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TopicRadicalisation

Topic: radicalisation

UAE blocks scholarships to UK over radicalisation fears. Muslim Brotherhood is key to the concern

UAE’s move reportedly comes after London failed to proscribe the Islamist organisation. Muslim Brotherhood has been proscribed across West Asia, but remains active in Europe.

Dr Umar Nabi has shattered a popular misconception about terrorism

The good and the bad in the Islamic tradition are so intertwined that there is no good Islam to fight the bad one. The way out is not the true Islam, but the true nationalisation of it.

Engineer, lift technician & a ‘blast rehearsal’. AP’s small towns on terror alert after spate of arrests

Over the last 4 months, police claim to have busted terror modules, foiled extremist plots and uncovered radical activity in Vizianagaram, Rayachoti & Dharmavaram, raising alarm.

Like Pahalgam suspect Thoker, 40 from J&K visited Pakistan legally & ‘joined terror groups’ since 2016

After 2014, Pakistan-backed agencies evolved their tactics to recruit radicalised Kashmiri youth into terror outfits via ‘valid travel documents’, Indian security officials believe.

Rise of AAP and fall of law & order — for Punjab, 2022 was a year of terror & high-profile murders

While AAP says crimes came down in state under its rule, the year saw at least 3 cross-border terror attacks, murders of a popular singer & a sacrilege accused, and a Hindu-Sikh clash.

How Sikhs in Vienna blew cover of ‘pro-Khalistan’ Golden Temple ex-granthi, extradited from Austria

Bikramjit Singh had allegedly escaped to Austria in 2019, after being accused of being involved in an explosion in Amritsar’s Tarn Taran the same year. He was brought back by NIA last week.

Why we should know where Udaipur killers lie on the staircase of radicalisation pyramid

Udaipur’s violent executioners had reached the highest point of radicalisation where the only option left before them was to kill their innocent victim.

Gorakhnath temple attack accused took oath of Ansar ul-Tawhid, linked to ISIS: UP Police

The UP ATS said that Murtaza allegedly transferred a total of Rs. 8.5 lakhs to different accounts in Europe and US “to support the terror activities of the organisation via ISIS supporters.”

Suspect in Gorakhnath Math attack is ‘self-radicalised introvert, wanted to join IS but could not’

Ahmed Murtaza, accused in Gorakhpur Math attack, allegedly acted alone but intelligence and police agencies investigating whether case could be symptom of ‘IS expansion’ in India.

Is the internet really more effective at radicalising people than older media?

TV remains a potent means of manipulation. But the internet may be an algorithmic, personalised upgrade.

On Camera

India’s response to US-Israel war on Iran isn’t muted. Just read what SCO said on Khamenei killing

A close reading of the official statements made by India’s MEA, ASEAN, the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, and Turkiye suggests that our reticence is not exactly an outlier.

India’s Russian crude imports approach pre-Trump sanction levels amid Hormuz disruptions & US ‘waiver’

India has already purchased nearly 16 million barrels of Russian crude so far in March 2026, translating to roughly 1.6 million barrels per day, indicating a sharp uptick.

India-Bangladesh relations on track—After military intel chief’s visit, envoy goes to Army War College

In a first during his tenure as High Commissioner to India, Riaz Hamidullah addressed JOCAP consisting of tri-forces officers, as New Delhi & Dhaka step up normalisation efforts.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.