The guy who went to Iraq to fight shoulder to shgoulde with the Islamic State,eventually came to know that everything was just an illusion and a mirage and ,he somehow managed to return back to India. Good for him.Indeed,Indian Intelligence helped him return to India safe.The guy’s father had earlier seeked Intelligence Agencies help in bringing back his son.Though the guy is being grilled by the agencies,atleast he and his family can be relieved that he will live.
NEW DELHI: An Indian student who travelled to Iraq to join the Islamic State group has returned home disillusioned after jihadists made him clean toilets and do other menial jobs, according to media reports.
Areeb Majeed, 23, left for Iraq with three friends in late May amid fears by authorities that IS militants were attempting to recruit from India’s large pool of young Muslim men.
The engineering student flew home Friday to Mumbai where he was arrested and charged by India’s elite National Investigation Agency (NIA) with terror-related offences.
Majeed told NIA officers he was sidelined by the jihadists for whom he fetched water and performed other lowly tasks such as cleaning toilets, instead of taking part in the deadly offensive like he wanted, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
He phoned his family to say he wanted to come home after suffering an unexplained bullet wound for which he did not get proper medical attention, the agency said late Sunday. “Only after I begged them, I was taken to a hospital,” he was quoted as saying by NIA officers. “There was neither a holy war nor any of the preachings in the holy book were followed."
India’s moderate population of 150 million Muslims have traditionally not been drawn into sectarian conflicts in the Middle East and elsewhere, but the case of the four raised concerns about online recruitment.
Al Qaeda announced in September a new chapter of its extremist movement charged with waging jihad in South Asia, prompting several Indian states to be placed on high alert. Tanvir Sheikh, the father of one of Majeed’s friends who was still missing in Iraq, said he felt betrayed by his son.
**Sheikh said his son Fahad was offered a job in Kuwait but instead decided to travel to Iraq to join the extremists.
“He had got a job offer from Kuwait with a salary of three lakh rupees ($4,800) but he ignored that and instead took up arms. Now what happens to his future?” **Sheikh told the Indian Express newspaper on Monday.
**“I feel let down by my son. He had a bright career ahead of him but he took advantage of our love and betrayed us." **
Radicalised foreigners have been drawn to the IS group, which has conducted a series of mass executions and other atrocities since launching its offensive in Iraq and Syria in June.
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These young guys get attracted to I.S after watching the images of groups members holding Kalashnikov and R.P.G’s and they think everything is quite cool and heroic.The real picture,they will understand only during fresh hand experience.
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thank God his family did the right thing and thanks to the Intelligence Agencies who brought him home safely and at least he will live after some punishment. he will be re-united with his family eventually.
Indian Muslims have always rejected terror groups. they did not join Al-Qaida when it was at the top of popularity after 9/11. Indian Muslims do not glorify so-called martyrs. the Indian Muslim parents watch their children and make sure their boys do not join such groups by always condemning the terrorist acts in their homes.
one reason for not doing so is the fact that Indian Muslims are in a minority in India and they have wider interests of fellow Muslims in mind who might suffer as a result of terrorism.
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KKF Bhai,one of the greatest things to note with Indian Muslims is that,they have not resorted to terrorism/extremism ,barring a few.(I agree that there are such elements in my religion as well).Apart from being minority,would there be other reasons?
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i think the religion is not misinterpreted in India in favor of false Jihad. also, they know full well that through terrorism we have much to lose and nothing to gain. there has been a recent awareness among Indian Muslims that the ONLY way for them to make progress in their economic status is through education. more Muslims are trying to make education their priority. this is what Muslims in India need to do. educate themselves, participate in country’s progress and do your share of good work so all of us could progress together.
yehii merii du’aa hai k ham sab mil kar achchhaaii kaa kaam kareN aur taraqqii kareN…ameen
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one of two possibilities…
He is lying so that the authorities go lenient on him.
The Indian authorities are (correctly) parading him and his made-up story to deter potential jihadis from embarking on the trip to find their 72 virgins.
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yeh.. and he got shot because he was scrubbing the toilet too hard. even the indian media has now dropped the bathrooms story and is treating the story differently complete with allegations of marrying some palestinian girl and active weapons training and taking part in combat and killings. warning signs were clear - dissing sister for working (as a doctor), telling people not to watch tv, calling others sinners etc. should have just let him stay in syria or wherever.