BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

UNDERSTANDING THE CRITICALITY OF SOCIAL REINTEGRATION IN DERADICALISATION: AN ANALYSIS OF BANGLADESH’S CVE PRACTICES

Author: Niloy Ranjan Biswas, Abdul Mannan

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2024v45n3a2

ABSTRACT

This paper examines how effectively social reintegration can be utilised in the deradicalisation process in Bangladesh. Social reintegration is a protracted process related to the rehabilitation of former convicts. The cognitive complexity of social reintegration requires comprehensive academic interventions. This paper analyses potential challenges of applying the preventing/countering violent extremism (P/CVE) approaches, and highlights the consequences of the P/CVE approach for society in the context of Bangladesh. The paper adopts a unique mixed-method approach of analysing the profiles of selective violent extremist offenders and conducting relevant expert interviews to formulate a set of arguments in favour of an inclusive and integrated preventive approach to violent extremism. The paper identifies which factors constitute social integration as a preventive approach and how social reintegration as a method can be contextually adopted to sustain the preventive approach in Bangladesh. Finally, the paper suggests a whole-of-society approach that includes key government and non-government stakeholders to execute tools of social reintegration as a part of a comprehensive policy of preventing radicalisation and violent extremism in Bangladesh.