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VIDEO: Drone footage shows migrants' arrival September 23, 2015
Matthew Price looks at one of the Greek hotspots for migrants entering Europe.
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VIDEO: The Olympian who never gave up September 23, 2015
In 1992, 400m medal hopeful Derek Redmond pulled up injured in the semi-final of the Barcelona Olympics, but still finished the race.
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VIDEO: Football legend Pele at 75 September 23, 2015
Football legend Pele is 75 this year. He talked to the BBC about what inspires him and what he makes of football today.
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VIDEO: Pope Francis lands to cheers in US September 22, 2015
President Obama and his Family have greeted Pope Francis upon his arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland.
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VIDEO: Lesbos struggles as 4,000 arrive daily September 22, 2015
The Greek island of Lesbos is still struggling to keep up with the steady flow of migrants and refugees.
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VIDEO: How much does making a drug cost? September 22, 2015
As Turing Pharmaceuticals raises the price of an Aids treatment, Daraprim, BBC News looks at how the pharmaceutical industry tries to balance the pursuit of profit with a patient's need to access medication.
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VIDEO: Refugee crisis: Food and phone charging September 22, 2015
The BBC's Mark Lowen reports from a sports stadium on the Turkey-Greece border where agencies are providing shelter and food to refugees trying to reach Europe.
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VIDEO: On the ground at refugee hotspots September 22, 2015
EU ministers have approved a controversial plan to relocate 120,000 refugees and migrants across the EU using compulsory quotas.
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VIDEO: A guide to strange initiation ceremonies September 22, 2015
Initiation ceremonies are in the news, here are some of the stranger ones from around the world.
– SHAWKAT OSMAN, SHAFIQ SABUJ & IMTIAZ
In 1989, after the withdrawal of Soviet forces from Afghamistan, Shawkat Osman alias Sheikh Farid was reportedly present in a meeting with Osama Bin Laden, Maulana Fazlur Rehman Khalil and Mufti Abdul Hannan in Peshawar, Pakistan. In the meeting Osama Bin Laden advised them to organize the Muslim youths to transform their countries into Dar-ul-Islam – a part of Islam nation. The meeting led, eventually, to the formation of what became known later as the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami – HuJI.
Shawkat Osman alias Sheikh Farid from Chittagong, Bangladesh, was one of the founders, in 1992, of the Bangladeshi branch of Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami – HuJI. With time the Bangladeshi branch became a separate organization – Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh- HUJI-B.
In the leadership of HUJI-B Shawkat Osman was in a conflict with the military wing leader Mufti Abdul Hannan, who was backed by other leaders. The struggle of power within HUJI-B minimized his influence on the organization.
Only after the arrest of Mufti Abdul Hannan in Dhaka on 10/01/2005 Shawkat Osman – Sheikh Farid gained full control on HUJI-B.
Today (06/2008) HUJI-B activity in Bangladesh sharply declined and its influence on the Bangladeshi politic and society is almost unnoticed. Shawkat Osman is still at large, probably due to some sort of understanding with the Bangladeshi regime.
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/ Rafiqul Islam Gazi alias Shafiq Sabuj was a senior activist in the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh- HUJI-B.
Rafiqul Islam Gazi was arrested on 06/01/2008. He confessed on 06/06/2008 to his involvement in the grenade attack on the Awami League rally in the capital Dhaka on 08/21/2004. Rafiqul Islam Gazi became one of 14 defendants in the case.
On 06/18/2008 Rafiqul Islam Gazi was sentenced, along with other 4 HUJI-B leaders, for 20 years in jail under the Explosives Act.
* Imtiaz Abdul Quddus was the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami in Bangladesh – HUJI-B general secretary. In the late 80s’ Imtiaz Quddus run in Pakistan a training camp for Bangladeshi young Mujahidins, who volunteered to fight against the Russians in Afghanistan.
In 1999 Imtiaz Quddus attended a meeting with Maulana Abdul Qader Mollah, Chairman of the Muslim Liberation Front of Myanmar, in order to coordinate and collaborate the activities of the two movements.
Today (06/2008) the exact deeds or whereabouts of Imtiaz Quddus are not perfectly known.
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