Radicalisation Of Indian Muslims -2

[Bharatvarsh]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Kafeel is the eldest child of Dr Maqbool Ahmed and Dr Zakia, residents of Banashankari II Stage, Bangalore. He is a mechanical engineer and had graduated from the UBDT College, Davangere in 2000. He is working in the department of science and technology in Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge.

With his identification, it has become clear that three among the eight suspects, detained for interrogation are relatives and are from Bangalore. Two of them — Mohammed Haneef and Sabeel Ahmed are doctors and graduates from the B R Ambedkar College.

Though the Ahmeds refused to speak to the media on Thursday, the neighbours and people known to the Ahmeds said that three years ago, they had joined the Tableeghi Jamaat — a radical Islamic group from Deoband, Uttar Pradesh. They are hardliners.

When they joined the Jamaat, they started objecting to putting lights on the mosque outside and said it was anti-Islamic, the secretary of the Hazrat Tippu mosque opposite Ahmed’s house said.

Another “friend” of Sabeel and Kafeel, Afsar — a mutton vendor, said that the two brothers used to tell their friends, to not indulge in “bad” habits. “They used to tell us not to see films or television, smoke or drink. They insisted that we prayed regularly,” said Afsar.

Another interesting detail that Afsar revealed was that Kafeel wanted to get into aeronautical engineering. “He was very keen to design aeroplanes and he wanted to go to the UK,” he said.

That al-Qaeda is recruiting professionals like doctors and engineers in their cadre is well known and according to Intelligence sources, that is a cause of concern.

The Ahmeds were initially reluctant to speak to media but, finally Kafeel’s younger sister Sadia came out of her house and told the waiting reporters tbat their lawyer has asked them not to give any statement.

“We are not even sure that the suicide bomber Kafeel is my brother. We still don’t have any communication from London about him (Kafeel). All we know is that Sabeel has been detained by the police,” said Sadia. She threatened to lodge a complain with the police if the mediapersons didn’t leave their premises.

Haneef’s family is beginning to lose hope after they learnt on Thursday that the Australian court has extended his detention by four days.

“We don’t know whose help to seek. One Vinod Kumar from the India High Commission in Australia called me on Monday informing us about Haneef’s detention. He promise to keep us updated. We have not heard from him so far,” Ishtiaq Ahmed, father-in-law of Haneef told Deccan Herald.

Ishtiaqe is a businessman and lives in a plush house in BTM Layout. His elder daughter, Firdous Arshiya is married to Haneef and the couple has just had a baby girl. He admitted that Haneef was related to Sabeel and Kafeel.

‘Tarnished’

“I met Sabeel at Haneef’s wedding. They worked together in the Halton Hospital in Cheshire in 2005. Haneef had bought a mobile phone on a two-year contract from a dealer in the UK. He got a job in the Gold Coast Hospital in Brisbane a year later and had to leave for Australia. He gave his SIM card to Sabeel for use,” he said adding that the family’s reputation has been tarnished with media reports.

Arshiya said that her husband bought a one-way ticket because he wanted to take her, his mother and their new-born baby back to Australia. “His mother already has got her visa,” Ishtiaque said.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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