Information About Incident 39350-75282-182075 in Manikgonj Bangladesh

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Many JMB members we have arrested in recent times told us that they were members of Dawat-e-Islam and were first inspired in jehadi spirit through its activities.

From this sentence, the following information was extracted.

• Meta Location: Dawat
• Matched District: Manikgonj
• Actgroup: arrest
• Actor: we
• Subject: Many JMB members

Context

This data was extracted from the following paragraph of the newspaper clippings.

Meanwhile, intelligence agencies have come to know about covert activities of an Islamist outfit in the country and its close links with the banned outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Intelligence officials said they have only learnt the name of the new outfit, Jamaat-e-Muslimeen, and its dawati (invitational) activities. The JMB's explosives expert Zahidul Islam Sumon alias Boma Mizan revealed the name and the limited activities of Jamaat-e-Muslimeen to the Security Forces (SFs) during his interrogation, intelligence sources said. He also revealed that a few cadres of the new outfit joined the JMB recently. Thought he did not reveal any information about the leadership and detailed activities of the Jamaat-e-Muslimeen, the SFs suspect the outfit is carrying out invitational activities under the banner of Dawat-e-Islami at different mosques in the capital. Many JMB members we have arrested in recent times told us that they were members of Dawat-e-Islam and were first inspired in jehadi spirit through its activities. They later joined JMB, said a top official of a security agency. Dawat-e-Islami is on the list of 33 militant groups the security agencies have identified either for having direct involvement in militant activities or for suspected involvement in militancy in the country.

The original source are newspaper clippings and extracts collected by the South Asian Terrorism Portal.

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