Bangladesh Blasts

Panic gripped Bangladesh following the series of time-bomb explosions in all the district headquarters except Munshiganj that left at least two people killed and more than 300 others injured on Wednesday.

Bombers under the letterhead of outlawed Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) spread leaflets during serial bombings across the country yesterday with a demand for establishing Islamic rule, failing of which they will go for counter-offensive against the authorities.

Leaflets

I am summarizing from the Bangla text above. It is very worth reading to understand the agenda of these terrorists in general.

It is in several sections. First it is addressed to Muslim's in Bangladesh. Then it addresses the government, then the senators in the ruling party and opposition followed by government officials and judges.

Finally the Muslims of the world are addressed.

They also have warning for Pakistan President Pervez Musarraf and other rulers following Bush and Blair.

It starts with extensive preaching from Quran which I will skip for brevity.

They state from their scriptures that in Muslim land there can only be rule of Allah (Shariat Law AFAIK).

They lament that despite Bangladesh having 90% Muslim population it is not an Islamic nation (and governed by Shariat). Additionally they lament that everywhere in Bangladesh from Districts to Capital, from smaller to larger courts of law the constitution followed is made by man and not by Allah.

They say that their constitution has been created by (knowledgable) sinners. They state that the makers of the constitution have effectively thrown a challenge to Allah by not following the law of Quran.

Hence they state that their country is ruled by Anti-God forces.

So they do not accept their current system and government. They follow this with extensive justifications from their scriptures. Their subsequent letters to other bodies in Bangladesh are along the same lines and are not worth detailing.

Then they address the Muslims of the world.

They state that US President Bush is the biggest terrorist in the world. They further state that he is terrorising by attacking innocent Muslims and forcing non-Islamic constitution upon Islamic nations in an effort to deprive them of their "Iman".

Literally iman means 'to know a person to be perfect and truthful and to have faith in him.' In Islam, 'iman' means to believe the fact that Rasulullah (sall-Allahu ta'ala 'alaihi wa sallam) is Allahu ta'ala's Prophet; that he is the Nabi, the Messenger chosen by Him, and to say this with the heart; and to believe in brief what he transmitted briefly and to believe in detail what he transmitted in detail from Allahu ta'ala; and to say the Kalimat ash-shahada whenever possible.

Definition of "iman" given above has been quoted from HizmetBooks.

They state that by establishing democracy worldwide Bush wants to bring the world under his control through "New World Order".

They state that the soldiers of Allah will not allow that to happen and they will also not allow the establishment of democracy. They think that democracy is the main weapon of "the evil force", the same force which arrests the Mujahedi's following the way of Allah and calls the people-who-bear-arms-for-establishing-Allah's-law as terrorists.

So they call upon the Muslims of the world to establish the rule of Islam in all islamic countries through armed Jihad.

Finally they warn Musharraf and similar rulers who follow the way of Bush and Blair.

They call Musharraf - Kafer, which means non-believer, and warns him not to act on behalf of Bush (or act as agent of Bush). They state that Muslims worldwide are waking up. They state that if the torture against Muslim's are not stopped then such rulers will not be safe anywhere in the world. They end with an warning to "anti-islam" NGO's.

The leaflet in question was signed by Jama Atul Mujahedin Bangladesh.

DISCLAIMER: The entire translation is based on the image of the leaflet provided at Bangladesh-web website (displayed above).

The scan is not very clear so I couldn't properly read few words even with magnification. Also several Urdu words were used.

This summarization was based on my thorough knowledge of Bengali/Bangla but very limited knowledge of Urdu. So despite my best efforts few errors may have crept in.