© Twitter / DanieleRaineriHashim is suspected to be an organizer of the attacks shortly after senior government officials accused the National Thawheed Jama’ut (NTJ) of involvement, according to multiple media sources. Hashim is both an Imam, and a prolific lecturer for the NTJ, and is said to have used social media to incite violence, including against rival mosques.
A suspect arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) from Kerala has admitted to be following Sri Lankan bomber Zahran Hashim. The Sri Lankan Cleric behind attacks in Colombo has radicalised several Indian youths in different parts of South India. The Easter attacks, claimed by ISIS, have resulted in death of over 250 people in Sri Lanka.
The accused identified as Riyas A alias Riyas Aboobacker (29), a native of Palakkad in Kerala
during interrogation disclosed that has been following speeches/videos of Zahran Hashim of Sri Lanka for more than a year and has also followed the speeches of Zakir Naik.
He admitted that he wanted to carry out a suicide attack in Kerala, a statement from the agency said.
"Riyas has been in online contact with absconding accused Abdul Rashid Abdulla @ Abu Isa for a long time and has been following his audio clips including the clip which he had circulated on social media platform instigating others to carry out terror attacks in India. He revealed that
he was also having online chat with Abdul Khayoom Abu Khalid, who was believed to be in Syria", the NIA statement added.
Comment: Forgive the cynicism, but the FBI sorely needed some image polishing - and the masses always need to be reminded why we need them: FBI Organizes Almost All Terror Plots in the U.S.
The manufactured clash of civilizations grinds on...