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Shafi Md Mostofa
Shafi Md Mostofa is an assistant professor of world religions and culture at the University of Dhaka and an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England, Australia.
He is a theologian and security studies scholar with broad interests in political Islam, authoritarianism, modern South Asian history and politics, and international relations and the clash of civilizations. He has published extensively with Routledge, Springer, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, SAGE, and Wiley and Blackwell; and the journals: Politics and Religion, Politics and Policy, Perspectives on Terrorism, Asian and African Studies, and Peace and Conflict Review. His sole authored book published from Palgrave Macmillan in 2021 on “Islamist Militancy in Bangladesh: A Pyramid Root Cause Model.”
Mostofa did his PhD from the University of New England, Australia in 2020 with IPRA scholarship. He was awarded a Gold Medal by the President of Bangladesh for topping the MA examination in 2012 from the University of Dhaka. He contributes articles on Bangladeshi politics, religion, minority rights, human rights, and secularism.

July 01, 2022
Bangladesh’s Padma Bridge Built Against All Odds
By Shafi Md Mostofa

June 17, 2022
Another Anti-India Wave Sweeps Bangladesh
By Shafi Md Mostofa

June 01, 2022
Rohingya Refugees Need Sustained Support from International Community
By Shafi Md Mostofa

May 17, 2022
Cyber Radicalization by Bangladeshi Islamists
By Shafi Md Mostofa

May 02, 2022
What Drove India’s Jaishankar to Bangladesh?
By Shafi Md Mostofa

April 18, 2022
US Human Rights Report Raps Bangladesh on the Knuckles
By Shafi Md Mostofa

April 11, 2022
BIMSTEC Gets a New Lease of Life
By Shafi Md Mostofa

March 15, 2022
Is Hijab-Wearing Alien or Indigenous to South Asian Culture?
By Shafi Md Mostofa

March 03, 2022
New Election Commission Takes Charge in Bangladesh
By Shafi Md Mostofa

February 15, 2022
Rohingya Militancy: Myth or Reality?
By Shafi Md Mostofa

February 08, 2022
Bangladesh and Myanmar Resume Talks on Rohingya Repatriation
By Shafi Md Mostofa
