Zawahiri, a student there, was then seventeen, but he was already involved in clandestine Islamist activity.

In the same vein, Jason Burke, a British reporter who writes about radical Islamist activity, said:

The fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of Islamist anti-state activities in both countries paved the way for a strategic alliance.

American officials say they are aware of the Islamist activity and have no plans to block it.

Younger Bangladeshis are more involved in Islamist activities and movement groups, whereas the older generation practice with Islamic rituals mixed with the Bengali culture.

But while men suspected of Islamist activity are frequently interrogated and jailed, subjecting women to such treatment would cause a public outcry that the government cannot risk.

Relations with the US and other Western countries have been further strained by the perception that Saudi Arabia has been a source of Islamist terrorist activity, not just internally, but also world-wide.

Sinai insurgency is a radical Islamist militant activity in Sinai peninsula, initiating in early 2011, as a fallout of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.

Since completing his four-year sentence at the end of 2010, Mizanur Rahman immediately began to revive his Islamist activities around the UK and on the Internet.

He has a history of involvement in radical Islamist activities including a previous arrest at a violent protest.