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This is an archive article published on March 20, 2015
Indian Muslims not swayed by extremism, says Rajnath Singh
The menace of terrorism is greatly amplified in today’s digital world, said Rajnath Singh.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh
Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said Indian Muslims are “patriots” who could not be “influenced” by fundamentalist ideologies. Addressing scholars, strategic thinkers, field experts and policy makers at the three-day International Counter-Terrorism Conference in Jaipur, Singh said according to intelligence agencies, “just a handful of Indian youth (have) joined the ISIS”. He added that some of them have also “returned after being persuaded by their families”.
“I am happy to note that the influence of Islamic State on the Indian youth is negligible. The failure of ISIS to attract Indian Muslims, who constitute the second largest Muslim population in the world, is due to their complete integration into the national mainstream. Indian Muslims are patriots and are not swayed by fundamentalist ideologies. Extremism is alien to their nature,” Singh told the gathering at the inaugural session of the conference, organised by BJP general secretary Ram Madhav’s India Foundation in association with Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, Jodhpur.
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He added: “India is home to all 72 firqas of Muslims and houses one of the oldest churches in the world. We have been practising the philosophy of peaceful coexistence for centuries”. Singh said the rising use of technology for destructive purposes has raised security concerns.
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“The computing power of your smartphone is greater than all the computing effort deployed to put a man on the moon in 1969. We have recently constituted an expert committee to look into all possible avenues of cybercrime and its linkages with the terrorist world,” Singh said.
Hitting out at Pakistan, Singh said “the source of most terrorist activity in India lies across our borders”. “It is unfortunate that even after paying such a heavy cost for itself, Pakistan and its associates find it difficult to understand that there are no good terrorists and bad terrorists,” he said and added that If the ISI and Pakistan army stop supporting terror outfits, the “security situation in South Asia will improve significantly”.
“I sincerely believe that Pakistan should seriously rethink its strategy of using terrorism as an instrument of proxy war and it would be in her own national interest,” the Home Minister said.
All countries should be aware of developments in this area, which is bound to affect them in some way, sooner or later @HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
International co-operation is also needed to build popular opinion & pressurise the countries that use terrorists as their strategic assets
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Terrorism knows no boundaries and doesn’t respect nations’ sovereignties. They have become trans-national in character : HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
India has been a victim of cross border terrorismfor the last several decades. @BJPRajnathSingh
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Pakistan should seriously rethink its strategy of using terrorism as an ‘instrument of proxy war’ & it would be in her own national interest
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Pakistan and its associates find it difficult to understand that there are no ‘good terrorists and bad terrorists’ :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
The source of most terrorist activity in India lies across our borders: HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
We have recently constituted an expert committee to look into all possible avenues of cybercrime and its linkages with the terrorist world
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Today a ‘lone wolf’ or a ‘DIY (Do It Yourself) Terrorist’ can go online and learn how to carry out an attack without ever leaving home:HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
The menace of terrorism is greatly amplified in today’s digital world :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
We also need to be concerned over the increasing possibility & opportunity to use available technology &cyberspace in a destructive manner.
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Indian Muslims are patriots and are not swayed by fundamentalist ideologies.Moreover, India, as a country is proud of all its diversity:HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
The failure of ISIS to attract Indian Muslims is due to their complete integration into the national mainstream: HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Just a handful of Indian youth have joined the ISIS. Some have also returned after being persuaded by their families : HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
I am happy to note that the influence of Islamic State on the Indian youth is negligible :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
They extensively use modern technology to reach out to wider audience with susceptible minds :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
These terrorists unleash the worst forms of violence to erase the diversity and destabilize the democratic order : HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
They do not accept the fundamental fact that diversity of faiths and philosophies reflects the inherent beauty of human beings :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
Terror outfits like ISIS do not believe in a plural society and are extremely intolerant of a liberal and secular democratic order :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
The appeal of ISIS to young, educated people, inspite of its medieval ideology, is a cause for concern to the global community : HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
The world is witnessing an entirely new paradigm of terrorism in the form of the Islamic State (IS). :HM
— HMO India (@HMOIndia) March 19, 2015
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