Ansarullah Bangla Team

Ansarullah Bangla Team
আনসারুল্লাহ বাংলা টিম
Flag of Ansarullah Bangla Team
Suspected Chief	Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani
Dates of operation	2013 - present
Allegiance	Al-Qaeda HuJI-B
Active regions	Indian subcontinent
Ideology	Islamic extremism
Major actions	Ashulia Bank Robbery, Killing of Atheist Bloggers
Status	Active
Size	unknown
Designated as a terrorist group by	Bangladesh[1]  India[1]  United Kingdom[2]  United States of America[3]  UN[4]

The Ansarullah Bangla Team is a militant group from Bangladesh and it has commited crimes such as bank robbery and the murder of atheists.^[5] The group was designated a terrorist group after their bank robbing on the 25th of May 2015.^[6][7] The group has been claimed to be linked with the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami party by the Bengali police.^[8] The group also has links to Al-Qaeda and it started in 2007 as the group "Jama'atul Muslemin" with funding coming from charities.^[6]

References

1. "Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) Terrorist Group, Islamist Terrorism".
2. "Proscribed terrorist groups or organisations".
3. "Bangladesh".
4. "CIVICUS: Bangladesh" (PDF). Universal Periodic Review.
5. "Al-Qaeda branch claims responsibility for murder of writer-blogger Avijit Roy: Rab, police doubt reported claim". The Daily Star. Transcom Group. May 4, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-05. Retrieved May 5, 2015.
6. "Ansarullah Bangla Team banned". Dhaka Tribune. May 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
7. "Militant Ansarullah Bangla Team banned". Prothom Alo. Transcom Group. May 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-05-27. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
8. "Blogger Rajib's 'killers' linked to al-Qaeda: DB". The Daily Star. Transcom Group. March 15, 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-03-18. Retrieved June 2, 2015. The North South University students ... were working under a new-born extremist militant organisation 'Ansarullah Bengali Team'