QUESTION 18
GS3
12.5 marks
Religious indoctrination via digital media has resulted in Indian youth joining ISIS. What is ISIS and its mission? How can ISIS be dangerous for the internal security of our country?
WRITE IN
9 min
200 words
What the examiner wants
Explain what ISIS is and its mission, and how it threatens India's internal security.
What + HowAnswer exactly what the question asks.
Demand-wise check
- 1ISIS: Sunni jihadist group; al-Baghdadi declared a 'caliphate' in 2014 across Iraq and Syria; aims at a global caliphate under strict sharia≈35 words
- 2Indian dimension: online radicalisation, youth from Kerala, Maharashtra, Telangana travelling or attempting to; ISKP in Afghanistan≈35 words
- 3Threats: lone-wolf attacks, communal polarisation, returning fighters, financing, recruitment through social media≈35 words
- 4Response: ban under UAPA, NIA cases, deradicalisation, social media monitoring, community engagement≈35 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
What ISIS isMissionRoutes into IndiaThreatsResponses
Where marks usually go
- Long history of the Middle East
- Stereotyping communities
Draw this
- Flow: online content → radicalisation → recruitment → attack
Value addition
- ExampleMehdi Masroor Biswas, a Bengaluru engineer running the pro-ISIS Twitter handle 'ShamiWitness', was arrested in December 2014.Bengaluru Police, 2014
- LawISIS was declared a terrorist organisation under the UAPA in February 2015.MHA, 2015
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