Mohammad Afzal, President of the Muslim National Forum, says “The anti-terrorist Youth Front will work mainly in Madrasas (Islamic schools)."
Afzal told Sputnik that the decision to form such a front was taken during the RSS national body conclave, which was held in April of this year. The meeting concluded that it had become necessary to check the growing influence of Daesh on India's vulnerable Muslim community — a matter of great concern for the society and the country as a whole. Therefore, it was decided that young people from diverse educational and professional backgrounds be brought together to form a front, which would be named the Anti-Terrorist Youth Front.
The front will have members from all over the country and will operate likewise. The upcoming national body meeting of the Muslim National Forum will decide on the structure of the front.
The front will go to Muslim youths studying in Madrasas and teach them the real meaning of Islam and how Daesh is working against the tenets of the religion and endangering the interests of the Muslim community. Members of the Front will travel to different places throughout the country and provide counselling to the Muslim youths.
The announcement may gain special significance as Pinarayi Viajayan, Chief Minister of India’s southern state Kerala, said on Monday that 21 missing persons from the state are suspected to have joined Daesh. The missing include six women and three children.
