ISIS has set up shop in India

American Thinker ^ | 03/23/2016 | Richard L. Benkin

[SeekAndFind]

In November, I asked if ISIS was establishing itself in South Asia and suggested that we will face severe consequences if we ignore this “possibly game-changing threat.” Having just returned from almost a month in South Asia, I can say confidently that this is no longer a question:  ISIS is in South Asia, and it might already have set up shop in India.

My November piece focused on Bangladesh and a suspected ISIS headquarters in the capital of Dhaka.  In the short time since then, more evidence of an increasingly powerful ISIS there has emerged.  Its November claim taking credit for the murder of a Bangladeshi policeman is no longer in dispute.  More recently, ISIS has murdered a Hindu priest in Northern Bangladesh and takes credit for killing a Shiite in Southwestern Bangladesh.  Police dispute the claim, variously attributing the murder to “drug addicts” and “groups aligned with political parties that are in opposition to the current government.”  Statements by the Bangladeshi police should be suspect, however.  They are notoriously corrupt and openly beholden to political parties.  As the ruling Awami League and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wajed have a strong interest in maintaining the fiction that Bangladesh is a “moderate” country and that any threats to moderation come from their political rivals, the police denial is not unexpected.

On February 12, 2016, the US State Department issued a travel advisory, “alert[ing] U.S. citizens to the ongoing potential for extremist violence in Bangladesh…. Since September 2015, Bangladesh has experienced a series of increasingly sophisticated violent attacks. These include the murders of two foreign nationals, as well as bombs and other attacks against gatherings of religious groups and security forces.

[LeonardFMason]

“Isis in India”

Muslims in India that have attacked Hindus have been slaughtered in massive numbers by Hindus.

Let’s hope it continues.

[Vaduz]

ISIS had a barbaric ideology the culture clings to their ide of a man is to beat p women what a bunch of low IQ rodents

[hal ogen]

I’ve been in India for 5 weeks. Moozlums seem to understand that many here are quite willing to kill them if they pull the typical moozlum uncivilized BS. No PC Crapola here.

[DoughtyOne]