Tasneem Tahrin is an undergraduate senior at Bangladesh University of Professionals, pursuing a Bachelor of Social Science in International Relations. Her key research interests involve security and intelligence studies, youth and gender-based security and counterterrorism.
Across the globe, radicalization, or Islamist extremism to be more specific, surfaced during the pandemic even when it wasn’t expected. Earlier in June, for example, Bangladesh’s 10 Minute School founder, Ayman Sadiq, received online death threats by an unknown Islamist group. Even in the developed world, it has become evident that cyber radicalization in young people is growing during the pandemic.
