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Wednesday, April 22, 2026
TopicRadicalisation

Topic: radicalisation

‘To establish caliphate’—Delhi cops arrest welder, Class 12 student, two others ‘part of terror module’

Delhi Police have arrested 4 men from 3 states, say they were planning to establish caliphate in India and were preparing IEDs, recceing ‘Red Fort and India Gate’.

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.

On Camera

Mumbai woman who shouted at minister spoke for many Indians, exposed BJP’s protest politics

Had it been a poor woman shouting at Maharashtra minister Girish Mahajan over the roadblock, the police would likely have arrested her, raided her home, and terrorised her family members.

India’s online gaming rules to take effect on 1 May; most games exempt from registration

The rules, which come into force on 1 May, establish an Online Gaming Authority which will determine whether a game is an online money game or online social game in only three situations.

Japan overhauls post-World War II pacifist military approach, lifts restrictions on defence exports

Since October last year, Japan PM Sanae Takaichi has planned to increase defence spending target to 2 percent of GDP.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.