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| secretary general=Jahidul Islam
| secretary general=Jahidul Islam
| founded = {{start date and age|6 February 1977}}
| founded = {{start date and age|6 February 1977}}
| predecessor = [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba|East Pakistan Islami Chhatra Shangha]]<ref name="Trackingterrorism.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/islami-chhatra-shibir |title=Islami Chhatra Shibir &#124; Terrorist Groups |website=Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref>
| headquarters =Purana Paltan, [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| headquarters =Purana Paltan, [[Dhaka]], Bangladesh
| membership =
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'''Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir''' ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির||Bangladesh Islamic Student Camp}}) is a [[Islamist]] [[student organization]] based in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/ICS.htm|title=About {{!}} Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir|website=english.shibir.org.bd|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> It was established on 6 February 1977.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/organization/gloriousdetail/624/0|title=The Glorious History|access-date=7 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The organization functions as the ''[[de facto]]'' [[student wing]] of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]], with numerous former leaders advancing to hold prominent leadership roles within the party.
'''Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir''' ({{langx|bn|বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির||Bangladesh Islamic Student Camp}}), popularly known as '''Chhatrshibir''' or '''Shibir''', is a [[Islamist]] [[student organisation]] based in [[Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/bangladesh/terroristoutfits/ICS.htm|title=About {{!}} Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir|website=english.shibir.org.bd|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2018}}</ref> It was established on 6 February 1977.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/organization/gloriousdetail/624/0|title=The Glorious History|access-date=7 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The organisation functions as the ''[[de facto]]'' [[student wing]] of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]], with numerous former leaders advancing to hold prominent leadership roles within the party.


The organisation has a significant presence in higher educational institutions of the country such as [[University of Dhaka]], [[University of Chittagong]], [[University of Rajshahi]], [[Shahjalal University of Science and Technology]], [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]], [[Khulna University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur|Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital|Medical College]], [[Dhaka College]], [[Government Bangla College]].<ref name="status-IC1">{{cite web |url=http://shibiriu.org/glorious_history.php |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবিরের গৌরবোজ্জল ইতিহাস' |author=BIC |website= |language=bn |access-date=9 September 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916013148/http://shibiriu.org/glorious_history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="status-IC">{{cite web|url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/organization/gloriousdetail/624/0|title=The Glorious History'|author=BICS|website=|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>
The organisation has a significant presence in higher educational institutions of the country such as [[University of Dhaka]], [[University of Chittagong]], [[University of Rajshahi]], [[Shahjalal University of Science and Technology]], [[Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology]], [[Khulna University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Gazipur|Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology]], [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital|Medical College]], [[Dhaka College]], [[Government Bangla College]].<ref name="status-IC1">{{cite web |url=http://shibiriu.org/glorious_history.php |script-title=bn:বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবিরের গৌরবোজ্জল ইতিহাস' |author=BIC |website= |language=bn |access-date=9 September 2016 |archive-date=16 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916013148/http://shibiriu.org/glorious_history.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="status-IC">{{cite web|url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/organization/gloriousdetail/624/0|title=The Glorious History'|author=BICS|website=|access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>

The organisation was under pressure from the previous government led by the [[Awami League]] and its student wing [[Chhatra League]].<ref name="status-BIC" /><ref name="status-IC1" />


== History ==
== History ==
Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir was established on 6 February 1977 at the [[Dhaka University]] central mosque.<ref name=status-BIC/> Their stated mission is "to seek the pleasure of Allah (SWT) by moulding entire human life in accordance with the code, bestowed by Allah (SWT) and exemplified by His Messenger".<ref name=status-BIC>{{cite web |url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/page/item-9 |title=Constitution-Chapter One |access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=status-IC1/> It was fully banned by the Awami League government on 1 August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/bangladesh-hasina-jamaat-party-banned-violence-campus/2e9b757a-4ff1-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=1 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802150257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/bangladesh-hasina-jamaat-party-banned-violence-campus/2e9b757a-4ff1-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html |archive-date=2 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Star Digital |title=Government bans Jamaat, Shibir |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/government-bans-jamaat-shibir-3667116 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=1 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> However, the ban was withdrawn by the Interim Government on 28 August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt issues gazette lifting ban on Jamaat |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/govt-issues-gazette-lifting-ban-jamaat-3688551 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828081835/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/govt-issues-gazette-lifting-ban-jamaat-3688551 |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Govt issues gazette withdrawing ban on Jamaat-Shibir |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/govt-issues-gazette-withdrawing-ban-jamaat-shibir-927821|work=[[The Business Standard]] |date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828084556/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/govt-issues-gazette-withdrawing-ban-jamaat-shibir-927821 |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir was established on 6 February 1977 at the [[Dhaka University]] central mosque.<ref name=status-BIC/> Their stated mission is "to seek the pleasure of [[God in Islam|Allah]] (SWT) by moulding entire human life in accordance with the code, bestowed by Allah (SWT) and exemplified by [[Muhammad|His Messenger]]]".<ref name=status-BIC>{{cite web |url=http://english.shibir.org.bd/page/item-9 |title=Constitution-Chapter One |access-date=8 August 2016}}</ref><ref name=status-IC1/>
The organisation was under pressure from the previous government led by the [[Awami League]] and its student wing [[Chhatra League]].<ref name="status-BIC" /><ref name="status-IC1" /> It was fully banned by the Awami League government on 1 August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/bangladesh-hasina-jamaat-party-banned-violence-campus/2e9b757a-4ff1-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=1 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802150257/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/08/01/bangladesh-hasina-jamaat-party-banned-violence-campus/2e9b757a-4ff1-11ef-9728-3037305a6b0f_story.html |archive-date=2 August 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Report |first1=Star Digital |title=Government bans Jamaat, Shibir |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/government-bans-jamaat-shibir-3667116 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=1 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> However, the ban was withdrawn by the [[Yunus ministry|interim government]] on 28 August 2024.<ref>{{cite news |title=Govt issues gazette lifting ban on Jamaat |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/govt-issues-gazette-lifting-ban-jamaat-3688551 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828081835/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/politics/news/govt-issues-gazette-lifting-ban-jamaat-3688551 |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Govt issues gazette withdrawing ban on Jamaat-Shibir |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/govt-issues-gazette-withdrawing-ban-jamaat-shibir-927821|work=[[The Business Standard]] |date=28 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240828084556/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/politics/govt-issues-gazette-withdrawing-ban-jamaat-shibir-927821 |archive-date=28 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>


== Funding ==
== Funding ==
Shibir members, who are students of many educational institutions areas are expected to donate monthly in the name of ''baitul maal'' (the party fund).<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahmud |first=Tarek |date=13 September 2011 |title=Shibir collects tolls from the hostel residents in 2 Ctg colleges |url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-09-13&nid=33153 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006100724/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-09-13&nid=33153 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="thedailystar2">{{cite news |last=Ali |first=Anwar |date=3 March 2010 |title=Shibir rented out RU hall seats |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=128474 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=17 December 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014035005/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=128474 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are also several publications, that it sells in educational institutions.<ref name="thedailystar2" />
Shibir members, who are students of many educational institutions areas are expected to donate monthly in the name of ''Baitul Maal'' (party fund).<ref>{{cite news |last=Mahmud |first=Tarek |date=13 September 2011 |title=Shibir collects tolls from the hostel residents in 2 Ctg colleges |url=http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-09-13&nid=33153 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006100724/http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2011-09-13&nid=33153 |archive-date=6 October 2013 |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref name="thedailystar2">{{cite news |last=Ali |first=Anwar |date=3 March 2010 |title=Shibir rented out RU hall seats |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=128474 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=17 December 2013 |archive-date=14 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014035005/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=128474 |url-status=dead }}</ref> There are also several publications, that it sells in educational institutions.<ref name="thedailystar2" />

==Controversy==


==Controversies==
===Bangladesh Liberation War===
===Bangladesh Liberation War===
{{Main|Bangladesh genocide|Al-Badr (Pakistan)}}
In 1971, Shibir's predecessor, [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba|Islami Chattra Shangha]],<ref name="Trackingterrorism.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/islami-chhatra-shibir |title=Islami Chhatra Shibir &#124; Terrorist Groups |website=Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref> members of which led the formation of [[Al-Badr (Pakistan)|Al-Badr]], which was involved in the [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals]]; some members of Al-Badr had been convicted and executed by [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Habib |first=Haroon |date=17 July 2013 |title=Jamaat secretary-general gets death penalty for war crimes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/jamaat-secretarygeneral-gets-death-penalty-for-war-crimes/article4923688.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kamaruzzaman led Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams: witness |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-03&nid=19421 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |access-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127070548/http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-03&nid=19421 |archive-date=27 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=10 May 2013 |title=Key man of Al-Badr |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/key-man-of-al-badr/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2013 |title=Mirpur butcher Molla must die, says SC |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/09/17/quader-molla-to-go-to-the-gallows-for-murders |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mojaheed indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity |url=http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-06-22&nid=14609 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017182805/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-06-22&nid=14609 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>
In 1971, Shibir's predecessor, [[Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba|Islami Chhatra Shangha]], members of which led the formation of [[Al-Badr (Pakistan)|Al-Badr]], which was involved in the [[1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals]]; some members of Al-Badr had been convicted and executed by [[International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh)|International Crimes Tribunal]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Habib |first=Haroon |date=17 July 2013 |title=Jamaat secretary-general gets death penalty for war crimes |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/south-asia/jamaat-secretarygeneral-gets-death-penalty-for-war-crimes/article4923688.ece |newspaper=The Hindu |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Kamaruzzaman led Razakar, Al-Badr and Al-Shams: witness |url=http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-03&nid=19421 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |access-date=17 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127070548/http://old-archives.newagebd.net/detail.php?date=2012-08-03&nid=19421 |archive-date=27 January 2016 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=10 May 2013 |title=Key man of Al-Badr |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/key-man-of-al-badr/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=17 September 2013 |title=Mirpur butcher Molla must die, says SC |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2013/09/17/quader-molla-to-go-to-the-gallows-for-murders |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=17 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Mojaheed indicted for genocide, crimes against humanity |url=http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-06-22&nid=14609 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |date=22 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017182805/http://newagebd.com/detail.php?date=2012-06-22&nid=14609 |archive-date=17 October 2013 |access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>


===Politically motivated attacks===
===Violences and militancy===
This student group was also involved in violent clashes with other student groups,<ref name="thedailystar2" /><ref name="priyo.ICS">{{cite news |url=http://news.priyo.com/topic/islami-chhatra-shibir |title=Islami Chhatra Shibir |newspaper=[[Priyo|Priyo News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429062944/http://news.priyo.com/topic/islami-chhatra-shibir |archive-date=2013-04-29 |access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> was extremely militant and was linked to rumour numerous acts.<ref name="consortium">{{cite web |url=http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4065 |title=Terrorist Organization Profile: Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) |website=[[National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727233321/http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4065 |archive-date=2013-07-27 |access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref> The group was linked to a number of larger islamic organizations, both in Bangladesh and internationally.<ref name="consortium" /> Shibir activists are known to attack rival political party members by cutting their opponents' tendons.<ref name=bdn-005>{{cite news |date=31 October 2013 |title=Shibir 'cuts' BCL leader's tendon |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2013/10/31/shibir-cuts-bcl-leaders-tendon |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref name=DS-005>{{cite news |date=18 December 2013 |title=Shibir men cut Rajshahi BCL leader's tendon |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/shibir-men-cut-rajshahi-bcl-leaders-tendon/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref name=DT-005>{{cite news |date=23 August 2013 |title=Shibir cadres cut tendons of RU BCL leader |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/08/23/shibir-cadres-cut-tendons-of-ru-bcl-leader |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2014 |title=RU BCL activist's foot chopped off |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/29/ru-bcl-activist-s-foot-chopped-off |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=2014-04-29 |quote=The Jamaat-Shibir activists are known to cut tendons of their rivals.}}</ref>
The organisation was also involved in violent clashes with other student groups,<ref name="thedailystar2" /><ref name="priyo.ICS">{{cite news |url=http://news.priyo.com/topic/islami-chhatra-shibir |title=Islami Chhatra Shibir |newspaper=[[Priyo|Priyo News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130429062944/http://news.priyo.com/topic/islami-chhatra-shibir |archive-date=2013-04-29 |access-date=2013-01-06}}</ref> and was linked to rumour numerous acts.<ref name="consortium">{{cite web |url=http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4065 |title=Terrorist Organization Profile: Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) |website=[[National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727233321/http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4065 |archive-date=2013-07-27 |access-date=2013-06-12}}</ref> The group was described to be extremely militant and linked to a number of larger Islamist organisations, both in Bangladesh and internationally.<ref name="consortium" /> Shibir activists were notoriously known to attack rival political party members by cutting their opponents' tendons.<ref name=bdn-005>{{cite news |date=31 October 2013 |title=Shibir 'cuts' BCL leader's tendon |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2013/10/31/shibir-cuts-bcl-leaders-tendon |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref name=DS-005>{{cite news |date=18 December 2013 |title=Shibir men cut Rajshahi BCL leader's tendon |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/shibir-men-cut-rajshahi-bcl-leaders-tendon/ |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref name=DT-005>{{cite news |date=23 August 2013 |title=Shibir cadres cut tendons of RU BCL leader |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2013/08/23/shibir-cadres-cut-tendons-of-ru-bcl-leader |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-04-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=29 April 2014 |title=RU BCL activist's foot chopped off |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/29/ru-bcl-activist-s-foot-chopped-off |newspaper=[[bdnews24.com]] |access-date=2014-04-29 |quote=The Jamaat-Shibir activists are known to cut tendons of their rivals.}}</ref>


===Armed group designation===
===Armed group designation===
In February 2014, US-based defense think tank [[Jane's International Defence Review|IHS Jane's]] published a report titled "''IHS Jane's 2013 Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index''", where Shibir ranked third in a list of most active non-state armed groups in 2013.<ref name=DT-9>{{cite news |last=Zaman |first=Sheikh Shahariar |date=25 February 2014 |title=Shibir a top non-state armed group: IHS Jane's |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/02/24/shibir-a-top-non-state-armed-group-ihs-janes |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-04-18}}</ref>
In February 2014, US-based defence think tank [[Jane's International Defence Review|IHS Jane's]] published a report titled "IHS Jane's 2013 Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index", where Shibir ranked third in a list of most active non-state armed groups in 2013.<ref name=DT-9>{{cite news |last=Zaman |first=Sheikh Shahariar |date=25 February 2014 |title=Shibir a top non-state armed group: IHS Jane's |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/02/24/shibir-a-top-non-state-armed-group-ihs-janes |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-04-18}}</ref>

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Chhatra Shibir protested the study findings, condemning the ranking. Describing Shibir as a non-armed organization, it questioned the source behind the study, and said: "They did not mention any single incident in the report that could prove our involvement with any armed attack."<ref name="shibir protest">{{cite news |date=25 February 2014 |title=Shibir protests IHS ranking |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/02/25/shibir-protests-ihs-ranking |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-08-17}}</ref>

==Victims of enforced disappearance==
{{See also|Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh}}In March 1982, four Shibir members were killed in a clash between Shibir and the left centric student groups on the campus.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Rajshahi Univ: A death trap? |url=https://bdnews24.com/campus/rajshahi-univ-a-death-trap |access-date=18 October 2024 |website=[[BDNews24]] |language=en}}</ref>


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The organisation protested the study findings, condemning the ranking. Describing Shibir as a non-armed organization, it questioned the source behind the study, and said: "They did not mention any single incident in the report that could prove our involvement with any armed attack."<ref name="shibir protest">{{cite news |date=25 February 2014 |title=Shibir protests IHS ranking |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/uncategorized/2014/02/25/shibir-protests-ihs-ranking |newspaper=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |access-date=2014-08-17}}</ref>
On 5 February 2012 approximately at 1:00{{nbsp}}a.m. Al Mukaddas (22), fourth-year student of the Department of Al Fiqah and Mohammad Waliullah (23), a Masters candidate of Dawah and Islamic Studies Department of [[Islamic University, Bangladesh]] were allegedly arrested and disappeared by some persons who identified themselves as [[Rapid Action Battalion|RAB]]-4 and [[Detective Branch (Bangladesh)|DB Police]] members from [[Savar Upazila|Savar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odhikar.org/two-persons-were-disappeared-after-being-arrested-at-savar-allegedly-by-rab-and-db-police/|title=Two persons were disappeared after being arrested at Savar allegedly by RAB and DB Police|website=[[Odhikar]]|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/bangladesh/2012/05/d21920/|title=Bangladesh: Enforced disappearance of Messrs. Al Mukaddas and Mohammad Waliullah|date=23 May 2012|website=|language=en|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-date=5 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005024223/http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/bangladesh/2012/05/d21920/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-223251|title=Two 'missing' IU students still untraced|date=21 February 2012|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 August 2017|language=en}}</ref>


==Enforced disappearances==
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Both were members of the Islamic student organization Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://progressbangladesh.com/still-missing-after-one-and-a-half-years/|title=Students still missing after one and a half years since arrest|website=Progress Bangladesh|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185347/http://progressbangladesh.com/still-missing-after-one-and-a-half-years/|archive-date=9 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and were allegedly detained by members of the RAB and the Detective Branch (DB) of the Bangladesh Police on 4 February. They have not been heard from since and their whereabouts are unknown. The RAB has denied detaining the two men in a statement to a Bangladeshi newspaper. However, reports from several sources and a pattern of disappearances thought to have been conducted by RAB in recent months cast doubt on RAB's denial.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=77715|title=PM's intervention sought to find out two missing IU students|work=[[The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/135708/pms-intervention-sought-as-two-iu-students-remain-missing--for-5--years|title=PM's intervention sought as two IU students remain missing for 5 years|work=The New Nation|language=en|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505183822/http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/135708/pms-intervention-sought-as-two-iu-students-remain-missing--for-5--years|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-221538|title=2 missing after being 'picked up' by Rab|date=8 February 2012|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 August 2024|language=en}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] along with other rights organizations expressed their concern over this issue and called for urgent action<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/20000/asa130022012en.pdf|title=Urgent Action Authorities Told to Respond Aout Detainees|work=[[Amnesty International]]|date=20 February 2012 }}</ref>
{{See also|Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh}}
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On 5 February 2012 approximately at 1:00{{nbsp}}a.m., Al Mukaddas (22), fourth-year student of the Department of Al Fiqah and Mohammad Waliullah (23), a master's candidate of Dawah and Islamic Studies Department of Islamic University, were allegedly arrested and disappeared by some persons who identified themselves as [[Rapid Action Battalion]] (RAB) and [[Detective Branch (Bangladesh)|Detective Branch]] (DB) of [[Bangladesh Police]] from [[Savar Upazila|Savar]], Dhaka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odhikar.org/two-persons-were-disappeared-after-being-arrested-at-savar-allegedly-by-rab-and-db-police/|title=Two persons were disappeared after being arrested at Savar allegedly by RAB and DB Police|website=[[Odhikar]]|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/bangladesh/2012/05/d21920/|title=Bangladesh: Enforced disappearance of Messrs. Al Mukaddas and Mohammad Waliullah|date=23 May 2012|website=|language=en|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-date=5 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005024223/http://www.omct.org/urgent-campaigns/urgent-interventions/bangladesh/2012/05/d21920/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-223251|title=Two 'missing' IU students still untraced|date=21 February 2012|work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 August 2017|language=en}}</ref> Both were later found to be members of Shibir,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://progressbangladesh.com/still-missing-after-one-and-a-half-years/|title=Students still missing after one and a half years since arrest|website=Progress Bangladesh|language=en-US|access-date=7 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909185347/http://progressbangladesh.com/still-missing-after-one-and-a-half-years/|archive-date=9 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> and were allegedly detained by members of the RAB and the DB of the police on 4 February. They have not been heard from since and their whereabouts are unknown. The RAB has denied detaining the two men in a statement to a Bangladeshi newspaper. However, reports from several sources and a pattern of disappearances thought to have been conducted by RAB in recent months cast doubt on RAB's denial.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=77715|title=PM's intervention sought to find out two missing IU students|work=[[The Daily Observer (Bangladesh)]]|access-date=7 August 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/135708/pms-intervention-sought-as-two-iu-students-remain-missing--for-5--years|title=PM's intervention sought as two IU students remain missing for 5 years|work=The New Nation|language=en|access-date=7 August 2017|archive-date=5 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190505183822/http://m.thedailynewnation.com/news/135708/pms-intervention-sought-as-two-iu-students-remain-missing--for-5--years|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-221538|title=2 missing after being 'picked up' by Rab|date=8 February 2012|work=The Daily Star|access-date=7 August 2024|language=en}}</ref> [[Amnesty International]] along with other rights organizations expressed their concern over this issue and called for urgent action.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/20000/asa130022012en.pdf|title=Urgent Action Authorities Told to Respond Aout Detainees|work=[[Amnesty International]]|date=20 February 2012 }}</ref>


On 5 April 2013 at around 2:25am, members of Rapid Action Battalion-5 arrested Mr. Mohammad Anwarul Islam and Mosammat Nurjahan Begum of Angariapara village in [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapainawabganj]] from house number 175 of Bil-Shimla Moholla under Rajpara Police Station in Rajshahi district. Later, when family members contacted the RAB-5 office, RAB notified that Anwarul had never been arrested by them. An allegation of enforced disappearance was brought against the members of RAB by Anwarul's family members. Upon inquiry, it was found that Anwarul was a last year Master's student of Mathematics department of Rajshahi College. Moreover, he was the Office Secretary of the Islami Chattra Shibir of Rajshahi district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odhikar.org/arrest-and-enforced-disappearance-of-mohammad-anwarul-islam-by-rapid-action-battalion-rab-members/|title=Odhikar - Arrest and enforced disappearance of Mohammad Anwarul Islam by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members|website=odhikar.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref>
On 5 April 2013 at around 2:25 a.m., RAB arrested Mohammad Anwarul Islam and Mosammat Nurjahan Begum of Angariapara village in [[Chapai Nawabganj District|Chapainawabganj]] from Rajpara Thana in [[Rajshahi District]]. Later, when family members contacted the RAB office, RAB notified that Anwarul had never been arrested by them. An allegation of enforced disappearance was brought against the members of RAB by Anwarul's family members. Upon inquiry, it was found that Anwarul was a last year master's student of Mathematics department of Rajshahi College. Moreover, he was the Office Secretary of the district Shibir of Rajshahi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://odhikar.org/arrest-and-enforced-disappearance-of-mohammad-anwarul-islam-by-rapid-action-battalion-rab-members/|title=Odhikar - Arrest and enforced disappearance of Mohammad Anwarul Islam by Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) members|website=odhikar.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-08-10}}</ref>


On October 21, 2024, family members of six Islami Chhatra Shibir leaders filed complaints against RAB and DB in the International Crimes Tribunal over allegations of enforced disappearances. The Shibir leaders mentioned in the complaint are Shah Md. Waliullah, Md. Mokaddes Ali, Hafez Zakir Hossain, Zainal Abedin, Rezwan Hossain, and Md. Kamruzzaman. Shibir’s Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs, Amanullah Al Jihadi, stated that on August 6, family members went to the RAB headquarters seeking information on the missing leaders but have yet to receive any information.<ref>{{cite news |title=ছাত্রশিবিরের ৬ কর্মী ‘গুম’, ট্রাইব্যুনালে র‍্যাব-ডিবির বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/b927567ee322 |work=BDNews24 |date=23 October 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024|lang=bn}}</ref>
On 21 October 2024, family members of six Shibir leaders filed complaints against RAB and DB in the International Crimes Tribunal over allegations of enforced disappearances. The Shibir leaders mentioned in the complaint are Shah Md. Waliullah, Md. Mokaddes Ali, Hafez Zakir Hossain, Zainal Abedin, Rezwan Hossain, and Md. Kamruzzaman. Shibir’s Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs, Amanullah Al Jihadi, stated that on 6 August, family members went to the RAB headquarters seeking information on the missing leaders but have yet to receive any information.<ref>{{cite news |title=ছাত্রশিবিরের ৬ কর্মী ‘গুম’, ট্রাইব্যুনালে র‍্যাব-ডিবির বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ |url=https://bangla.bdnews24.com/bangladesh/b927567ee322 |work=BDNews24 |date=23 October 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024|lang=bn}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=শিবিরের ৬ কর্মী গুম: ট্রাইব্যুনালে র‌্যাব-ডিবির বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/m/law-courts/news/976384 |work=Jago News 24 |date=23 October 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024|lang=bn}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=শিবিরের ৬ কর্মী গুম: ট্রাইব্যুনালে র‌্যাব-ডিবির বিরুদ্ধে অভিযোগ |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/m/law-courts/news/976384 |work=Jago News 24 |date=23 October 2024 |access-date=25 October 2024|lang=bn}}</ref>


==Crackdowns==
==Crackdowns==
Since 2010, Shibir has been targeted by repeated crackdowns.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|last=Islam|first=Md Saidul|date=March 2011|title='Minority Islam' in Muslim Majority Bangladesh|url=http://www.bdresearch.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249:minority-islam--in-muslim-majority-bangladesh-the-violent-road-to-a-new-brand-of-secularism&catid=101:political-issues&Itemid=125|url-status=dead|journal=Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs|volume=31|issue=1|pages=133–134|doi=10.1080/13602004.2011.556893|issn=1360-2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623192814/http://www.bdresearch.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249:minority-islam--in-muslim-majority-bangladesh-the-violent-road-to-a-new-brand-of-secularism&catid=101:political-issues&Itemid=125|archive-date=23 June 2016|access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref> The former [[Awami League]] led government insisted that it is necessary to maintain public order and stop attacks on police, but [[Amnesty International]] sees them as political crackdowns.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh: politically motivated arbitrary arrests hamper impartial investigation of campus violence |url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/36000/asa130052010en.pdf |website=[[Amnesty International]] |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref> Since 2010, raids on student residences have been carried out at random and any Shibir supporters found there have been detained. In 2010, Government agencies received orders to conduct operations necessary to identify Shibir elements in educational institutions all around Bangladesh and uproot their influence.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2010-02-13-voa4-94463119/1399800.html|title=Bangladesh Cracks Down on Islami Chhatra Shibir |work=[[VOA]] |language=bn|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> Arbitrary arrests as police have made no efforts at the time of arrest to separate ordinary student members of the Chhatrashibir from those suspected of involvement in the attacks and were denied [[Legal counsel]].<ref name=":2" />


Since 2010, Shibir has been targeted by repeated crackdowns.<ref name=":1">{{cite journal|last=Islam|first=Md Saidul|date=March 2011|title='Minority Islam' in Muslim Majority Bangladesh|url=http://www.bdresearch.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249:minority-islam--in-muslim-majority-bangladesh-the-violent-road-to-a-new-brand-of-secularism&catid=101:political-issues&Itemid=125|url-status=dead|journal=Journal of Muslim Minority Affairs|volume=31|issue=1|pages=133–134|doi=10.1080/13602004.2011.556893|issn=1360-2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623192814/http://www.bdresearch.org/home/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=249:minority-islam--in-muslim-majority-bangladesh-the-violent-road-to-a-new-brand-of-secularism&catid=101:political-issues&Itemid=125|archive-date=23 June 2016|access-date=14 October 2016}}</ref> The former [[Awami League]] led government insisted that it is necessary to maintain public order and stop attacks on police, but [[Amnesty International]] sees them as political crackdowns.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=Bangladesh: politically motivated arbitrary arrests hamper impartial investigation of campus violence |url=https://www.amnesty.org/download/Documents/36000/asa130052010en.pdf |website=[[Amnesty International]] |date=23 February 2010 |access-date=29 June 2017}}</ref> Since 2010, raids on student residences have been carried out at random and any Shibir supporters found there have been detained. In 2010, Government agencies received orders to conduct operations necessary to identify Shibir elements in educational institutions all around Bangladesh and uproot their influence.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.voabangla.com/a/a-16-2010-02-13-voa4-94463119/1399800.html|title=Bangladesh Cracks Down on Islami Chhatra Shibir |work=[[VOA]] |language=bn|access-date=2019-04-05}}</ref> Arbitrary arrests as police have made no efforts at the time of arrest to separate ordinary student members of the Chhatrashibir from those suspected of involvement in the attacks and were denied [[Legal counsel]].<ref name=":2" /> On 4 November 2018, [[Bangladesh Police]] raided the [[Chittagong]] city headquarters of Bangladesh Islami Chattrashibir and later filed case against 90 Chittagong Shibir men over explosives recovery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/11/04/case-filed-against-90-chittagong-shibir-men-over-explosives-recovery|title=Case filed against 90 Chittagong Shibir men over explosives recovery|date=2018-11-04|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> It was the biggest police crackdowns against Shibir in recent times. Although, the organization denied any link to the incident and protested strongly against the case.<ref>{{Citation|last=isteharbd|title=Latest Update of Police Attack at Shibir Office in Chittagong বিস্ফোরণ এর ব‍্যাপারে শিবিরের বক্তব্য|date=2018-11-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuR6m5YVOU|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305235307/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuR6m5YVOU&gl=US&hl=en}}</ref>
On 4 November 2018, police raided the [[Chittagong]] city headquarters of Chattrashibir and later filed case against 90 Chittagong Shibir men over explosives recovery.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2018/11/04/case-filed-against-90-chittagong-shibir-men-over-explosives-recovery|title=Case filed against 90 Chittagong Shibir men over explosives recovery|date=2018-11-04|work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]|access-date=2019-03-22}}</ref> It was the biggest police crackdowns against Shibir in recent times. Although, the organisation denied any link to the incident and protested strongly against the case.<ref>{{Citation|last=isteharbd|title=Latest Update of Police Attack at Shibir Office in Chittagong বিস্ফোরণ এর ব‍্যাপারে শিবিরের বক্তব্য|date=2018-11-03|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuR6m5YVOU|url-status=dead|access-date=2019-03-22|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305235307/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nuR6m5YVOU&gl=US&hl=en}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==

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Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir
বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির
PresidentMonzurul Islam
Secretary GeneralJahidul Islam
Founded6 February 1977; 47 years ago (6 February 1977)
HeadquartersPurana Paltan, Dhaka, Bangladesh
IdeologyIslamism
Islamic fundamentalism
Pan-Islamism
Islamic revivalism
Islamic democracy
PositionFar-right
National affiliationBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
International affiliationIslami Jamiat-e-Talaba
Asian Federation of Muslim Youth
International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations
World Assembly of Muslim Youth
Students Islamic Organisation of India
Website

Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবির, lit. 'Bangladesh Islamic Student Camp'), popularly known as Chhatrshibir or Shibir, is a Islamist student organisation based in Bangladesh.[2] It was established on 6 February 1977.[3] The organisation functions as the de facto student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, with numerous former leaders advancing to hold prominent leadership roles within the party.

The organisation has a significant presence in higher educational institutions of the country such as University of Dhaka, University of Chittagong, University of Rajshahi, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering & Technology, Rajshahi University of Engineering & Technology, Chittagong University of Engineering & Technology, Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology, Medical College, Dhaka College, Government Bangla College.[4][5]

History

Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir was established on 6 February 1977 at the Dhaka University central mosque.[6] Their stated mission is "to seek the pleasure of Allah (SWT) by moulding entire human life in accordance with the code, bestowed by Allah (SWT) and exemplified by His Messenger]".[6][4]

The organisation was under pressure from the previous government led by the Awami League and its student wing Chhatra League.[6][4] It was fully banned by the Awami League government on 1 August 2024.[7][8] However, the ban was withdrawn by the interim government on 28 August 2024.[9][10]

Funding

Shibir members, who are students of many educational institutions areas are expected to donate monthly in the name of Baitul Maal (party fund).[11][12] There are also several publications, that it sells in educational institutions.[12]

Controversies

Bangladesh Liberation War

Main articles: Bangladesh genocide and Al-Badr (Pakistan)

In 1971, Shibir's predecessor, Islami Chhatra Shangha, members of which led the formation of Al-Badr, which was involved in the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals; some members of Al-Badr had been convicted and executed by International Crimes Tribunal.[13][14][15][16][17]

Violences and militancy

The organisation was also involved in violent clashes with other student groups,[12][18] and was linked to rumour numerous acts.[19] The group was described to be extremely militant and linked to a number of larger Islamist organisations, both in Bangladesh and internationally.[19] Shibir activists were notoriously known to attack rival political party members by cutting their opponents' tendons.[20][21][22][23]

Armed group designation

In February 2014, US-based defence think tank IHS Jane's published a report titled "IHS Jane's 2013 Global Terrorism & Insurgency Attack Index", where Shibir ranked third in a list of most active non-state armed groups in 2013.[24]

The organisation protested the study findings, condemning the ranking. Describing Shibir as a non-armed organization, it questioned the source behind the study, and said: "They did not mention any single incident in the report that could prove our involvement with any armed attack."[25]

Enforced disappearances

See also: Enforced disappearances in Bangladesh

On 5 February 2012 approximately at 1:00 a.m., Al Mukaddas (22), fourth-year student of the Department of Al Fiqah and Mohammad Waliullah (23), a master's candidate of Dawah and Islamic Studies Department of Islamic University, were allegedly arrested and disappeared by some persons who identified themselves as Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) and Detective Branch (DB) of Bangladesh Police from Savar, Dhaka.[26][27][28] Both were later found to be members of Shibir,[29] and were allegedly detained by members of the RAB and the DB of the police on 4 February. They have not been heard from since and their whereabouts are unknown. The RAB has denied detaining the two men in a statement to a Bangladeshi newspaper. However, reports from several sources and a pattern of disappearances thought to have been conducted by RAB in recent months cast doubt on RAB's denial.[30][31][32] Amnesty International along with other rights organizations expressed their concern over this issue and called for urgent action.[33]

On 5 April 2013 at around 2:25 a.m., RAB arrested Mohammad Anwarul Islam and Mosammat Nurjahan Begum of Angariapara village in Chapainawabganj from Rajpara Thana in Rajshahi District. Later, when family members contacted the RAB office, RAB notified that Anwarul had never been arrested by them. An allegation of enforced disappearance was brought against the members of RAB by Anwarul's family members. Upon inquiry, it was found that Anwarul was a last year master's student of Mathematics department of Rajshahi College. Moreover, he was the Office Secretary of the district Shibir of Rajshahi.[34]

On 21 October 2024, family members of six Shibir leaders filed complaints against RAB and DB in the International Crimes Tribunal over allegations of enforced disappearances. The Shibir leaders mentioned in the complaint are Shah Md. Waliullah, Md. Mokaddes Ali, Hafez Zakir Hossain, Zainal Abedin, Rezwan Hossain, and Md. Kamruzzaman. Shibir’s Deputy Secretary for Legal Affairs, Amanullah Al Jihadi, stated that on 6 August, family members went to the RAB headquarters seeking information on the missing leaders but have yet to receive any information.[35] [36]

Crackdowns

Since 2010, Shibir has been targeted by repeated crackdowns.[37] The former Awami League led government insisted that it is necessary to maintain public order and stop attacks on police, but Amnesty International sees them as political crackdowns.[38] Since 2010, raids on student residences have been carried out at random and any Shibir supporters found there have been detained. In 2010, Government agencies received orders to conduct operations necessary to identify Shibir elements in educational institutions all around Bangladesh and uproot their influence.[39] Arbitrary arrests as police have made no efforts at the time of arrest to separate ordinary student members of the Chhatrashibir from those suspected of involvement in the attacks and were denied Legal counsel.[38]

On 4 November 2018, police raided the Chittagong city headquarters of Chattrashibir and later filed case against 90 Chittagong Shibir men over explosives recovery.[40] It was the biggest police crackdowns against Shibir in recent times. Although, the organisation denied any link to the incident and protested strongly against the case.[41]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "About | Bangladesh Islami Chhatrashibir". english.shibir.org.bd. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  3. ^ "The Glorious History". Retrieved 7 August 2017.
  4. ^ a b c BIC. বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ছাত্রশিবিরের গৌরবোজ্জল ইতিহাস' (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  5. ^ BICS. "The Glorious History'". Retrieved 8 September 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "Constitution-Chapter One". Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead". Washington Post. 1 August 2024. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024.
  8. ^ Report, Star Digital (1 August 2024). "Government bans Jamaat, Shibir". The Daily Star (Bangladesh).
  9. ^ "Govt issues gazette lifting ban on Jamaat". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 28 August 2024. Archived from the original on 28 August 2024.
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  11. ^ Mahmud, Tarek (13 September 2011). "Shibir collects tolls from the hostel residents in 2 Ctg colleges". New Age (Bangladesh). Dhaka. Archived from the original on 6 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  12. ^ a b c Ali, Anwar (3 March 2010). "Shibir rented out RU hall seats". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  13. ^ Habib, Haroon (17 July 2013). "Jamaat secretary-general gets death penalty for war crimes". The Hindu. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
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