It is only a question of time before the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Al Qaeda itself set up their own outfits or sleeper cells in India consisting only of Indian Muslims so that these too could be projected as indigenous Muslim organisations of India and not as Pakistani or Arab organisations. The pan-Islamic jihad in India to support Al Qaeda's pan-Islamic objectives is sought to be given an Indian facade with the encouragement of the ISI.
Another step in ISI-sponsored Indianisation of jihad?
`Indianized Jihad'
A new variety of terrorism has come out of nowhere to become India's No. 1 security nightmare, and neither of the two main national parties has any fresh ideas on dealing with the threat.
That was very evident in the political reaction to last week's orgy of violence.
A group called the ``Indian Mujahideen'' claimed responsibility for the July 26 blasts that killed 49 people in Ahmedabad, the main commercial center of the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The little-known group shot to notoriety in November last year by attacking courts and lawyers' chambers in three cities in Uttar Pradesh, India's most-populous state.It struck again in May 2008 when nine explosions killed at least 63 people in India's tourist city of Jaipur in Rajasthan.
The emergence of Indian Mujahideen marks a dangerous turn in the Islamic militancy that threatens the country.
Until now, India's main challenge was to cope with ``imported'' operatives and materials, with security agencies pinning most attacks on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish- e-Mohammad, and Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.
By comparison, the new organization appears to be more of a homegrown challenge. If it has links to al-Qaeda affiliates overseas then those are yet to be proven.
Another step in ISI-sponsored Indianisation of jihad?
`Indianized Jihad'
A new variety of terrorism has come out of nowhere to become India's No. 1 security nightmare, and neither of the two main national parties has any fresh ideas on dealing with the threat.That was very evident in the political reaction to last week's orgy of violence.
A group called the ``Indian Mujahideen'' claimed responsibility for the July 26 blasts that killed 49 people in Ahmedabad, the main commercial center of the western Indian state of Gujarat.
The little-known group shot to notoriety in November last year by attacking courts and lawyers' chambers in three cities in Uttar Pradesh, India's most-populous state.It struck again in May 2008 when nine explosions killed at least 63 people in India's tourist city of Jaipur in Rajasthan.
The emergence of Indian Mujahideen marks a dangerous turn in the Islamic militancy that threatens the country.
Until now, India's main challenge was to cope with ``imported'' operatives and materials, with security agencies pinning most attacks on Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish- e-Mohammad, and Bangladesh-based Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.
By comparison, the new organization appears to be more of a homegrown challenge. If it has links to al-Qaeda affiliates overseas then those are yet to be proven.
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