How does social media use love, sex and romance in attracting people to jihad? There is no such social accountability on internet – yet, it’s a wider world that you can ever encounter bodily. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das, Khair discussed complex pulls and pushes around jihad, sudden spikes of women jihadis – and India versus IS:Has the idea of India staved off the idea of IS? Yes, the hijab should be a personal choice – but it can be so only when it is not a political compulsion. Why do Muslim migrant communities stick with certain religious practices – why not just adapt to the country they’ve chosen to join?

Source: Times of India July 03, 2016 20:33 UTC