India's Home-Grown Jihadi Threat: A Profile of the Indian Mujahideen
By Animesh Roul
Unknown before 2008, the Indian Mujahedeen (IM) has emerged as a well-organized jihadi terrorist group in India, claiming responsibility for a number of terror attacks perpetrated in various urban centers of India during 2007-2008. Even though the exact moment of IM's formation is not known, the recent arrest of a number of IM operatives has revealed its possible existence and involvement in terror strikes in India as far back as late October 2005. The name "Indian Mujahideen" was reportedly conceived at a terrorist conclave attended by top leaders of the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami in Pakistani-administered Kashmir in early May 2008. The well-concealed rise of the Indian Mujahedeen as a home grown jihadi organization is not a good omen for India's security...
