Four Muslim women, who migrated to Afghanistan from Kerala, India, in 2016 to join the Islamic terror outfit known as the Islamic State (ISIS), will not get permission to return to India.
“One line of thought was to allow them to come back and become an approver in the cases here. However, their interview revealed that they are highly radicalised. The France model may be followed and the Afghanistan authorities can be requested to put them on trial there,” stated a high ranking Indian official.
Who are these women?
The four women have been identified as Nimisha, alias Fathima Isa, Sonia Sebastian, alias Ayisha, Raffeala, and Merrin Jacob, alias Mariyam.
Sebastian, an engineering graduate, married a Muslim named Abdul Rashid Abdulla in 2011 and embraced Islam. The couple started holding secret classes supporting the ideology of the Islamic State and jihad during the last part of Ramadan in July 2015, and travelled to Afghanistan with their daughter in 2016.
Mariyam, married to Bestin Vincent, and Nimisha, married to Vincent’s brother Bexon, escaped to Afghanistan, converted to Islam, and were recruited into the jihad terrorist group.
Reffeala was married to a Muslim physician from Kerala’s Kasargod and was allegedly involved in the August 2020 jihad attack in Eastern Afghanistan’s Jalalabad prison.
The four women subsequently reached the Islamic State through different paths, and were recruited as ISIS fighters, but lost their husbands in different terror attacks over the years.
Abdul Rashid Abdulla, the terror mentor
It has been reported that Ayisha’s husband, Abdul Rashid Abdulla, was the central figure in the chain of events. A resident of Kasargod, Abdul was an Islamic state mastermind in the region. Abdul has recruited numerous promising and qualified Muslim youth or Muslim converts from Kerala for jihad, and has helped them join the Islamic state.
Abdul had also set up a Telegram group to reach out to larger groups of Keralites, and routinely shared audio-video messages promoting jihad among its subscribers. This Telegram group was highly active in 2015.
Together with his wife, Ayisha, Abdul had conducted several meetings and gatherings to further the cause of ISIS across Kerala and enroll more and more people in it, aiding the Islamic State’s deep and widespread penetration in the Southern state.
The Indian National Investigation Agency has acknowledged his contribution in leading youngsters to the path of jihad, and identified Abdul Rashid Abdulla as an ISIS mastermind.
Committed to jihad down to the bone
After the deaths of their husbands, in 2019, these Islamic state jihadis surrendered to the local authorities in Afghanistan. The Indian agencies in Kabul had interviewed these women soon after their surrender, and were astonished by the ferocity of their commitment to jihad, as was abundantly clear throughout everything they said.
It is all the more unnerving to witness these women being steeped in Islamic jihad doctrine, because three of them were converted to Islam far later in their lives. Though they have expressed a desire to distance themselves from the terror state and return to India, their commitment to jihad is unshaken. This is an indication of the precision with which Islamic State operatives program and condition fresh converts while recruiting them to the jihad terror outfit.
In their video interview, Khorasan Files: The Journey of Indian ‘Islamic State’ Widows, these women reveal that they had come to join the Islamic State and live a life governed by the Islamic laws, surrounded by the Islamic ideology and culture. However, they were disillusioned to find that the reality was far from what they had been promised, including the right to perform Namaz (Islam’s daily prayers) at mosques. They have appealed to be allowed to return to India and live with the families of their Muslim husbands.
What’s next?
At a press conference in April 2021, Ahmad Zia Saraj, the head of the National Directorate of Security in Afghanistan, confirmed that 408 terrorists of the Islamic State were presently lodged in Afghanistan prisons. They hail from thirteen countries and include these four Indian women, as well as two Bangladeshis, two Dhivehin, sixteen Chinese, and 299 Pakistanis.
He added that the Afghan government had initiated talks with the representatives of these countries to have their prisoners deported. Afghan officials in Delhi, however, have maintained silence on the situation. Senior officials in Kabul have indicated that they have yet to hear from their Indian counterparts on what India plans to do next concerning these four women.
As per sources, Indian officials have not arrived at a consensus regarding the return of these women, which in itself suggests that the possibility of the Indian government accepting their return is essentially non-existent.
BlackSabbath says
Something is very odd about Kerala. Too many odd incidents of islamic terror are being reported involving people who “converted” to islam from Christianity. The population of moslems is skyrocketing and Kerala is headed to become another “pakistan” hell hole by 2050. The least Indian government can do is not NOT allow these beasts back in India. Let them rot in Afghanistan.
Raja says
BlackSabbath,
Kerala is already a hell hole considering that many Wahabi madrasas have sprung up in the last decade or two. The government at Center and local govt don’t care about the demographic challenges or any such things. They are happy go lucky to pocket bribes from the Islamic hegemonic proponents.
The central govt, in all likelihood will not take back the terrorists, but the West might queue up to take in these hardened warriors, as it serves the Leftists well to make an example of these useless elements. They might be welcomed with Social security, accommodation and other dole outs..
Any person with aveage IQ and proper bible studies would know that Islam is an evil religion. It is the ignorant and the foolish that fall prey to Islamic lies and deceit. Since Islam does have a tinge of god, it cannot be discounted as a mere ideology, unless we stick the the political party line.
Infidel says
Kerala is a state that is 25% muslim, 20% Christian, 45% Communist/Socialist and 10% Hindu and a few Jews. That should tell one a story. That state has, throughout its history, flipped b/w the Left Front (Communists) and the Congress (Socialists). Which is why although they claim to be the most literate state in India, their economy is in the dumps, and they are the biggest group of Indias who live and work in the Gulf. Whenever I read these horror stories from India these days, I look to see whether it’s from Kerala, and if it is, ‘nuf said!
We’ve had a bunch of stories from Kerala here on JW: maybe it can emerge as a category of its own
Raja says
Infidel,
Couldn’t agree any more.
Jill says
All ISIS terrorists should be put to death. Their kinds should be adopted by non Muslim families.
Raja says
Jill,
Those kids might have already learnt allah u akbar and may be some bomb makings techniques too.
fadeye@yahoo.com says
Agreed!
fadeye@yahoo.com says
Agreed!
Xmascrab says
It would be tantamount to injecting a person with cancer cells to allow these women back into Indian society. Surely there are sufficient countries, that are already living with the disease of Islam, to take these jihadi women. Let them stay in the embrace of the Taliban.
peter says
The muslims in Kerala with the middle eastern oil wealth were buying up Kerala and were the biggest sponsors of Jihad in alliance with the leftist govt there .But the picture is changing because the oil wealth is dwindling and many Arab regimes in the middle east are coming to their senses and seeing what is written on the wall .They the days of Khalifat is coming to an end .This is the time to hit the ugly snake of Jihad on it’s head to finish it off . No effort should be spared to achieve this if we want to prevent another mini Pakistan in India
BlackSabbath says
Zakir Naik was involved in running a racket of kidnapping, bribing, and enticing Hindu/Christian women to become moslem and then selling them to ISIS. He made tons of money and now he is hiding in Malaysia. He is wanted for a wide spectrum of crimes by the Indian Gov that includes terrorism, human trafficking, and money laundering. Many of his followers are still operating in Kerala. One of them is Taslim Rehmani.
gravenimage says
“Bangladesh Gang Led By Former MP’s Son Abducts Chennai Girl From London; NIA Begins Probe, Suspects Zakir Naik Links”
https://swarajyamag.com/news-brief/bangladesh-gang-led-by-former-mps-son-abducts-chennai-girl-from-london-nia-begins-probe-suspects-zakir-nair-links
latha says
The migration of Paks to Kerala will only increase with the unlimited fake Indian currency printed in Pak which enables them to buy all the properties in Prime locations in all the waterfronts & national Highways which they have. Now they are buying properties in Bangalore’s prime locations with their fake Indian currency. Our Govt doesn’t lift its finger to stop them lest they lose the muslim votes.
Pray Hard says
No sweat, they’ll just move to Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, England, Canada, America …
JohnTheRevelator says
That’s a meme right there, they need two identical photos, the first with the caption ‘Muslim’ and the 2nd with the caption ‘Radicalized Muslim, see the difference?’ All they did was decide to go militant in their beliefs.
If you already believe in a magic invisibile fairy named ‘Allah’ then it’s hop, skip and a jump to ‘you must kill the infidels and become a martyr.’
Someone above suggested we start executing terrorists, I couldn’t agree more. But first we as a nation need to realize that we are in a state of war against Islam the entire religion/ideology. That opens up all kinds of options and makes terminating jihadis legal.
On a related note, I saved a great quote from poster on another website (though forgot to save their name):
“Once war has been deemed necessary it can only be fought by the sudden unexpected application of extremely disproportionate, totally overwhelming force and ultimate, ruthless violence, maintained continuously until the enemy and all its supporters and enablers are no longer able and are no longer willing to continue fighting and therefore lay down all of their arms in total unconditional surrender.
The fighting forces of the enemy and ALL its supporters and enablers, military, paramilitary, AND civilian
are legitimate targets and must understand that they constitute a part of a free-fire kill-zone until the complete cessation of all hostilities and the implementation of their total, unconditional surrender.” -Anon
gravenimage says
India unlikely to accept back four women who converted to Islam and joined the Islamic State
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So good to hear some sanity from India.
Infidel says
What is an ‘approver’? And what is the France model – what did France do that deserves emulating?
But I loved the latter idea – ask the Afghan authorities to try them there. In fact, India should yank the citizenships of those 4, and tell Afghanistan to do whatever they like w/ them – from jail to execution. Or release them into Pakistan if they feel the need to negotiate w/ the Taliban
JCA Reid says
They made their beds, let them lie in them!!! Well done India, unlike the pussyfooting & pandering other Governments do!.
OLD GUY says
Sometimes things are a bitch, sometime life’s a Bitch and then sometimes you are the bitch and have to live with it.