{"id":193773,"date":"2022-07-02T20:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T14:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=193773"},"modified":"2022-07-02T20:26:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T14:56:49","slug":"clear-signals-the-fringe-ought-to-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/clear-signals-the-fringe-ought-to-read\/","title":{"rendered":"Clear signals the \u2018fringe\u2019 ought to read"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Context<\/strong>: Recently, after the controversy over controversial remarks on the Prophet, India\u2019s top political and bureaucratic functionaries\u00a0emphasised India\u2019s stronger credentials as a secular democratic polity.<\/p>\n

Recently, External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval and Prime Minister made statements that emphasised India\u2019s stronger credentials as a secular democratic polity. All these remarks acknowledge that more damage should not be done to India\u2019s image as a country that celebrates its diversity and plurality.<\/p>\n

Lastly, in its statement, Supreme Court also held the former spokesperson \u201csingle-handedly responsible\u201d for igniting emotions while asking her to \u201capologise to the country\u201d.<\/p>\n

Why the incidents like these should be avoided?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, Government has been making efforts to improve ties with many West Asian\/Gulf countries, in part to ensure energy security and to attract investment from there in the infrastructure sector.<\/p>\n

Second, as acknowledged by Mr. Jaishankar there are elements desperate to \u201cfish in troubled waters\u201d. For Example, immediately after the controversy , the\u00a0Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)<\/em>\u00a0issued warning of suicide bombings in many Indian cities to protect the honour of the Prophet. The threat was aimed at a transnationalisation of local political tensions and conflicts<\/strong>. Thus, such issues have a \u2018transnational\u2019 mobilising potential.<\/p>\n

Third, <\/strong>Muslims are closely integrated in Indian society, and have never empathised with jihadist organisations and their transnational aims. For example,<\/strong> foreign fighters from India are disproportionately outnumbered by their American, French or British counterparts. However, the issues like these will make Indian Muslims extremely vulnerable to the political use of Islam, known as Islamism<\/strong>. Islamism thrives on a transnationalisation of issues pertaining to the Islamic faith and practices. It led to the creation of Pakistan. Sharia-based Islamic state is a desired political order as per Islamism.<\/p>\n

Fourth,<\/strong> after takeover of Afghanistan by Taliban, AQIS would like to capitalise on the ideological vacuum in the regional jihadist landscape. Taliban has no incentive to drive out AQIS, as it can be an important ally to combat their common foe, ISIS or the IS-K. Thus, Al Qaeda\u2019s ability to navigate Afghanistan\u2019s jihadist landscape will be a concern for India as it can be an indirect target of the former. This also explains India\u2019s recent diplomatic efforts to engage the Afghan Taliban and maintain its presence in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/strong>This post is created based on the article \u201c<\/strong>Clear signals the \u2018fringe\u2019 ought to read\u201d<\/strong>, published in The Hindu<\/strong> on 2nd<\/sup> July 2022. <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Context: Recently, after the controversy over controversial remarks on the Prophet, India\u2019s top political and bureaucratic functionaries\u00a0emphasised India\u2019s stronger credentials as a secular democratic polity. Recently, External Affairs Minister, S. Jaishankar, National Security Adviser (NSA), Ajit Doval and Prime Minister made statements that emphasised India\u2019s stronger credentials as a secular democratic polity. All these remarks… Continue reading Clear signals the \u2018fringe\u2019 ought to read<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[212,10498],"class_list":["post-193773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":2,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698103355},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193773","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193773\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}