Bangla Bhai

Bangla Bhai
Born
Siddique ul-Islam

1970
Died30 March 2007 (age 37) Jhalakathi, Bangladesh
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
OccupationMilitary head of Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh

Siddique ul-Islam (Bengali: সিদ্দিকুল ইসলাম Siddikul Islam), known popularly as Bangla Bhai (বাংলা ভাই "Bengali Brother") (1970 – 30 March 2007), also known as Jawad uddin attari (Bengali: আজিজুর রহমান) Azizur Rôhman, was a Bangladeshi terrorist[1] and the military commander of the Al Qaeda affiliated[2] radical Islamist organization Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (Awakened Muslim Masses of Bangladesh), known in popular usage as the JMJB. Most active in the north-western section of Bangladesh around the Rajshahi region, Bangla Bhai gained a nationwide and worldwide notoriety for bombings and other terrorist activities.

  1. ^ "Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)". South Asia Terrorism Portal.
  2. ^ Roggio, Bill (16 March 2006). "Dismantling JMB in Bangladesh". The Long War Journal. Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Retrieved 27 December 2007.