Emergence and Decline of ISIS: Lesson from the State of Maharashtra
Abstract Terrorism in India is a multifaceted occurrence with several perpetrators. Whenever we discuss terrorism and future challenges since 2014 Syria and Iraq has been a hot topic in the world. In this paper, the author tries to discuss all aspects of this topics, such as the emergence of an Islamic State (IS), its decline, the conditions of Islamic State in South Asia, the usage of this by social media and internet to radicalize youth, Islamic state in Maharashtra and other states of India and deradicalization efforts in Maharashtra. Syria has been in a civil war since 2011 and Iraq is in a kind of anarchy since the USA invaded in 2003. But, the reason to worry for the world is the emergence of a new danger, namely the Islamic State. In the beginning militants, allegiance with IS was to create own space in Iraq and fighting against Syria’s Assad regime. But, IS leadership made clear soon that; they want to create Caliphate and asked Muslim youth from all over the world to jo...