. Appendix 3: Militant Islamist Organizations in Bangladesh. Appendix 4: Profiles of Islamist Militant Leaders. Appendix 5: The JMB Leaflet Calls for Islamic Rule. The Original Text of the JMB Leaflet

'This book competently addresses serious empirical lacunae in the terrorism and security literatures, helps explain the rise of Islamism in a critical yet poorly understood South Asian country, and contributes to much-needed scholarship on contemporary Bangladesh. It should command the attention in scholars across these disparate disciplines.' - C.CHRISTINE FAIR, The Journal of Asian Studies'Islamic Militancy in Bangladesh leads us into areas worthy of the most urgent critical reflection; it should be mandatory reading for students of militancy in local and international contexts.' - Mohammad Talib, Journal of Islamic Studies, September 2009