Founded in 1998, the JMB is a Muslim fundamentalist group that is inspired by the Taliban of Afghanistan and would like to turn Bangladesh into an Islamic state based on Sharia law.
Source/Credit: Asia News
By Sumon Corraya | June 21, 2013
They are part of the extremist organization Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). In 2005, militants have carried out a series of attacks, including one against the Bar Association of Gazipur. Declared illegal, the group wants to introduce Sharia law in the country.
Dhaka (AsiaNews) - A court in Dhaka (Bangladesh) have sentenced 10 Islamic extremists to death for a suicide bombing in 2005. Eight people were killed in the attack, including four lawyers, and 70 were injured. The prisoners are part of the fundamentalist group Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), banned by the government in the same year of the attack. Announced yesterday, the verdict has to be confirmed by the High Court of Bangladesh.
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