Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday held a meeting at his residence with top Muslim clerics and sought their cooperation to check the growing tentacles of ISIS, the dreaded terrorist group among Muslim youth.
The hour-long meeting, also attended by NSA Ajit Doval and senior Home Ministry officials, apprised the Muslim clerics about activities of the Middle-East terrorist group and its efforts to attract Indian youth to its fold.
The Home Minister sought the cooperation of the clerics, who offered all help to the government in this regard.
The issues discussed included misuse of social media, sources of impetus that attract persons, specially youth, to ISIS, the growth of ISIS’ influence in India’s neighbourhood and the best possible law enforcement response.
Those who attended the meeting include Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind’s Maulana Arshad Madani, Maulana Abdul Wahid Hussain Chisti of Ajmer Sharif, Asghar Ali Imam Mehdi of Jamiat Ahle Hadees, Tauqeer Raza Khan, Rafiq Warshiq, Shia leader Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Qalbe Jawaid, Kamal Farooqi, Mushafa Faruqi besides others.
This is the first- ever meeting between Rajnath Singh and the Muslim clerics on ISIS issue.
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