Many Rivers, One Sea: Bangladesh and the Challenge of Islamist Militancy

248 Pages·2019·2.6 MB·English

by  Joseph Allchin

MANY RIVERS, ONE SEA

JOSEPH ALLCHIN
MICHEL ELTCHANINOFF
Many Rivers, One Sea
Bangladesh and the Challenge of
Islamist Militancy
Inside the Mind of
Marine Le Pen
HUHURRSTST & & C COOMMPPAANNYY, ,L LOONNDDOONN
First published in the United Kingdom in 2019 by
C. Hurst & Co. (Publishers) Ltd.,
41 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PL
© Joseph Allchin, 2019
All rights reserved.
Printed in India
Distributed in the United States, Canada and Latin America by
Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016,
United States of America.
The right of Joseph Allchin to be identified as the author of this publication
is asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents
Act, 1988.
A Cataloguing-in-Publication data record for this book
is available from the British Library.
ISBN: 9781849048743
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CONTENTS
Map of Bangladesh vii
Introduction 1
1. The Idea 7
2. 1975—Annus Horribilis 35
3. Mobilisation 51
4. The Urban Jihad 81
5. A Dysfunctional Neighbourhood 111
6. The Rohingya 129
7. The Black Flags 141
8. Raqqa, Meet Dhaka 163
9. Post Mortem 181
Notes 197
Bibliography 221
Index 223

CHINA
NEPAL N
0 75
I N D I A km
Dinajpur
Sylhet
Bagmara
Rajshahi G L A D E S H
N
A
B I N D I A
Gazipur
Dhaka
Narayanganj
Khulna
Pirojp ur Hathazari
I N D I A
Chittagong
Cox’s Bazar
MYANMAR
Bay of Bengal
© S.Ballard (2018)