Our Ulema, Religious Organisations and Journalists Are Responsible For Ruining Lives of Eleven Youth Convicted Of Having Links with the ISIS
New Age Islam News
Bureau
20 October
2020
The special
court of the NIA of Patiala House Court has convicted 11 Muslim youth of
setting up branches of the ISIS in the country and recruiting Muslim youth for
the banned terrorist organisation.
All the
convicts have been sentenced to imprisonment of five to ten years and a fine of
Rs 38 thousand to one lakh.
The NIA had
registered cases against these youth and others in 2015 for glorifying the ISIS
on social media and encouraging the youth to join the terrorist organisation.
During the investigation, the NIA had conducted search operations in various
parts of the country and arrested 19 accused. In 2016-17, the NIA filed
chargesheets against the 16 accused. Finally the Special Court pronounced its
judgment on 18th October 2020
The ISIS
had announced its so-called caliphate in June 2014 and the government of India
had belatedly declared it a banned organisation in India in February 2015 after
New Age Islam published a number of articles exposing its un-Islamic character
and its terrorist activities and also its impact on Muslim youth of India and
demanding a ban on it.
But it was
too late. The organisation got ample time to spread its influence on the
general Muslims particularly the gullible Muslim youth. During the same period,
two youth from Kalyan of Maharashtra fled from home leaving a letter for their
parents saying they were feeling soffocated in the 'Kufristan' called India as
the women here go around without veil, Muslims watch TV and consume sood
(interest). They had joined the ISIS there. One of them was killed while the
other came back home after realising that ISIS was not what they had thought.
But the
real culprits were those so-called Islamic organisations, so-called Islamic
scholars and mullahs and journalists and newspapers who had vociferously
defended and supported the violence, bloodshed, rape of Muslim and non-Muslim
women and destruction of mosques, Mazars and churches by the ISIS in their
occupied territory. Millions of Muslims had to leave their homes and seek
refuge in African and European countries.
Some Urdu
publications published special issues consisting of articles and interviews of
prominent Ulema glorifying the ISIS and defending their heinous crimes against
humanity saying "small acts of bloodshed are necessary for achieving a big
goal like establishing Khilafat." These organisations even condemned those
organisations and individuals including New Age Islam for speaking and writing
against the ISIS.
But after
the ISIS started its terrorist activities in Sri Lanka, Sweden, France,
Philippines, Bangladesh Afghanistan and India, they hid in their holes.
Now the
eleven youth who had joined the ISIS on their encouragement are paying the
price for the false propaganda in favour of the ISIS run by these Ulema, Mullahs,
journalists and newspapers. Where are they? Why don't they come out in their
favour if they are right?
These
'Islami Jamaats' ( Islamic organisations), journalists and newspapers are
responsible for ruining the life and career of these eleven youth and others
who have earlier been booked for supporting and joining the ISIS. The previous
issues and interviews and writings of these Ulema and journalists glorifying
and defending the ISIS are still available. They should be held accountable
because it was they who presented a misleading picture of the ISIS and misled
the youth into joining a terrorist organisation.
The ISIS is
a terrorist organisation and those who consider it a true Islamic organisation
are unaware of the true spirit and teachings of Islam. Ulema and journalists
supporting the ISIS covertly or overtly are ruining the lives of Muslim youth.
Our future generations will not forgive them.
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