The social media initiative, led by Qari Fazlur Rehman, a senior cleric of Bengal, comes after reports that ISIS is extensively using social media to radicalise youngsters. "If you have to combat this trend you have to use the social media so that young minds don't get polluted by the malicious campaign. "And our aim is to spread the true version of Islam on social media in various languages so that it has the maximum reach," he said. In a bid to dissuade the youth from getting attracted to ISIS and other terror organisations, Imams here are contemplating using social media to spread the message of peace and educate them on the true meaning of Islam. After the matter is finalised, languages such as Arabic, Urdu, Bengali, Hindi and English will be used to spread the message on social media as part of a concerted campaign.

Source: dna July 15, 2016 09:55 UTC