American Journal of Educational Research, 2018, Vol. 6, No. 8, 1233-1237 Available online at http://pubs.sciepub.com/education/6/8/24 ©Science and Education Publishing DOI:10.12691/education-6-8-24 Students View Towards Religion-based Terrorism: A Study on Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Dinajpur, Bangladesh Md Abdur Rashid 1,* , Mohammad Saifuddin Durud 1 , A.S.M. Mahbubur Rahman 2 , Sabrina Mustafiz 1 , Md. Noman Amin 3 1 Department of Sociology, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh 2 Department of English, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur, Bangladesh 3 Department of Sociology, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology University, Gopalganj, Bangladesh *Corresponding author: rashidm@unbc.ca Received June 18, 2018; Revised August 06, 2018; Accepted August 24, 2018 Abstract Terrorism has now become a global issue. In the last couple of years, Bangladesh has already been faced different terrorist attacks for which the peace and harmony of the society become disrupted. Investigation after the occurrence of terrorist activities revealed that mostly students are being engaged with such kind of activities in Bangladesh. Among them mostly university students are being engaged with it. In a situation, knowing students view regarding terrorism has become a sociological issue for the country. This study is conducted among the students of HSTU. Data has been collected through surveying 90 students from different departments along with interviewing 20 students who are being selected purposively. Students have been asked several questions regarding the issues of terrorism. Students strongly opposed the modern version of religious terrorism in the name of religious goal attainment. They treated it as a threat to their student life as well as to the society and state. They suggested that building strong connection between parents and children, creating social and societal awareness, spreading religion- based education system, constructing strong constitutional provision against terrorist activities and developing the sense of multiculturalism etc. would contribute in combating such kind of terrorist activities. Keywords: Terrorism, religion-based terrorism, terrorism and students view Cite This Article: Md Abdur Rashid, Mohammad Saifuddin Durud, A.S.M. Mahbubur Rahman, Sabrina Mustafiz, and Md. Noman Amin, “Students View Towards Religion-based Terrorism: A Study on Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University (HSTU), Dinajpur, Bangladesh.” American Journal of Educational Research, vol. 6, no. 8 (2018): 1233-1237. doi: 10.12691/education-6-8-24. 1. Introduction Following the last two decades, Bangladesh has experienced several terrorist attacks that manifested the existence of terrorist group within its geographical boundaries. Terrorism has become a means of threat to life, socio-economic structure and political order of the country. The religion-based terrorist groups organize such type of activities with the intention of establishing religious order in the society [1]. There are different organizations who support terrorist activities in Bangladesh. They are intended to establish Bangladesh as an Islamic country by the means of militant power as an execution of religious spirit according to their own perception. Some of such organizations are Jagrato Muslim Janata Bangladesh (JMJB), Jamatul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB), Harkat-ul-Jihad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B) and so on [2]. Very recently Bangladesh has witnessed different terrorist attacks within its boundary that is acknowledged by the world’s largest terrorist group ISIS in their magazine named ‘Dabiq’. They are committed to attack on foreigners, Ahmadis, Sufis, homosexuals, Shia, and other religious minorities, among other groups. They also operated attacks against the secular writers, bloggers, intellectuals and so other targeting groups [2]. At present, it is a burning question that why terrorism is spreading rapidly in Bangladesh. To deal with this alarming issue, actual causes behind terrorism need to be identified [3]. The terrorist organizations of the present era become organized with a new way like digital media campaign where mostly young people are getting influenced by them. They influence young people specially students from different higher educational institutions by demonstrating astounding cases operated against their religious community happening around the world [4]. Students who have lack of proper religious knowledge are mostly being influenced by them. Specially they are being targeted as it is easy to convert them according to their own ways by the means of so called religious spirit and simulation. Nowadays terrorism has become a serious threatening issue to the national security of Bangladesh [1]. The main