“‘God, Guns, and Sedition’ talks about outrageous acts of violent American far-right extremism”, First Post, January 14, 2024:
“India and America have multiple national and traditional security issues in common. The most blatant predicament that persists is that of Islamist terror. However even as the United States has been able to cordon and stave off the Threat of the Salafi to a considerable extent after the horrific al-Qaeda attacks of 9/11, India continues to battle Islamism of the rabid form. The banning of the Popular Front of India in recent times was a robust move. But one of the rolling fallacies in the Indian State is the myth that deradicalisation is possible.
This reviewer has spoken, proclaimed and written against this erroneous belief and consequently the continuance of utilising deradicalisation as a state-sponsored method to counter Islamist terror.
Research has shown that a number of Saudi Guantanamo detainees that were “deradicalised” have returned to terrorism upon release. Although there have been arguments that deradicalisation creates a barrier to recidivism, there is really no way to fathom or evaluate whether a thorough cauterisation has taken place. Or are there deradicalised terrorists—disengaging because of purely instrumental reasons—who continue to harbour a radical world-view?…..”
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