Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen (alternate spelling: Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh; abbreviated: JMB; Bengali: জামাত-উল-মুজাহিদীন বাংলাদেশ) was a Islamist organisation operating in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1998 in Palampur in Dhaka division by Sabir Quazi and gained public prominence in 2001 when bombs and documents detailing the activities of the organization were discovered in Parbatipur in Dinajpur district. The organization was officially banned by the government of Bangladesh in February 2005 after attacks on NGOs, but struck back in mid-August when it detonated 500... read more