Rise of radical Islamic militancy in India’s West Bengal state By Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury

Under the silent patronization of Mamata Banerjee government in India’s West Bengal, activities of radical Islamic militancy forces are on alarming rise.

By now, cities such as New Jalpaiguri, Siliguri, Islampur, Malda Town, Murshidabad etcetera in West Bengal have emerged into ground zero of jihadism, while activities of radical Islamic forces are also increasing and expanding in Kolkata – the capital city of West Bengal. For decades, West Bengal remained least developed in comparing to other provinces in India, mainly because this state has been ruled by thuggish communists for a very long time, which was followed by rogue governance of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress. Most importantly, the size of Muslim population in West Bengal is increasing very fast, while radical Islam is already emerging as dominant force.

In various parts of West Bengal, the number of madrassas are increasing fast, although majority of these Quranic schools are run with funds from dubious or secret sources. There are currently over 200 madrassas alongside Sharia-compliance schools and professional institutions. These establishments are focusing on religious conversion of Hindus with the active help from Tablighi Jamaat.

Dozens of madrassa students from West Bengal go for “higher studies” to Saudi Arabia and other Arab nations while many of them later go to Afghanistan and Pakistani frontier provinces under the direct supervision of Pakistani spy agency ISI. It is alleged that, during their stay in Afghanistan and Pakistani frontier provinces, these madrassa students from West Bengal receive military training and destructive orientation. A section of these madrassa students also joins IT training with the goal of becoming hackers or running jihadist websites.

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