International Crisis Group has called the 1 July Dhaka attack the most visible manifestation yet of the threat that a new generation of self-styled jihadis poses to Bangladesh that boasts of its pluralistic society. Referring to premier Sheikh Hasina’s resolve ‘to bring all terrorists to justice’, the Brussels-based group questioned if this was “finally a wake-up call for a government that has too often underplayed the radical Islamist threat”. In an article titled “Bangladeshi Leaders Must Stop Politicising Counterterrorism” published in Nikkei Asian Review on 6 July, ICG’s Shehryar Fazli wrote that the Islamic State group was