Attempts to Formulate the Islamic Alternative Will be Repeated
Rituraj Mate:
AQIS & ISIS approaches in India
Jama’at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, a group that emerged in Iraq in 1999 and joined al-Qaeda in 2004, may be considered the precursor of Islamic State (IS). The new organization assumed the name “Al-Qaeda in Iraq.” In 2006,...
... Subcontinent, but already it has had a large number of recruits arrested, of its recruiters deported, and a shocking number of cells busted.
Since its inception back in 2014, the terrorist group known as “al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent,” or AQIS for short, has been attempting to generate a strong support base in India. However, it has so far not been able to manage a significant foothold amongst the Muslim population in the country. Initially, it successfully managed to recruit a handful ...