100 Malayalis joined ISIS till 2019, reveals Kerala CM

He further added that out of 100, most of them were from Muslim community.

NewsBharati    23-Sep-2021
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Thiruvananthapuram, September 23: Amid the ongoing row over the narcotic Jihad, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has revealed that 100 Malayalis have joined Islamic State from the state till 2019. He further added that out of 100, most of them were from Muslim community.

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While addressing the press, Vijayan revealed, “The government verified the facts. Of the 100 Malayalis who joined ISIS, 72 had gone abroad for professional purposes but got attracted to ISIS ideology and joined it. Only one out of the 72 was a Hindu while the others were from the Muslim community.”

“The other 28 had left Kerala specifically to join ISIS after being attracted to the ideology. Of the 28, only five were converted from other religions to Islam,” he said further.
 
In the same conference, the CM also called the “organized controversy” around “Love Jihad” and “Narcotics Jihad” baseless and slammed the Pala Bishop for ‘damaging the secular fabric of the state’.

Rrejecting the allegations leveled by the Bishop on ‘narcotics Jihad’, the CM cited government data on drugs to claim that there was no relation between drug trafficking and religion.
 
 
“In 2020 under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) 1985 Act, 4,941 cases were registered in Kerala. Of the 5,422 accused 2700 (49.80 percent) were Hindus, 1869 (34.47 percent) were Muslims, and 853 (15.73 percent) were Christians,” informed the CM.

Putting forth a poor argument, Vijayan further said, “The ratio does not suggest that drug trafficking is based on any particular religion. Also, no cases of religious conversion by forced drug use have been reported.”
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