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ORGANIZATION AND LEADERSHIP When someone joins the organisation, he is considered as ''Karmi'', meaning worker. When a ''Karmi'' meets a predefined standard of knowledge, rituals, moral status and leadership quality, he is promoted to a ''Shathi'' meaning comrade. When a ''Shathi'' is able to meet a higher standard of knowledge, rituals, moral status and leadership quality, he is promoted to a ''Shadashawa'' meaning member.Executive Council is the highest decision-making body of the outfit. The ICS has a central secretariat, comprising eight members. In addition, the ICS has established 6 divisions countrywide: Dhaka Division, Chittagong Division, Sylhet Division, Rajshahi Division, Khulna Division and Barisal Division. Each division has several districts and other units under its jurisdiction.Shafiqul Islam Masud is the Central President of the ICS. Zahidur Rahman is the Secretary General of the outfit. Other important leaders are: Shishir Mohammad Munir, Akhter Hossain etc OBJECTIVE According to the outfit, its objectives are to struggle for changing the existing system of education on the basis of Islamic values, to inspire students to acquire Islamic knowledge and to prepare them to take part in the struggle for establishing Islamic way of life. AREA OF INFLUENCE The ICS is one of the strongest student fronts in the Universities of Chittagong, Dhaka, Rajshahi and Jahangirnagar. It is also emerging as a dominant group in the Khulna and Sylhet Universities. Within the vast madrassa (religious seminary) structure in Bangladesh, the ICS is reported to be a dominant and uncontested organisation. WORLDWIDE LINKAGES As one of the largest Islamist student organisations in South Asia, the ICS maintains a close relationship with various Islamist fundamentalist organisations of different countries. In 1979, the ICS secured membership of International Islamic Federation of Student Organisation (IIFSO). Its former President Dr. S A M Taher was also the Secretary General of IIFSO. The outfit is also a member of the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY). The outfit is also reported to be maintaining close links with the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan’s external intelligence agency. With the help of the latter, it is reportedly working to support Islamist subversive agenda in many regions in India, particularly in areas bordering Bangladesh. The ISI is also reportedly providing substantial amount of funds to the ICS. Other Islamic countries, particularly Saudi Arabia, have provided a major proportion of its financial resources. The ICS is also reported to be maintaining close links with various terrorist outfits operating in South Asia and Afghanistan. These terrorist outfits reportedly carry out their activities in Bangladesh through the ICS. The ICS reportedly helps them recruit and indoctrinate fanatic youth. A significant number of them were reportedly sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan during the reign of the Taliban regime where a large number of fanatic youth come under the direct command of Osama bin Laden. Some report claims ICS is also part of a larger network Islamist extremist network of the HUJI, Jamaat-e-Islami, and Islami Oikyo Jote. This network has assisted the terrorist outfits in developing an effectual infrastructure for training as also a network of clandestine camps and shelters for stockpiling weapons and supplies in Bangladesh. But, ICS claims themselves to be a party of moderate muslim students, protesting any kind of terrorist activity. MAJOR INCIDENTS 2007 February 28: 5 ICS leaders and workers was killed and other 100 injured by the attack of 14 party allience and their student wings, at different places of Bangladesh. February 1: ICS cadres stabbed a newly recruited teacher of the law department of Rajshahi University at Binodpur market area near the university for "refusing to join the party". 2006 November 11: President of the Phultala sub-district unit of ICS, Mohammed Ajmol Hossain, threatened journalist Shamsul Alam Khokon with death for having filed a report on the alleged corruption and malpractice by Khulna city Jamaat-e-Islami chief and former lawmaker Mian Golam Parwar. November 2: An ICS leader was killed and 50 others were injured during a clash between the activists of the BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami at Nangolkot sub-district headquarters. February 12: RAB personnel in Barisal district arrested the president and general secretary of Patharghata sub-district unit of the ICS, identified as Shohag Khan and Marfat Ullah, for their links with the JMB. January 8: Two grenades were recovered by the police at Dhalipara on the outskirts of Satkhira town from the house of a JeI leader and a teacher of Srirampur Madrassa, Moulana Yunus Ali, whose son, Abdullah Al Mamun, an ICS activist, was later arrested. 2005 December 22: Kushtia district police recovered some bomb-making materials from a Madrassa student who also claimed to be an activist of the ICS. July 20: ICS cadre, Mahmudul Chowdhury, is arrested from the Panchlaish Residential Area in Chittagong along with 33 AK-47 bullets, of which at least 17 were produced at the Bangladesh Ordinance Factory. July 18: RAB personnel arrest ICS cadre Abdus Salam from DC Road in Chittagong. July 12: Former ICS leader, Ekhlasur Rahman Ekhlas, accused in the killing of Khulna Metropolitan Journalists' Union president Sheikh Belaluddin, is arrested from the Rupsha ferry terminal area. June 10: Dulal Uddin alias Munna, second-in-command of the Nasir Bahini of the ICS, is arrested at Hathazari in the Chittagong district along with an AK-47 rifle. June 6: RAB personnel arrested Sajjad, an ICS cadre from the capital Dhaka. Sajjad was the second in command in the ‘Hazarika Bahini’ , whose leader Gias Hazarika was killed in an encounter on June 2. May 7: Delwar Hossain alias Azrail Delwar, an ICS cadre, is killed during an encounter with the police at Charia under Hathazari sub-district of Chittagong district. April 28: Fifty-five students are wounded during a clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and ICS cadres in the Islamic University of capital Dhaka. March 6: An ICS activist, identified as Akil, is arrested for his alleged plot to bomb a Bangladesh Chhatra League meeting attended by former Home Minister, Mohammad Nasim, at Raiganj. February 28: RAB personnel arrested Gittu Nasir, an ICS cadre, from Dhaka's Jatrabari area and acting on his confession, recovered an AK-47 rifle from Hathazari on March 1. February 13: An ICS cadre, Hossain Ahmad alias Foyez Munna, is killed during crossfire between RAB personnel and his accomplices at Mirerkhil in the Khulna district. January 31: A businessman, identified as Bishu Aich, was killed as suspected ICS cadres lobbed an unspecified number of bombs at a shopping centre in the Kotwali area of Chittagong. January 28: RAB personnel arrested four persons, including one ICS cadre, for their alleged involvement in the possession and smuggling of illegal firearms from Shahnagar in the Chittagong district. January 17: An ICS cadre, Akhtar Hamid, is arrested from the Kakrail area of capital Dhaka and following his interrogation, the RAB personnel recovered five guns, 10 rifle bullets, six cartridges and two daggers from his village at Keruntali in the Chittagong district. January 15: Four ICS cadres are arrested from Chittagong-Rangamati road at Godharpar in the Chittagong district. One SBBL gun, three LG guns, 23 rounds of bullets and some sharp weapons were recovered from their possession. 2004 December 15: RAB personnel arrested five ICS cadres from the Chawk Bazaar area in Chittagong city. September 1: Armed ICS cadres killed a Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) leader and injured some others at Sylhet Government Veterinary College. Police arrested two ICS cadres in this connection and also recovered some arms from their possession. August 16: Police arrests an ICS cadre from his house at Dharampur in Rajshahi city on charges of making an attempt on the life of Iqbal Hossain Dildar, a contractor, on August 14. July 12: At least 20 students are injured in a clash between activists of Jatio Chatra Samaj and ICS at Bhola Colle. June 29:An armed cadre of the ICS is shot dead at Chittagong Cantonment in the Chittagong district due to intra-party rivalry. June 10:The Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) implicates the students of Tumchar Islamia Fazil Madrassa (seminary) in Laxmipur in a false case accusing them of being activists of HuJI after the ICS failed to carry out organisational activities there. April 23:The left-wing 11-party alliance alleges that the Jamaat-e-Islami and ICS is developing an ‘Islamic militant network’ across the country by taking advantage of being a partner in the alliance Government. April 9:The deputy leader of Yakub Bahini, Mohammed Abdul Hamid, who was arrested along with seven ICS cadres from Chittagong, dies in police custody. April 7:The chief of Yakub Bahini (Yakub Force), Mohammad Yakub, who was patronized by Islami Chhatra Shibir, is killed and four police personnel are injured during an encounter in Chittagong. January 13: At least 50 persons are injured during a clash between armed cadres of the ICS and JCD at the Rajshahi University campus. January 9: BNP leaders criticize Communications Minister Nazmul Huda's speech during an ICS conference in which he reportedly said that the Jamaat-e-Islami did not do any wrong by working for the integrity of Pakistan during the Liberation War in 1971. 2003 December 26: Police recover one AK-47 with ammunition when they arrested Islami Chhatra Shibir cadre Enamul Haque alias Enamya and his associate Faridul Alam alias Faridya from Satkania in the Chittagong district. December 24: Five Ansars (para-military force personnel) arrested in the Khulna city on charges of abetting Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) activists in making bombs inside an abandoned residential hotel are reportedly dismissed from service. December 9: An ICS leader is killed and seven others are injured in a gunfight between activists of the ICS and the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) at Moulvibazar Government College. December 14: An ICS cadre Abul Hashem is shot dead by activists of a rival faction at West Damda-miya in the Fatikchhari district. November 18: Seven persons are injured during a clash between activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chattra Shibir (ICS) at Palashbari, Gaibandha. November 14: An ICS cadre is shot dead by armed miscreants in the Narayonhat area of Chittagong district. November 10: Police arrest an ICS cadre and gang leader of "Five Star Bahini", Jasim Uddin, from a house in the Mohammadpur area of Chittagong. October 6: An activist of the ICS is killed and 25 others are injured in a gunfight between ICS and Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) on the Kushtia Polytechnic Institute campus in Kushtia. September 30: Four ICS leaders are awarded three years imprisonment each by the Speedy Trial Tribunal of Comilla district on charge of gangsterism. September 3: At least 10 activists of the JCD and ICS are injured during separate clashes at the Chittagong Polytechnic Institute. Security agencies arrest 24 persons, including top ICS leaders Kala Mahbub and Alamgir from different places in Fatikchhari, Chittagong, for their alleged involvement in the abduction of a businessman and BNP leader Alhaj Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury on July 24. August 7: Police arrest two ICS cadres from the Chawk Bazar area and Fatikchhari in the Chittagong district, suspecting their involvement in the abduction of a businessman and BNP leader Alhaj Jamaluddin Ahmed Chowdhury, on July 24. An ICS cadre and leader of "Ahamoddya Bahani" Chairman Ahamoddya allegedly threatens a journalist of the vernacular daily, Prothom Alo, for including his name among the abductors of the Chittagong businessman. August 6: Police files charge sheet against seven persons, including some ICS cadres and Azizul Haque alias Azizya, ringleader of Azizya Bahini, in connection with the murder case of a Buddhist monk. July 27: Police suspect involvement of three groups of the ICS in the abduction of Chittagong businessman and Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leader Alhaz Jamal Uddin Ahmed Chowdhury for ransom from the Chawkbazar area on July 24. June 29: An ICS cadre is arrested with two others in Bogra in connection with the arms haul case of June 27. June 24: Following Home Ministry notification of February 3, the District and Sessions Judge's Court of Rajshahi on June 24 orders withdrawal of a bomb explosion case of April 17, 2001. June 20: Home Ministry decides to withdraw a bomb explosion case earlier registered against nine Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) activists for their alleged involvement in the incident of April 17, 2001, in Rajshahi. June 4: Unidentified gunmen kill an activist of the ICS at Doulatpur under Fatikchhari subdivision. May 20: Amir Ali faction of the ICS kills a political activist each of the Bangladesh National Party (BNP) and the Awami League (AL) at Fatikchhari subdivision. May 11: ICS cadres assault an activist of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on the Chittagong University (CU) campus. April 17: The ICS launches an indefinite strike in Chittagong University (CU) demanding implementation of its five-point charter of demands. Three ICS activists are arrested with explosives in Kalupur village, Shibganj police station-limits, Chapainawabganj. March 27: At least 50 persons are injured in clashes between activists of the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) on Rajshahi University campus. February 4: The Speedy Trial Tribunal of Chittagong Division completes hearings in the Gopal Krishna Muhuri murder case. ICS cadres are accused of killing Muhuri. February 1: An activist of the ICS is killed in an armed clash with police in violence during Union Parishad (Local Council) elections at Kanchana union, Satkania. Activists of the Jamaat-e-Islami, ICS’ parent body, are also involved in the clash. January 20: Armed cadres of the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) shoot at a policeman in Hathazari subdivision, Chittagong district. Police arrest two ICS cadres––Alamgir and Mojammel Haque Chowdhury Nazim––and recover seven rounds of SMG ammunition. 2002 December 26: ICS prepares to re-launch activities in Dhaka University from the New Year, after a long time. ICS remained banned in the University since 1990. About 3,000 well-trained armed student activists are believed to preparing to gain control over ‘halls’. September 9: Armed activists of the ICS kill an activist of the JCD and injure 10 others on Madan Mohan College premises in Sylhet. August 26: ICS cadres attack a lady-student leader, who is the vice-president of the Chittagong University unit of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL). August 13: Cadres of the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) attack 15 leaders and activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), including its president and general secretary, on Chittagong University Campus. 2001 December 31: An estimated eight persons are injured in an armed clash between the Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal (JCD) and the rival ICS, at Sylhet Government College. June 29: Police arrest an activist of the ICS for his alleged involvement in the Narayanganj blast. June 15: At least 21 persons are killed and 100 more injured in a bomb blast at the Awami League’s office in Narayanganj town. The Foreign Minister says extreme fundamentalist elements with links to international terrorist groups set-off the blast. April 11: Jammat-e-Islami and ICS cadres are arrested in Rangpur. April 9: Nine ICS activists are arrested in Satkania in connection with the April 7-killings. April 7: Two leaders of the ruling Awami League's youth and student fronts are killed by ICS activists at Satkania. March 24: Rajshahi University community floats a forum against communalism and terrorism and vows to combat the ICS’ reactionary politics in the university. March 9: Police arrest 46 supporters of the Jamaat-e-Islami and the ICS, in connection with the bomb explosions that killed eight persons at a cultural function in Jessore on March 7, 2001 January 27: Police raid Darul Irfan Academy, a madrassa (seminary) in Chandgaon and arrest two leaders. Documents seized reveal its links with the Arakan Ruhingya National Organisation (ARNO), an Islamist extremist group, and Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The head of the madrassa in Chittagong, Khairul Bashar, was for four terms the chief of the Chittagong district unit of the ICS. January 20: In two separate bomb blasts in Dhaka, an estimated six persons are killed and 50 more injured. Home Minister Mohammad Nasim says the Jamaat-e-Islami and its affiliates such as the Islami Chhatra Shibir (ICS) set-off the blasts. 2000 November 16: Media reports indicated that Convenor of the Bangladesh Madrassa Teachers Association (BMTA) Maulana Mirza Nurul Huq in a press conference said the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student front Islami Chhatra Shibir are involved in terrorist activities in educational institutions using the name of Islam. July 21: Police foil an attempt to kill the then Prime Minister Hasina Wajed in her home district Gopalganj. Four activists of the ICS were arrested in this connection. July 12: SOme unknown terrorists killed nine persons, including seven activists of the pro-Awami League student outfit in Chittagong. ICS was supposed to be behind this murder. EXTERNAL LINKS
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