Mohammad Abdul Aziz*

Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), Bangladesh and Visiting Faculty, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh. 

*Correspondence: aziz@iiitbd.org (Dr. Mohammad Abdul Aziz, Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought (BIIT), Bangladesh and Visiting Faculty, Islamic University of Technology (IUT), Bangladesh).

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ABSTRACT 

Bangladesh has seen recent years the growing incidence of violence and extremism across the nation evidence of the revival of hate crime, communalism, and fundamentalism. Attack on minorities, dissidents, and bloggers shows the existence of different terror outfits, though the law enforcers rejected the possibility of interlinking with global terror networks like Al-Qaeda, IS, and Taliban. The religious dogmatism, intolerance, and misinterpretation mainly cause the spread of religious extremism. Government and Nongovernment organizations have taken different initiatives to combat this violent extremism. However, it fails to foil the growing incidents indicating some loopholes in the approach. The article mainly examined the different initiatives taken by the GOs, NGOs, and International actors in combatting religious extremism. It has also developed a model for combatting violent extremism with special reference to contribute to the national policy formulation process. In doing so, it has examined the reports, proceedings, articles, news articles, and other materials. 

Keywords: Violent extremism, Counterterrorism, Peace, Faith perspectives in CVE, and Social cohesion.

Citation: Aziz MA. (2023). Countering violent extremism in Bangladesh: harnessing faith perspectives for peace and progress. Br. J. Arts Humanit., 6(1), 19-29. https://doi.org/10.34104/bjah.024019029

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