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| Bangladesh |
| NGOs under scanner |
| 2009-03-20 |
| The Bangladesh government has started scrutinising activities of NGOs approved during the rule of the BNP-led four-party alliance government to see if they have any involvement with funding militant activities. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith has charged certain NGOs with funding militant outfits and named the former Social Welfare Minister, Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mujahid, who is also secretary-general of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami, as the possible "culprit." Mr. Muhith told reporters on Wednesday that there were some investments in Bangladesh "that patronise militant activities," but he did not identify them. After the massive countrywide bombings in 2005 carried out by the banned Jamaat'ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, intelligence agencies reported that certain West Asia-based NGOs were funding terrorism in Bangladesh. They recommended banning the Kuwait-based Revival of Islamic Heritage Society and taking action against a number of other West Asian organisations found to have links with Islamist extremists. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 "SUV people"? Oh dear. What I have long believed about NGO's can be summed up by the fact that during college I dissuaded one of my best friends from volunteering to go with the Peace Corps to the Appalachians to teach the natives to farm better. We'd grown up together in Amherst, NY, a postwar suburb populated by university professors and assorted fellow travellers. We both had memorized "Old MacDonald Has A Farm" in preschool, which I thought did not qualify her to pontificate on the subject to people who'd been doing it for a number of generations. Dear Anita went on to become a professor of religions, for which she was much better suited. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-03-20 23:35 |
| #6 NGO's = Liberal Busy Bodies, writ large. |
| Posted by: Tiny Shons6378 2009-03-20 23:20 |
| #5 I understand the (non-Taliban) Afghans have no use - and less respect - for NGOs too, mom. You'd think the NGOs would change their ways, considering how much they're hated around the world. You'd be wrong. >:-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-03-20 22:34 |
| #4 NGOs have earned the title "SUV people" in West Africa, according to Second Daughter, who has lived there. The NGOs tool around in their SUVs looking important, but not being particularly effective. Second Daughter was considering applying to NGOs after graduation. After her experience in West Africa, she decided that if the organization wants her to have a Master's Degree before giving her an unpaid internship, they're probably too married to theory to be useful. |
| Posted by: mom 2009-03-20 22:06 |
| #3 Give the task to the RAB. They will assess the situation and eliminate the problem, summarizing the whole operation in a short report. End of problem. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2009-03-20 15:25 |
| #2 Nothing Good Originates.. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2009-03-20 14:14 |
| #1 NGO's funding terrorism come under scanner by intel agencies? Must not have earned their MBA for IO & NGOs in Geneva. They're the best. |
| Posted by: Thealing Borgia122 2009-03-20 11:22 |