Religious Radicalisation in India

 

Religious Radicalisation in India: Relevance

• GS 2: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.

 

Radicalisation in India: Context

• Radicalisation by the Global Terrorist Groups like ISIS, Al Qaida etc. is one of the most challenging problems faced by countries all over the world.

 

Religious radicalisation in India

• In the Indian context, some foreign agencies inimical to India along with Global Terrorist Groups have been making efforts to radicalise people.

 

 

About the religious radicals

• There are broadly three kinds of religious radicals in India.
• One, who believes in the dictatorship of the proletariat replacing multiparty democracy;
• Other who believes in the idea of a world ruled by Sharia;
• And the one who believes in the thought of India being a land primarily of Hindus, with others having lesser rights.

 

 

Government efforts to counter religious radicalisation

• Ensuring universal coverage of various Government welfare schemes without discrimination.

• Special schemes for un-served and underserved communities/areas.

• Promotion of composite culture and coexistence among various communities.

• Constitutional safeguards to minorities.

• Institutional efforts for ensuring fair representation of minorities and other less-represented communities in all spheres of life.

• There is an exclusive Ministry, viz. Ministry of Minority Affairs, for overall policy, coordination, evaluation and review of the regulatory and development programmes of the minority communities.

• Apart from the above, the Government has created a Counter Terrorism and Counter Radicalisation Division in the Ministry of Home Affairs to help and coordinate with various security and law enforcement agencies.

• Government of India has also proscribed a number of Organisations as terrorist organisation/unlawful association under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967.

 

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