Police ask Kerala govt to ban circulation of ‘Mashari al Ashwaq’ — ebook of jihad
Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The police division has requested the state authorities to ban the circulation of 14th-century Arabic textual content Mashari al-Ashwaq Ila Masari al-Ushaaq, higher often called the ‘book of jihad’, which allegedly motivates children to affix terrorist organisations. Following the request, the federal government has shaped a three-member committee to scrutinise its content material.
The committee headed by PRD Director S Harikishore additionally consists of Internal Security IG G Sparjan Kumar and National University for Advanced Legal Studies former vice-chancellor N Okay Jayakumar.Former state police chief Loknath Behera in 2020 and incumbent chief Anil Kant in July this yr had really helpful a ban on the circulation of the ebook on all platforms, together with on social media.
They had written to the federal government that the ebook comprises extremist literature and lures youth into extremism. It was additionally stated that the textual content has been motivating children to get embedded with worldwide terror outfits, together with the Islamic State.
Mashari al Ashwaq is a medieval textual content written by Damascene scholar Ahmad Ibrahim Muhammad al Dimashqi al Dumyati, popularly often called Ibn Nuhaas. He is alleged to have been killed whereas combating the Byzantine military in 1411. The IS sympathisers in Kerala had, in the meantime, introduced out the ebook’s Malayalam translation, which was named Vijayathinte Vathil Vaalinte Thanalil, and circulated on-line.
Book of jihad grows in stature, courtesy Islamic State
The ebook largely remained obscure until it was picked up by Egyptian Islamist chief Sayyid Qutb. Its literature has been utilized by the propaganda equipment of assorted militant and terror outfits since then. Al Qaeda’s US-Yemeni ideologue Anwar Al Awlaki’s audio rendition of the ebook made it well-known amongst worldwide jihadi components. However, Ibn Nuhaas’ works bought the most important push after the onset of Islamic State. The IS literature and on-line campaigns generously quoted from the ebook which, over a time period, have grown into the stature of a classical textual content on jihad.
