Kozhikode: The anonymous blogger who had issued death threats to rationalists in Kerala last month has come out with a new post reiterating allegiance to the Islamic State (IS) and its self-proclaimed caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The post that appeared in the blog muhajir2015.wordpress.com on May 3 said the Khilafat could not be restored 'without sacrifice or blood'. Detractors had flayed the blog's stand as un-Islamic. The new post reacts to comments on the earlier post.
Parodying the BJP's election slogan 'Vazhimuttiya Keralam, Vazhikattan BJP', the blogger claims to show the real path to Kerala's Muslims who have deviated from the path of jihad. The unidentified person also refuted allegations of loyalty to Jamaat-e-Islami or Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), saying that 'it is a terrible mistake' to bracket the writer under these organizations.
The basic premise of the blog is a refutation of the stance taken by the majority of Muslims in India - that of co -existence with other beliefs in a pluralistic society. The blog says this compromise is against the basic tenets of Islam and that Muslims in India suffered tragedies like the Gujarat riots because they had abandoned jihad.
Taking a dig at Panakkad Syed Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal, the Malappuram district president of IUML, for freely mingling with people of other faiths and taking part in their festivals, the blog says the Thangal family misused the Prophet's lineage for material gain.
The blog says there can be only one relationship between Muslims and non-Muslims - that of war. "Islam divides human beings into two groups: Muslims and non-believers. If Allah wishes, the camp of the non-believers will be destroyed," the blogger says. The blog reproduces propaganda videos of the IS and has also given brief translations of speeches by Baghdadi. It says that many of the stories appearing in western media about the IS are either exaggerated or blatant lies. Meanwhile, police have started a hunt to trace the anonymous blogger. Sources with the police department say that reposting IS videos and propaganda material can be considered as waging war against the nation. Considering the content of the blog, it is assumed that the material is being posted from within Kerala. Attempts are also on to reconstruct the blogger's personality from hints available in the posts. The person could be a former activist or sympathizer of SIMI, who got attracted to the IS through its social media campaign. Though the blog indicates strong emotional bonding with the IS ideology, it is believed that the blogger may not have any organizational links with the IS.
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Extremist blogger claims to show 'real path' to Muslims
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