Contents
List of Abbreviations I
Author's Note to the Second Edition 3
Author's Note to the First Edition 5
Foreword by Satish Chandra 13
Prologue 2I
Chapter I : Shadow Over Crescent 27
Chapter 2 : The Crescent Waxes Eastward 4I
Chapter 3 : Swadhin Asom or Brihot Bangladesh 66
Chapter 4 : Fundamentalism at the Doorsteps 95
Chapter 5 :In the Name oflslam 124
Epilogue 156
Appendix I : Muslim Fundamentalist Organisations in North East India-A Compendium 163
Appendix II : Details of Surrendered Muslim Fundamentalists (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 178
Appendix III : Details of Apprehended HuM Militants (1.1.I999-3I.3.2004) I79
Appendix IV : Details of Apprehended MUL T A Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) I80
Appendix VI : Details of Apprehended PULF Militants(1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 182
Appendix VII: Details of Apprehended ILAA Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 183
Appendix VIII :Details of Apprehended MSF Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 184
Appendix IX :Details of Apprehended IURPI Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 185
Appendix X :Details of Apprehended AIMLF Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 186
Appendix XI :Details of Apprehended ISFI Militants (1.1.1999-31.3.2004) 187
Appendix XII :North East Indian Muslim Fundamentalist Organization Camps in Bangladesh 188
Appendix XIII :Main Islamist Organizations of Bangladesh 190
Appendix XIV :Order of Battle of the Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami of Bangladesh 192
Appendix XV :Percentage of Hindus in Bangladesh's Population 196
Appendix XVI :Directorate General of Field Intelligence (Bangladesh) 197
Appendix XVII :Jamaat-e-Islami (Bangladesh) 198
Appendix XVIII :North East Militants Camps in Bangladesh 200
Appendix XIX :Percentage of Muslim Population in Assam (Top Nine Districts) 206
Appendix XX :Inter Services Intelligence (Pakistan) 207
Appendix XXI :Population Growth Rate of Assam since 1901 208
Appendix XXII :United Liberation Front of Assam's Battalions 209
Select Bibliography 210
Index 220