Al-Qaeda has now urged Bangladeshi Muslims to start 'jihad' against Myanmar army to liberate the Arakan (Rakhine state) for Rohingya population.
A 'fighter' of the banned outfit's subcontinent branch Muhammad Miqdaad, with his further identity remaining undisclosed, made the call in a newly-released literature titled “Adopt the call of Allah; say “no” to Jahiliyyah!.”
The literature was published by Al-Qaeda's As-Sahab Media on the messaging app Telegram on December 16 last.
The fighter claimed that 'jihad' against the Myanmar army has become an individual obligation on every capable Muslim of Bangladesh due to the unrestrained cruelty.
Miqdaad mentioned genocide, rape, and other war crimes as the crimes committed upon Arakanese Muslims.
The literature said that Arakan is not part of Myanmar and was a blueprint of the "kuffar" (infidels) to "annihilate the Muslims".
Miqdaad argues that the "devil and his companions" have divided the identity of Muslims as one nation by segregating them by region and locality.
The 15-page piece of literature pulled references from Quranic verses and provides a brief history of the region, making its arguments methodically, reads wionews.com.
Bangladesh currently houses nearly a million Rohingya refugees, including a fresh influx of 655,000 members of the community who have sought refuge in country's Southern Cox's Bazar since September this year.
The fresh influx occurred following a crackdown by the Myanmar Army on the Rohingya population in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state.
