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A shocking case of ISIS radicalisation has surfaced from Kerala, where a minor was allegedly groomed by his own mother and stepfather. The child was shown extremist propaganda and pressured to embrace terror ideology before he managed to escape. Police have arrested the accused under UAPA, while terror links and wider networks are now under investigation.
Kerala has a history of Islamic radicalisation. Islamic terror group ISIS has long been associated with attempts at luring the Muslim youth from the state into its Jihadist crimes. On 14th November, a fresh case of ISIS recruitment emerged from Thiruvananthapuram, wherein 15-year-old boy was radicalised by his mother Fida Mohammad Ali and her second husband Ansar Aslam into joining the Islamic State terrorist organisation.
The minor boy was shown ISIS-related videos by the accused couple when he was in the United Kingdom. An FIR has been lodged at the Venjaramoodu Police Station in Kerala and the accused couple has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The matter came to light after the teen escaped the attempt to push him into ISIS’s Jihadi terrorism. The police have arrested Fida and her husband Ansar.
The police swung into action after, the boy’s relatives learnt from him about the attempts being made to make him join the ISIS and the relatives approached the police.
The police then questioned the boy, who directly accused his parents of attempting to push him to join ISIS by showing him propaganda videos, including the beheading videos. The boy told the police that his stepfather assaulted him brutally for not accepting ISIS’s ideology.
It has also emerged that the teenager was brought to a madarsa in Attingal by ex-terror convict Siddhikul Aslam (Some media reports say Siddiqui). NDTV reports that the madarsa staff said that Siddhikul Aslam had absolute control over the teen and the latter’s mother never visited. They said that Siddhikul Aslam was brainwashing the teen into hating others. Siddhikul Aslam is reported to hold Islamic Jihadist mindset.
The teenager did not like the Siddhikul Aslam extremist ideology and used to fear him. There were obvious behavioural changes in the teen’s behaviour. There were patterns that deviated from routine conduct and indicated distress. The institution informed the child’s relatives in Kerala and alerted them about the boy’s abnormal behaviour, suggesting he needed immediate attention. This communication became the turning point that eventually brought the matter before the police.
According to the police, the boy, who hails from the woman’s first marriage, travelled with her and her second husband, Ansar Aslam, to the United Kingdom in 2021. It was during that time the couple tried to push him to join ISIS. The boy told investigators that his mother and stepfather repeatedly showed him ISIS propaganda videos and pressured him to study the organisation’s ideology. They forced him to consider joining the terrorist outfit. The coercion attempts reportedly created friction within the household and the teenager resisted the extremist ideas being pushed on him.
The probe agencies have found an ISIS flag and it is emerging that the accused persons have taken oath of allegiance to the Islamic terror group. The accused persons were planning to send the minor boy to Syria to join the ISIS. Ansar Aslam is also reported to have been in contact with his ISIS handlers.
At present, the Kerala Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) is probing the matter, although the NIA is expected to join or takeover the case.
After spending several years in the UK, the family returned to Kerala earlier this year. Soon after their arrival, the mother and stepfather admitted the child to a madarsa in Attingal.
Reports say that accused Fida had converted from Christianity to Islam before marrying her first husband. It was during her stay in the UK along with her first husband that she came in contact with Ansar, who eventually became her second husband.
However, a TimesNow report reports citing an insider source linked to the victim teen’s biological father and Fida’s first husband Mohammad Ali, that Fida married Siddhikul Aslam without divorcing him and was also in a live-in relationship with Ansar in Leicester, who happens to be Siddhikul’s brother.
Kerala has a history of Islamic radicalisation. Islamic terror group ISIS has long been associated with attempts at luring the Muslim youth from the state into its Jihadist crimes. On 14th November, a fresh case of ISIS recruitment emerged from Thiruvananthapuram, wherein 15-year-old boy was radicalised by his mother Fida Mohammad Ali and her second husband Ansar Aslam into joining the Islamic State terrorist organisation.
The minor boy was shown ISIS-related videos by the accused couple when he was in the United Kingdom. An FIR has been lodged at the Venjaramoodu Police Station in Kerala and the accused couple has been booked under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The matter came to light after the teen escaped the attempt to push him into ISIS’s Jihadi terrorism. The police have arrested Fida and her husband Ansar.
The police swung into action after, the boy’s relatives learnt from him about the attempts being made to make him join the ISIS and the relatives approached the police.
The police then questioned the boy, who directly accused his parents of attempting to push him to join ISIS by showing him propaganda videos, including the beheading videos. The boy told the police that his stepfather assaulted him brutally for not accepting ISIS’s ideology.
It has also emerged that the teenager was brought to a madarsa in Attingal by ex-terror convict Siddhikul Aslam (Some media reports say Siddiqui). NDTV reports that the madarsa staff said that Siddhikul Aslam had absolute control over the teen and the latter’s mother never visited. They said that Siddhikul Aslam was brainwashing the teen into hating others. Siddhikul Aslam is reported to hold Islamic Jihadist mindset.
The teenager did not like the Siddhikul Aslam extremist ideology and used to fear him. There were obvious behavioural changes in the teen’s behaviour. There were patterns that deviated from routine conduct and indicated distress. The institution informed the child’s relatives in Kerala and alerted them about the boy’s abnormal behaviour, suggesting he needed immediate attention. This communication became the turning point that eventually brought the matter before the police.
According to the police, the boy, who hails from the woman’s first marriage, travelled with her and her second husband, Ansar Aslam, to the United Kingdom in 2021. It was during that time the couple tried to push him to join ISIS. The boy told investigators that his mother and stepfather repeatedly showed him ISIS propaganda videos and pressured him to study the organisation’s ideology. They forced him to consider joining the terrorist outfit. The coercion attempts reportedly created friction within the household and the teenager resisted the extremist ideas being pushed on him.
The probe agencies have found an ISIS flag and it is emerging that the accused persons have taken oath of allegiance to the Islamic terror group. The accused persons were planning to send the minor boy to Syria to join the ISIS. Ansar Aslam is also reported to have been in contact with his ISIS handlers.
At present, the Kerala Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) is probing the matter, although the NIA is expected to join or takeover the case.
After spending several years in the UK, the family returned to Kerala earlier this year. Soon after their arrival, the mother and stepfather admitted the child to a madarsa in Attingal.
Reports say that accused Fida had converted from Christianity to Islam before marrying her first husband. It was during her stay in the UK along with her first husband that she came in contact with Ansar, who eventually became her second husband.
Accused Fida married Siddhikul Aslam
However, a TimesNow report reports citing an insider source linked to the victim teen’s biological father and Fida’s first husband Mohammad Ali, that Fida married Siddhikul Aslam without divorcing him and was also in a live-in relationship with Ansar in Leicester, who happens to be Siddhikul’s brother.
