1. Setting the perspective -- 2. The troubling question -- 3. August 21 : evening of the grenades -- 4. Beyond red herrings -- 5. Scripted for violence -- 6. Awakened terror -- 7. The sledgehammer -- 8. The fundamentalist challenge
Summary
"This lucid, hard-hitting and well-documented book analyses in detail the circumstances - historical, social, cultural and political - which account for the rise of violent Islamist fundamentalism in Bangladesh, a country known for its cultural plurality and religious tolerance. The author also discusses the chances of halting the process, through a determined and well-strategized effort by those committed to keeping Bangladesh a moderate and tolerant modern Islamic nation."--BOOK JACKET
