Islamic Fundamentalism on the rise in Assam Navajit Bhagawati, 22 November 2007, Thursday
http://www.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=127961 Islamic fundamentalism is raising its hood in Assam. VCDs and torchlight is being circulated. The VCDs contain Islamic verses of the Al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden. His image appears when torchlight is focused, threatening the security of the area. - ISLAMIC FUNDAMENTALISM has been on the rise in Assam, especially in those areas of the state where people belonging to the minority community live in large numbers. Video CDs and torchlights have been widely circulated in six districts including areas by the river Brahmaputra. According to local sources, the VCDs contain Islamic verses of the Al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden, whose image appears when torchlight is focused. Now that every one is familiar with Osama, it will be relatively easy to convince the people of the same religion in the name of Jihad. With this mission, Islamic fundamentalists are now circulating VCDs and torchlights in the interior areas of these districts. These easy-going people of suspect citizenship are fond of such gifts as torchlights and VCDs. Till now the state government has not taken any step to curb such activities in the specified areas of the districts. The president of the Hindu Yuva Chatra Parishad, Brajen Kakoti, has condemned this type of anti-Indian activities and demanded that immediate action be initiated. Osama Bin Laden, in his latest video-tape released to the Al-Zazira television channel, has urged the Muslim community in Assam and Kashmir to fight in the name of Jihad. It is very important from the point of view of security since the terrorist groups of Bangladesh like Harkat-Ul-Jihad-Al-Islami-Bangladesh (HUJI-B), Harkat-Ul-Mujahiddin (HUM), Jammat-Ul-Mujahiddin (JMB) etc, known collaborators of Al-Qaida, are now very active in the Northeastern region courtesy, some local insurgent groups. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Recommendation by BB: To listen to the Nassiri song readers may visit the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhe1WLaeo0U&mode=related&search=
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