New Delhi, Feb 1: The Islamic State-backed online magazine, the Voice of Khurasan has issued threats against the Indian government and Hindus over several issues including the Ram Mandir inauguration, the NIT Srinagar controversy, and more.
In an article titled
"Would you desire me to slay him?", it said,
“"We are saying to the government of India…Yes! Indeed, we shall come with swords in our hands to slaughter you collectively—[Yes!] We shall come to avenge Babri masjid, [we shall come to avenge] the persecuted [Muslims] of Gujarat, Kashmir, Muzaffarnagar". It threatened alongside a picture of an ISIS terrorist wielding a knife and a kneeled captive wearing the archetype orange suit and sitting in front of him.”
It also the National Institute of Technology (Srinagar) issue where a Hindu boy was accused of using derogatory language against Prophet Mohammed. He had shared an already viral video of Mosab Hassan Yousef making critical comments about Islam and the Prophet Muhammad to his Instagram story. While the viral video neither featured the Hindu boy nor he created it, the Muslim students at NIT Srinagar demanded his arrest, accusing him of ‘blasphemy’.
ISIS pointed out that the incident took place in a region where Muslims are in the majority, and it was a "clear provocation to war". The terror organization continued to state that it was an indication that it was the same Kashmir where non-Muslims, specifically Hindus, once feared for their lives and kept their opinions hidden; there is now a growing boldness. ISIS claimed that it was a sign that if they [Hindus] could overpower Muslims for even a day, they would not let the Muslims "live in peace".
ISIS further stated that Muslims are facing attacks in different forms in the cities that Hindus dominate economically, physically and psychologically, etc in "RSS-dominated cities".
The threat in the article further read, "At last, it is obligatory upon the people of knowledge to safeguard the honor of the Prophet and make it evident to the masses in time of fitna, and they are those who possess the knowledge to take a firm stand against that which demands attention!!"
Voice of Khurasan, an ISIS-backed magazine, started publishing in 2021. It has published 32 issues; the most recent in January 2024. It is not the first time, the magazine had threatened Hindus and Indian government. It had issued multiple threats against them in the previous editions.