Local factors may push Indian Muslims to global jihad
Jihadism could gain traction among Indian Muslims if their economic and political aspirations are frustrated
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- Alarmists vs moderates
- Local grievances
- Democratic participation
- Entrenched discrimination
- Secularism as survival
- Changing India
- Benefits of urban growth
- Rising education levels
- Growing aspirations
- Worrying trends
- Communal mobilisation
- Caste vote
- Party biases
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_350.jpg "Muslims offer last Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the northern Indian city of Allahabad (Reuters/Jitendra Prakash)")