Down South, An Islamic Group That's Fighting The Rise Of Radical Islam | Read
As the threat of ISIS looms larger in India, the state has found new allies: Islamic organisations that counter the spread of radical Islam. Ahlah-e-Sunnat Wal Jamaath's Federation or ASWJ is one such. The one-year-old social organisation has pushed the Tamil Nadu government to crack down on groups promoting the ISIS and Wahhabi ideology in south India. A chunk of the 100-odd people who have lately been under watch for allegedly being sympathetic to the ISIS, are from southern Indian States.
