The Indian Mujahideen : the enemy within
Material type: TextPublication details: Gurgaon Hachette 2011Description: xiv, 314pISBN: 9789350092521Subject(s): Terrorism | Jihad | Islamic fundamentalism | Muslim students Indian Mujahideen | Students Islamic Movement of India Muslim students--Political activityDDC classification: 297.0954 Summary: Recent acts of terror have exploded the myth that the Indian youth is insulated from the global terrorism phenomenon and have little time for extremism. The communal riots post the 1992 incident, the rise of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the mutation of a section of aspiring Muslim youth into terrorists with the help of forces across the border. The story of home-grown jihadists would have been skewed had it not been for the testimonies of David Coleman Headley and Sarfaraz Nawaz on the involvement of the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence, top Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership, the Al Qaeda and the Karachi project, whose demon child the Indian Mujahideen is. This book is the first-ever attempt to link up jihadists all over India and trace their linkages with terrorists based in countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Recent acts of terror have exploded the myth that the Indian youth is insulated from the global terrorism phenomenon and have little time for extremism. The communal riots post the 1992 incident, the rise of the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and the mutation of a section of aspiring Muslim youth into terrorists with the help of forces across the border. The story of home-grown jihadists would have been skewed had it not been for the testimonies of David Coleman Headley and Sarfaraz Nawaz on the involvement of the Pakistan Inter-Services Intelligence, top Lashkar-e-Taiba leadership, the Al Qaeda and the Karachi project, whose demon child the Indian Mujahideen is. This book is the first-ever attempt to link up jihadists all over India and trace their linkages with terrorists based in countries like Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia.
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