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ISIS Style Killing Spree In Bangladesh Concerns India

Bangladesh has recently suffered at the hands of Islamic Jihadist terrorists, with the government and media labeling the terrorists as Al Qaeda, ISIS or home-grown fanatics. The fact remains that Islamic State terrorism has spread eastward from the Middle East and is now a major concern for the Indian subcontinent. Whatever label you give it, ISIS, Islamic State(IS), ISIL, Daesh, the ideology is the same, and their victims will suffer for it all over the world, from the Middle East to China. English professor Karim Siddiquee was hacked to death in Rajshahi two weeks ago. Last week Bangladeshi gay rights activist Xulhaz Mannan was hacked to death in the capital Dhaka. Rezaul Karim Siddiquee NDTV reports: Within hours, in keeping with a pattern of the past year, a spokesperson for Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent or AQIS sent out a tweet claiming credit for the murder. It is the latest chapter in what – according to one theory – appears to be deadly competition between Al Qaeda and its even more violent offspring, ISIS, to establish dominance over Bangladesh’s jihadist landscape. In the past two months alone, there have been four such killings: in end February, ISIS claimed credit [...]