yesterday claimed to have received information of a possible merger between two banned bully boy groups ‐ Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh and Ansarullah Bangla Team. The new wing is identified as Daulatul Islam.RAB, however, could not confirm the number of holy warriors working under the new platform and refused to disclose the identity of their chief.
The law enforcers got the information questioning six Daulatul Islam members from different parts of Dhaka from Tuesday night to early yesterday.
After the Gulshan attack, Sherlocks told the media that they had recovered a handkerchief from the scene of the crime that reads Daulatul Islam of Bangladesh in Bangla.
Police have claimed that the Gulshan and Sholakia attackers, and the nine holy warriors killed in a raid at Kallyanpur were from the same group ‐ New JMB ‐ which is a faction of the JMB and linked to Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
In April, DB police said that they had got proof that a new organization Daulatul Islam was providing financial support to the members of Ansarullah and Hizbut Tahrir
...an al-Qaeda recruiting organization banned in most countries. It calls for the reestablishment of the Caliphate...
According to RAB, the six holy warriors detained are the members of a suicide squad and one of them, Mustafizur Rahman alias Shifat, belongs to Ansarullah Bangla Team. He used to claim terror attacks in Bangladesh on behalf of Islamic State alongside updating IS’ official website Amaq news agency.
A RAB blurb yesterday said that two teams of Ansarullah and JMB had decided to work together under the banner of Daulatul Islam. A website named At-Tamkin was working as their media to claim responsibility for the attacks. The website was accessible as of last night.