A series of arrests this year in India has highlighted how India has been unable to escape its overtures as Islamic State (IS) continues its attempts to expand its geographical and online reach beyond Iraq and Syria. While IS propaganda has so far struck a chord with only a small number of India’s Muslims, reports have emerged that the group’s jihadist ideals spread via web forums and social media have inspired many individuals formerly affiliated with indigenous militant formations such as the Indian Mujahideen and the Student Islamic Movement of India.
THE SOCIAL JIHAD: ISIS’s use of social media may be the greater danger. MARCH 30, 2016/ THE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCEBy Animesh Roul.https://theglobalintelligence.com/2016/03/30/the-social-jihad/
It is increasingly evident that each time the relations between India and Pakistan improve, India-focused jihadist groups from across the Pakistani border attempt to disrupt it with attacks in the Indian states of Kashmir, Punjab, and elsewhere. The inevitable aim of these is to upset the possibility of amicable dialogue between these two populous and nuclear-armed nations.
TWO ENEMIES ARE BETTER THAN ONE: "Differences between Al-Qaeda and ISIS will be key to their defeat" : JANUARY 4, 2016 Animesh Roul / The Global Intelligence
SSPC's Animesh Roul published a paper on 'Chemical and Biological Dimensions of Jihadi Terrorism', in Namrata Goswami (ed) "INDIA’S APPROACH TO ASIA Strategy, Geopolitics and Responsibility", IDSA/ Pentagon Press, 2016.Read or Download: http://idsa.in/book/indias-approach-to-asia-strategy-geopolitics-and-re…
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Burhan Muzafar Wani: The Viral Poster Boy of Kashmir JihadMilitant Leadership Monitor - December 2015by Animesh Roul
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