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Signs of trouble: On explosions in Coimbatore and Mangaluru

The explosions in Coimbatore and Mangaluru point to India’s Islamist challenge 

The blast in Mangaluru in Karnataka on November 19 is a troubling sign of the radicalisation (कट्टरता) among a section of Muslims. Mohammed Shariq, who was allegedly (कथित रूप से) carrying the improvised (सुधारने) explosive device (IED) in a pressure cooker in an autorickshaw, may be linked to the Islamic State, at least ideologically (वैचारिक रूप से), according to investigators. The police have searched at least seven places in Karnataka and are investigating his possible links with Jameesha Mubin who was killed in a blast in his own car in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on October 23. Shariq had travelled to several places in Tamil Nadu and Kerala, and according to the police, experimented with a bomb in Shivamogga district on September 21. His two accomplices (अपराध का साथी, सहापराधी) were caught but he managed to evade (बचना, भागना) the police and resurfaced (फिर से बनाना, बदलना) in Mysuru where he continued to build an explosive device. The police believe that the accused — he suffered severe burn injuries in the blast — will survive and reveal more information. The accused was in touch with multiple handlers who may have been involved in the Coimbatore blast too. Investigators had recovered 75 kg of explosives from the house of Mubin. The real extent of the capacity, the intent and the connections of these two incidents remain a matter of investigation, but what is known so far itself is enough cause for worry.

Coastal Karnataka, where Mangaluru falls, has been in the grip of competitive communalism (सांप्रदायिकता), where Hindu and Muslim outfits have upped the ante in recent years. The Centre has noted a countrywide decline in terrorism incidents in recent years, particularly of ‘jihadi terrorism’, a category that was introduced in the report of the National Crime Records Bureau, in 2017. Government data say terror incidents have been contained in Jammu and Kashmir, the North East and Left Wing Extremism (उग्रवाद, अतिवाद) (LWE)-affected States. In fact, there have been no incidents of terrorism in any part of the country outside of these conflict zones for several years now. Vigilance (जागरूकता, सतर्कता) and the efficiency (क्षमता, योग्यता) of investigative agencies can prevent terrorist incidents, but maintaining peace and social harmony (समन्वय, तालमेल, समानता) is a larger political challenge. The operational links between the blasts in Coimbatore and Mangaluru are being probed (जाँच, तहक़ीक़ात), but regardless of the findings on that count, they are certainly linked to the extent that both point to the underlying security challenges before the country. Political rhetoric (वाक्पटुता, शब्दाडम्बर, भाषण कला) over the Coimbatore and Mangaluru blasts does more harm than good, but the fact is that India, now under a Hindu majoritarian (बहुसंख्यक) government, has an Islamist challenge.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Radicalisation (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - कट्टरता
English Meaning - The act of becoming more extreme as in beliefs, actions or politics.

2.Allegedly (Adverb)

Hindi Meaning - कथित रूप से
English Meaning - According to what has been claimed without proof.

3.Improvise (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - सुधारने
English Meaning - To compose and perform without previous preparation.

4.Ideologically (Adverb)

Hindi Meaning - वैचारिक रूप से
English Meaning - In a way that relates to ideas or an ideology.

5.Accomplice (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - अपराध का साथी, सहापराधी
English Meaning - A person who knowingly helps another in a crime or wrongdoing.

6.Evade (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - बचना, भागना
English Meaning - To escape from cleverness.

7.Resurface (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - फिर से बनाना, बदलना
English Meaning - To give a new surface to something.

8.Communalism (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - सांप्रदायिकता
English Meaning - A theory of government according to which each commune is virtually an independent state.

9.Extremism (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - उग्रवाद, अतिवाद
English Meaning - The holding of extreme political or religious views

10.Vigilance (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - जागरूकता, सतर्कता
English Meaning - A state of being vigilant.

11.Efficiency (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - क्षमता, योग्यता
English Meaning - The ability to accomplish a job with a minimum expenditure of time.

12.Harmony (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - समन्वय, तालमेल, समानता
English Meaning - Peaceful, agreeable and orderly relations.

13.Probe (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - जाँच, तहक़ीक़ात
English Meaning - A crucial investigation.

14.Rhetoric (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - वाक्पटुता, शब्दाडम्बर, भाषण कला
English Meaning - The art or ability to use language effectively.

15.Majoritarian (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - बहुसंख्यक
English Meaning - Constituting majority.