ISIS and India updates

[Gollum]

First Islamic State ‘module’ busted, 5 held in MP: Police The cell is the Islamic State’s first known affiliate inside the country, sparking fears more could be forming elsewhere. - Five Madhya Pradesh men arrested from the town of Ratlam last month were part of an Islamic State-linked jihad cell planning strikes in India - Imran Khan Muhammad Sharif, the leader of the five men held in Ratlam on April 15, is alleged to have been recruited online by an Indian jihadist he knew as “Yusuf†— code, investigators say, for Karnataka-born Muhammad Shafi Armar, a fugitive Indian Mujahideen operative now leading group of Indians fighting with the Islamic State. - Muhammad Shafi Armar’s brother, Muhammad Sultan Armar, was killed in combat near the Syrian town of Kobane in March, fighting with Islamic State forces attempting to take the city from Kurdish control. - Khan, police sources in Ratlam said, was initially held for possession of chemicals that could be used to fabricate explosives, to which separate terrorism-related charges have since been added. - In voice-over-internet and chat conversations recovered by investigators, police allege, Khan sought help from Armar on how to build explosive devices, procure weapons, and select targets for attack. - He was advised, police say, to record each operation — in line with standard Islamic State online propaganda tactics. Fuller details on the conversations, sources close to the investigation said, are expected to become available after the Central Forensic Science Laboratory completes analysis of Khan’s computer. - The son of a clerk in the Madhya Pradesh government’s rural education department, Khan dropped out of an undergraduate business course at Ratlam’s Royal College in 2001, having completed just four semesters. - Khan’s passport shows he made five subsequent visits to Dubai, and one to Saudi Arabia, after terminating his studies in search, his family says, of work. However, none of the visits seem to have yielded offers of durable employment. - In testimony to police — which, under law, will not be admissible for the purposes of his trial — Khan said he had joined Ahl al-Suffah, an Islamic proselytising and charity group, in 2012. Led by local resident Amjad Khan, Ahl al-Suffah became active after the pre-election communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, working to distribute relief among Muslim victims of the violence. - The term Ahl al-Suffah, or “men of the platformâ€, refers to a group of believers who took residence in the Masjid al-Nawbai during the Prophet Muhammad’s years of exile in Medina. Faced with a trade boycott and military threats by Mecca’s Qurayshi, the group was forced to spend its days foraging for firewood and dates but did not give up Islam despite the hardship. - Following his encounters with victims of communal violence, a source inside Ahl al-Suffah told Imran Khan became increasingly dissatisfied with what he saw as the organisation’s quietism arguing, instead, for the group to take a more militant stand. Imran Khan’s increasing radicalism, the source said, led to his expulsion by the mainstream leadership of Amjad Khan.:two_thumbs_up: - Islamic State, Indian Islamic State group, Indian Islamic State module, Indian Islamic State volunteers, Islamic State jihadist, india news, nation news The cell is the Islamic State’s first known affiliate inside the country, sparking fears more could be forming elsewhere. Written by Praveen Swami , Milind Ghatwai | New Delhi/bhopal | Published on:May 6, 2015 5:00 am Five Madhya Pradesh men arrested from the town of Ratlam last month were part of an Islamic State-linked jihad cell planning strikes in India, highly placed police and intelligence sources have told The Indian Express. Although growing numbers of Indians have been fighting with the jihadist group in Iraq and Syria, the cell is the Islamic State’s first known affiliate inside the country, sparking fears more could be forming elsewhere. Imran Khan Muhammad Sharif, the leader of the five men held in Ratlam on April 15, is alleged to have been recruited online by an Indian jihadist he knew as “Yusuf†— code, investigators say, for Karnataka-born Muhammad Shafi Armar, a fugitive Indian Mujahideen operative now leading group of Indians fighting with the Islamic State. Related Military institute student to son of ex-judge, Islamic State taps Dhaka gen-next Indian IS recruit ‘killed’ in Syria was from Bhatkal Come to motherland of jihad: Call to arms from first Indian group in AfPak Muhammad Shafi Armar’s brother, Muhammad Sultan Armar, was killed in combat near the Syrian town of Kobane in March, fighting with Islamic State forces attempting to take the city from Kurdish control. Khan, police sources in Ratlam said, was initially held for possession of chemicals that could be used to fabricate explosives, to which separate terrorism-related charges have since been added. In voice-over-internet and chat conversations recovered by investigators, police allege, Khan sought help from Armar on how to build explosive devices, procure weapons, and select targets for attack. He was advised, police say, to record each operation — in line with standard Islamic State online propaganda tactics. Fuller details on the conversations, sources close to the investigation said, are expected to become available after the Central Forensic Science Laboratory completes analysis of Khan’s computer. The son of a clerk in the Madhya Pradesh government’s rural education department, Khan dropped out of an undergraduate business course at Ratlam’s Royal College in 2001, having completed just four semesters. Khan’s passport shows he made five subsequent visits to Dubai, and one to Saudi Arabia, after terminating his studies in search, his family says, of work. However, none of the visits seem to have yielded offers of durable employment. In testimony to police — which, under law, will not be admissible for the purposes of his trial — Khan said he had joined Ahl al-Suffah, an Islamic proselytising and charity group, in 2012. Led by local resident Amjad Khan, Ahl al-Suffah became active after the pre-election communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, working to distribute relief among Muslim victims of the violence. Khan’s interest in religion, a source familiar with the investigation said, developed in the years of economic frustration that began after he failed to get a job. The term Ahl al-Suffah, or “men of the platformâ€, refers to a group of believers who took residence in the Masjid al-Nawbai during the Prophet Muhammad’s years of exile in Medina. Faced with a trade boycott and military threats by Mecca’s Qurayshi, the group was forced to spend its days foraging for firewood and dates but did not give up Islam despite the hardship. Following his encounters with victims of communal violence, a source inside Ahl al-Suffah told The Indian Express, Imran Khan became increasingly dissatisfied with what he saw as the organisation’s quietism arguing, instead, for the group to take a more militant stand. Imran Khan’s increasing radicalism, the source said, led to his expulsion by the mainstream leadership of Amjad Khan. However, investigators claim Imran Khan managed to persuade four other members of Ahl al-Suffah to join him: Wasim Khan, Mohammad Rizwan, Anwar and Mazhar. Imran Khan, police allege, made his first contact with “Yusufâ€, while trawling pro-Islamic State Facebook pages run by Islamic State supporters in India, as well as Islamist discussions forums. - In August, Sultan Armar had appeared online in a video released by the breakaway Indian Mujahideen faction, Tawhid-ul-Ansar, calling on Muslims to join it at training camps in the Pakistan-Afghanistan borderlands. Later, Indian jihadists in Tawhid al-Ansar made their way to Syria, where they formed a group called Ansar-ul-Tawhid fil’Bilad al-Sham. Late last year, several Rajasthan men were arrested for planning acts of terror, allegedly after being recruited online by the slain Armar. - Interestingly, the latest arrests come against a backdrop of escalating communal warfare between Hindutva and Islamist extremists in Ratlam. The city was placed under curfew in September after the killing of a Bajrang Dal activist involved in the cow-protection campaign. Earlier, an attempt on attempt on the life of Yasmin Sherani, a local Congress politician, sparked off riots. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/first-islamic-state-module-busted-5-held-in-mp-police/

[Gollum]

Engg graduate from Hyd who joined ISIS dies in Syria HYDERABAD: An engineering graduate from Hyderabad, who joined the terror group ISIS, has died "while fighting in Syria," Intelligence sources on Tuesday said quoting his family members. - Haneef Waseem had gone to London in November 2014 for higher studies, but, had soon fled the country to join the IS in Syria. - 25-year-old Waseem was studying for a master's degree in engineering in London. He died on March 15, sources said. - Waseem belonged to Mancherial in Adilabad district and had got his degree from Shadan College of Engineering. - 5th Indian to die fighting for IS http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/Engg-graduate-from-Hyd-who-joined-ISIS-dies-in-Syria/articleshow/47160652.cms http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/hyderabad-islamic-state-engineering-graduate-dies-isis-iraq/1/433709.html

[Gollum]

21 ISIS recruits prevented from leaving India Bengaluru, May 6: The past couple of months have kept Intelligence Bureau officials busy and the number of persons who have been stopped from joining the ISIS from different parts of the country is 21. While 15 are from Telangana, the remaining six are from Madhya Pradesh. http://www.oneindia.com/india/21-isis-recruits-prevented-from-leaving-india-1738132.html Good job by IB, Conselling also is working here :two_thumbs_up:

[Gollum]

ISIS presence in Af-Pak region cause of concern for India: RAW The Indian security establishment has alerted the government about the activities of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria(ISIS) in the Af-Pak region through its wilayat in Khurasan, the Wilayat Khurasan (WK), and the possible linkages of top WK leaders with the Pakistani establishment. India's external intelligence agency RAW has, in a recent report to the PMO, pointed out how WK's military leader Asmatullah Muawiya, formerly linked to Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and al Qaida, had made peace with the Pakistan army last year and threatened India "in the recent times". The agency noted that a former Guantanamo Bay detainee, who was shifted to Pakistan's custody in 2008, Abdul Rahim Muslim Dost, had been appointed as WK's religious head and a judge. He is a key member of a salafi group of Kunar, the Jamaat ul Dawa al Quran, which has links with Lashker e Taiba elements in the tribal areas of Af-Pak region. (and more in the links) :nervous: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ISIS-presence-in-Af-Pak-region-cause-of-concern-for-India-RAW/articleshow/47113457.cms http://www.asianage.com/india/government-cautious-let-isis-ties-631

[Gollum]

No bail for suspected ISIS operative A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of suspected ISIS operative Areeb Majeed. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/No-bail-for-suspected-ISIS-operative/articleshow/47169569.cms Too much activity w.r.t ISIS in India last few days, IB has it's hands full atm.

[Cricket_Hacker]

lol

[rkt.india]

seems farce. cant trust these chaddis. must be some innocent people arrested to spread fear.

[Gollum]

Four Egyptian teenagers face trial for 'insulting Islam' - by making fun of ISIS http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3074717/Four-Egyptian-teenagers-face-trial-insulting-Islam-making-fun-ISIS.html - Four Egyptian teenagers and their teacher have been detained for poking fun at ISIS in a harmless video. - The teenagers, aged between 15 and 16, could face up to five years in a youth detention centre, while their teacher faces a potential jail term of up to seven years. :(( - The group were arrested last month and have been stuck in police holding cells ever since. - After filming the lighthearted video targeting ISIS, Mr Younan(the teacher) misplaced his phone's memory card and it was picked up by a Muslim neighbour in Al-Nasriyah village in Upper Egypt. - Following the discovery of the video, a group of Muslims filed a complaint with police. Younan was then arrested and charged. - Article 98(f) of the Egyptian Penal Code criminalises a series of faith-related comments, including 'insulting a heavenly religion or a sect following it.' - Rumour got out that they'd thrown down the Koran, and had insulted Islam - More than 2,000 Muslims then marched through Al-Nasriyah and neighbouring villages, attacking Coptic Christian homes and businesses. - Ashraf Salah, the owner of a computer repair shop, told Cairo-based Coptic newspaper, Watani: 'They were chanting slogans against Christians and Christianity. They were chanting: "With our souls and blood, we will defend you, oh Islam! We will not leave you; we will take revenge for you!" They were pelting Christian homes with stones, pounding threateningly on doors and windows, attacking shops owned by Coptic Christians. They destroyed the door of my shop and they destroyed a photo studio owned by the father of one of the boys. For three days we were living in terror and panic. We stayed in our homes and our children didn't go to their schools. ' :((:(( - After the arrests rather than quelling the anti-Christian fervour, the Muslims continued to protest and there were reports Christian students had been sent home from local schools after receiving death threats. In Egypt, Christians are estimated to make up about 10 per cent of the country's 88 million people. There are strict blasphemy lawas there also. :facepalm: Only one of these two is correct: 1. ISIS represents genuine Islam, and liberals are idiots 2. ISIS is not genuine Islam, and those judges and prosecutors are illiterate, medieval, fanatic fools. Leaning towards 2 but only moderates in Islam can counter this menace. They need to make their voices heard.

[gslv]

The most intolerant religion .it Cannot handle criticism and calls it the most perfect.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

Gollum Miyan Why you act as a Hindu Indian here,opposed to your original identity of a Muslim Pakistani?Any specific reason?

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^He is a Sanga fan..probably a Lankan troll.

[Malcolm Merlyn]

^He is a Sanga fan..probably a Lankan troll.

Naah.Bonafide Pakistani from the green site.

[swatpulla]

Many Islamic countries lack sanity. It is a pattern that cannot be ignored.

[Gollum]

Gollum Miyan Why you act as a Hindu Indian here,opposed to your original identity of a Muslim Pakistani?Any specific reason?

I am a proud Indian, go to hell mofo

^He is a Sanga fan..probably a Lankan troll.

So being a Sanga(who happens to be among my top 3 favorite players) fan means non Indian. Is it a rule in India not to admire players of different nationality. Which posts of mine suggest that I am a non Indian? Would love to see how low people like you can stoop to !!!

[Malcolm Merlyn]

I am a proud Indian, go to hell mofo So being a Sanga(who happens to be among my top 3 favorite players) fan means non Indian. Is it a rule in India not to admire players of different nationality. Which posts of mine suggest that I am a non Indian? Would love to see how low people like you can stoop to !!!

You are as Pakistani as Pakistanis come.Why are you ashamed of your nationality here?

[Gollum]

You are as Pakistani as Pakistanis come.Why are you ashamed of your nationality here?

How do you know? Any proof? Do my posts imply so? Just curious to see how stupid you can get !!!

[Gollum]

NIA set to probe ISIS module busted in Ratlam http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/NIA-set-to-probe-ISIS-module-busted-in-Ratlam/articleshow/47195908.cms

[gslv]

Many Islamic countries lack sanity. It is a pattern that cannot be ignored.

thats the cause.

[jalebi_bhai]

You are as Pakistani as Pakistanis come.Why are you ashamed of your nationality here?

In all seriousness, why do you think so?

[Gollum]

Thread about 'ISIS and Egypt' merged here under 'ISIS and India updates'. :hmmm: Better to rename it ISIS updates and track all updates here in stead of many threads.