Al-Qaida in the Indian subcontinent has said it plans to carry out suicide bombings in revenge for the “insulting and slandering” remarks made by leaders of the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party about the prophet Muhammad and his wife, Aisha. It went on: “They will find refuge neither in their homes nor in their fortified army cantonments. The remark also triggered protests by Muslims in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, last week, resulting in violence and unrest. During the past few years, experts feared that, in line with the Hindu right’s increasing belligerence towards Muslims, AQIS might succeed in winging recruits among Muslim youths. Seemingly part of this new restrained policy, the police in Uttar Pradesh arrested a BJP youth wing leader in Kanpur on Tuesday for making inflammatory remarks about the prophet on social media.

Source: The Guardian June 09, 2022 03:05 UTC