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Lone Wolf Jehad a Dangerous Phenomena Propagated by ISIS
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Issue Net Edition | Date : 10 Dec , 2015

Sayyed Irfan Farooq and Tashfin Mallick

Let there be no doubt that 28 years old Sayyed Irfan Farooq and his 27 year old wife Tashfin Mallick, former being the first generation Pakistani origin citizen of America and his wife a Pakistani, who killed 14 people in a party in California the other day and they both also got killed in Police retaliation later, leaving behind a six months old daughter as orphan, were lone wolf Jehadis of America having contacts with the Jehadi organisations specially ISIS. In search of their house 2500 live ammunition, 12 pipe bombs and lot of lethal weapons have been found by the police. America is now gradually accepting the fact that it was a Lone Wolf jehadi strike. This is the most dangerous weapon in the hands of ISIS the LONE WOLF ATTACKS.

American authorities feel that most probably it was a honey trap and it was she who radicalised Sayyed Irfan.

Sayyad Irfan was a moderate believer Muslim who had a university degree from America and was well employed in a health centre in California. Yes he was fond of various types of weapons and shooting but that was his hobby. His wife Tashfeen Mallick was a Pakistani from Multan town in South Punjab which is a known hot bed of jehadis being recruited by Pakistani Intelligence agency ISI against India. It has now being confirmed by the American authorities that Tashfeen Mallick was in contact with Abdul Aziz the Maulana Sahib of Lal Masjid in Islamabad who supports the cause of ISIS. Her marriage to Irfan was on line through some social site. American authorities feel that most probably it was a honey trap and it was she who radicalised Sayyed Irfan. Sayyad Irfan had everything going for him in America.

With a young wife, six months old daughter and a secure job in USA what more a person will want? He could have lived peacefully, brought up his child and made the dream of his parents to prosper in America come true. But no in the world’s most modern society that America is he and his wife listened to the Mullahs sitting in Iraq and Syria, killing and beheading innocent people with drop of a hat in the name of Jihad and spoiling the name and fame of the holy religion of Islam which never propagates that non believers should be killed or beheaded.

Sayyed Ifran and his young wife fell prey to the exhortations of likes of Abu Al Baghdadi who has declared himself a Caliph and is selling a dream that his caliphate is the right place for the Muslims to live, with him as lord and master. He wants to take Muslims 1000 years back in the name of religion which he is misusing. To achieve his aim he is targeting Paris and other countries in Europe so that the local population starts hating the Muslims and the large scale migration which is currently taking place out of the strife torn Syria and Iraq into Europe gets halted and Muslims have no option but to live in Muslim land in all their misery.

There are also threats that Britain is the next target for the Paris type of carnage by the jehadis of ISIS.

The other day British Parliament voted for British to start bombing that portion of Syria which is part of Abu Baghdadis Caliphate. Britain has just commenced this bombing when the very next day a lone wolf jehadi in East London attacked three people with knife shouting that this is revenge for British Bombing Syria. There are also threats that Britain is the next target for the Paris type of carnage by the jehadis of ISIS. These two back to back Lone Wolf jehadi attacks one in America and other in Britain should wake up America and the Western countries that what type of problem they are facing? Their problem is further compounded by the fact that there are 1200 French and 800 British Jehadis who are fighting with ISIS. There are American, Germans and other western countries citizens also who are in the Abu Baghdadis army of Jehadis. Lot of them have returned back to their countries. In Britain alone 400 jehadis are back. These people are the biggest threat to their mother country because nobody knows how many of them have been purposely sent back by the ISIS to create mayhem in these countries. They may strike in groups or in lone wolf mode. Or they may indoctrinate others to act as lone wolf.

Till now the name jehadi meant an illiterate fanatic who is poor and fed up with his miserable life. He has been suitably brainwashed by maulana ji that if he dies by blowing himself for the cause of jihad. But now the likes of Sayaad Ifran and his wife are getting brainwashed. This a dangerous development because there is no way anybody will know who is the lone wolf in this well to do society. The lone wolfs likes of Sayyed Ifran and his wife are more dangerous because they have been so badly radicalised that they are prepared to leave behind their six month old daughter for the cause of jihad. If these cases continue, which is very likely, then every westerner will start suspecting his Muslim neighbour and the life of Muslim families who are living peacefully in these foreign countries will become hell leading to generation of more lone wolfs acts. Actually this is what the likes of Baghdadi and his kind want, to sow suspicion against all Muslims living in western countries and force them to come back and live in Muslim lands.

America along with Saudi Arabia and some other countries are still playing the game of good jehadis and the bad jehadis.

It is very necessary that the right thinking Muslim elders now must rise against this deadly threat and educate the Muslim youth world over that they must focus on hard work and prosperity while following their religion in a peaceful manner. Towards this end 1000 Muslim Maulanas and preachers from India issuing a Fatwa against the ISIS and Baghdadi is commendable act which must be praised. At the same time now the various organisations where the Muslim workers are working in western countries must ensure that there is no ill will developing between the various communities. Any out of turn behaviour of an employee has to be scrutinised. America and those countries where they have lose laws on owning and carrying lethal weapons must be changed and this must be disallowed.

What is even more important is that all those jehadis who had gone and fought with the ISIS cannot be allowed to roam free in their mother countries on return. The mother country will have to be strict and place them in jails for their this act, treating them as traitors. One more thing which stands out loud and clear is that the 60 countries that are now fighting the menace of ISIS in Iraq and Syria along with America are doing it with the use of only their air forces. Besides they are also fighting among themselves. Shooting down of Russian fighter jet by turkey recently is case in point.

…countries must remember that there is no counter to lone wolf threat. It can happen anywhere any time, so the source that is ISIS must be tackled at the earliest and finished.

America along with Saudi Arabia and some other countries are still playing the game of good jehadis and the bad jehadis. Despite creating all these problems with its faulty policies on fight against terror, America is refusing to learn that there is nothing like a good jehadi or a bad jehadi. All jehadis are bad and will have to be dealt with a heavy hand. It is very important that Western countries must put their boots down on the ground and finish off the so called caliphate. They have to understand that till this caliphate exists, it will be a rallying point for all jehadis world over. Once it is finished the rallying point will be gone and the lone wolf phenomenon will die its own death. These countries must remember that there is no counter to lone wolf threat. It can happen anywhere any time, so the source that is ISIS must be tackled at the earliest and finished. Air force cannot occupy the ground. Any amount of air action will not finish of ISIS.

American argument that even if they put the boots down, after they clear the caliphate occupied area in Syria and Iraq, Baghdadi and his kind will run away and will again be back after the departure of the American troops. That may well happen but need of the hour is to break this myth of invincibility of the caliphate to tackle the Lone Wolf menace. Earlier the better since there is no other option.

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Brig Arun Bajpai

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2 thoughts on “Lone Wolf Jehad a Dangerous Phenomena Propagated by ISIS

  1. Dear Sir,
    Excellent article comparing the present attacks with Lone Wolf attacks. That you have been able to visualise this, even before the Western think tanks, have thought of this, demonstrates your far sighted approach. What a great visibility, through an international forum like this. Our best wishes,

    S Raman
    Vice President – GSFC Ltd
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