Bangladesh’s Security Crisis: Unity and Leadership Needed

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Salzar Rahman Sabu
Jul 01, 2025
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The political and social unrest in Bangladesh, which escalated following the mass uprising on August 5, 2024, has worsened over time. The country is now facing extreme deterioration in law and order, fierce political rivalries, international geopolitical tensions, border crises, and conspiracies from imperialist powers.
Together, these factors have created a complex and multifaceted security challenge for Bangladesh. Beyond that, the country is also grappling with economic crises, social decay, military vulnerabilities, and even questions about its national integrity. Consequently, the future of the nation remains steeped in uncertainty.
 
To understand Bangladesh’s security crisis, we must first consider a few key aspects:
1. Bangladesh’s Geopolitical Location
Geographically, Bangladesh lies at the heart of South Asia, making it crucial in the Indo-Pacific geopolitical equation. To the east lies Myanmar, to the northwest is India, and to the south the Bay of Bengal—this triangular position significantly enhances Bangladesh’s strategic importance.
 
Especially with international maritime routes, energy security concerns, and naval trade routes centering around the Bay of Bengal, global powers have become increasingly interested in Bangladesh. Three major powers—India, China, and the United States—have their eyes on Bangladesh.
 
China, under its “Belt and Road Initiative” (BRI), considers Bangladesh a vital corridor. Meanwhile, the U.S. aims to establish a military base in the Indian Ocean region to counter China and Russia, with the port of Chattogram being eyed as a favorable location.
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There are also whispers of a possible Christian state in South Asia, with its potential center around the Chittagong Hill Tracts, parts of Myanmar, and northeastern India.
 
India, on the other hand, seeks to use Bangladesh’s land and waterways to ensure the strategic security of its northeastern states (the Seven Sisters). The competition among these powers for strategic dominance is posing a major security threat to Bangladesh.
 
Currently, the border region of Rakhine in Myanmar is experiencing insurgency. During Sheikh Hasina’s government, over a million Rohingya refugees entered Bangladesh, and the influx continues. Facing persecution from the Arakan Army, thousands of Rohingya Muslims seek refuge in Bangladesh daily.
 
Taking advantage of this crisis, the UN—backed by the West—is trying to use Bangladeshi territory as a “humanitarian corridor” into Rakhine.
The interim government is reportedly considering this, sparking intense debate at home and abroad. Experts argue that allowing such a corridor would be a massive security risk for Bangladesh.
 
If the UN is granted access once, U.S. influence in Bangladesh may expand permanently. Moreover, it could strain Bangladesh-Myanmar relations further.
2. Religious Dynamics and Extremism
Bangladesh is a Muslim-majority nation with deeply religious people. However, due to widespread misinformation about Islam, fanaticism and extremism have flourished. Since independence, religion has often been exploited to commit acts that divide and harm the nation.
 
Extremist religious groups have weaponized public sentiment, fracturing the Bengali Muslim population into countless sects and factions.
These groups often do not recognize each other, and attacks on each other’s mosques, temples, and shrines are common. Accusations of disbelief (kafir), hypocrisy (munafiq), apostasy (murtad), and atheism are thrown around easily. These groups frequently launch violent protests, torching and looting property.
 
At religious gatherings (waz mahfils), hate speech against Hindus is common, fueling communal tension and harming Bangladesh’s relationship with India. Some are attempting to use Hindu-Muslim discord as a catalyst for “Ghazwatul Hind,” further deepening the crisis. In India, too, majority-Hindu political parties suppress Muslims to rally their voter base. These dynamics are increasing hostility between the two countries.
 
In the Middle East, we’ve seen one Muslim-majority nation after another targeted by Western imperialist forces. During the Cold War, Afghanistan was used as a battlefield by the U.S. and USSR, leaving it in ruins. Leaders like Saddam Hussein (Iraq), Bashar al-Assad (Syria), and Muammar Gaddafi (Libya) faced regime changes under the pretext of resisting Western influence.
 
Other Muslim-majority nations like Iran, Yemen, Lebanon, Egypt, and Palestine remain under sanctions or attack. Over the past 75 years, Palestine has endured relentless warfare without any meaningful help from other Muslim states.
 
As a Muslim-majority country (with around 90% Muslims), Bangladesh is not immune to these threats. Religious fervor and political Islam are stronger here than in many other Muslim countries.
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Since independence, multiple efforts have been made to bring Islamic governance into the state structure. This alarms Western powers, as the rise of Islamic systems over democratic ones threatens their global dominance. This is why they systematically dismantle Muslim states, and Bangladesh is no exception.
 
3. Bangladesh’s Political System
Since Partition, Bangladesh has followed a British-style political model that fosters conflict rather than consensus. This mudslinging, confrontational system has never allowed peace.
 
Under the guise of democracy, rival parties have engaged in destructive politics—strikes, arson, vandalism, looting, corruption, nepotism, abuse of power—all severely compromising internal security.
After any party gains power, the opposition immediately begins agitating, demanding resignations, destroying public property, blocking roads, and clashing with law enforcement, disrupting everyday life.
 
Following the recent student uprising, Bangladesh’s internal security has further deteriorated. Ten months after the uprising, political stability remains elusive.
Continued protests, violent clashes between opposing parties, distrust toward the military, extortion, robberies, mob attacks, and police failures have all intensified the crisis. When governments change, their supporters often live in constant fear.
 
What Needs to Be Done?
When a nation faces severe security risks, it becomes the duty of every citizen to unite and defend the existence of the nation. Just as 75 million Bengalis came together in 1971 to fight for freedom from West Pakistani rule, today 180 million Bengalis must unite to protect the land of Bangladesh.
 
This responsibility does not fall solely on the military or the government—it is the duty of every citizen. If the nation falls, it is not only the military that will suffer, but every man, woman, and child will face indiscriminate violence.
Just look at Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and present-day Palestine—where people are being bombed and shot like birds. No state has come forward to help them.
 
Even nations we consider allies prioritize their own interests. Whether they will support us in our darkest hour remains uncertain.
 
So, let us forget all divisions, disputes, and hostilities, and come together to save our nation. Let us unite under one leader, like an unbreakable wall of steel, to protect our people and our country.
 
This call for unity is being raised by Imam Hossain Mohammad Salim, the supreme leader of the non-political movement Hezbut Tawheed.
For over a decade, he has been warning the nation about the coming crisis and outlining what we must do to overcome it. He has declared: “We will give our lives, but we will not let Bangladesh become another Iraq or Syria.”
 
Every speech of his urges the Bengali people to stand tall with pride and dignity. Hezbut Tawheed continues its tireless ideological struggle to build a united national identity against terrorism, extremism, religious exploitation, corrupt politics, and imperial aggression.
 
Alhamdulillah, we, the Bengali nation, are blessed to have such a leader—one who fearlessly speaks against all injustices on the global stage.
No matter what conspiracies are hatched against Bangladesh, if the people unite under one leader, no global superpower will ever be able to defeat us, Insha’Allah.
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