Indian Muslim Won't Be Influenced By ISIS Video, Says Centre

New Delhi: In the wake of an alleged Islamic State video threatening to take revenge for the deaths of Muslims in India, the Centre on Saturday asserted that all efforts are being made to maintain the country's safety.

The alleged ISIS video talked about killings of Muslims in Kashmir, demolition of Babri mosque and communal riots in Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar.

Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju dismissed any possible influence of such videos on Indians. "These kinds of propaganda videos keep coming. ISIS or whoever propagating these kind of things is not going to influence the minds of the people of India. The people of India have decided that they will not allow these kinds of activities to take root in the country," he said.

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the government is taking necessary steps to keep India secured. "I feel all people of this country have a sense of confidence. People of all castes, religions will fight the terror forces with all their might," Singh said.

The Islamic State has released a new video of what it claims are Indian terrorists in its ranks who allegedly joined the terrorist organisation, and are fighting in Iraq and Syria. The 22-minute Arabic-language documentary is the first propaganda the Islamic State has produced with content focused on India and South Asia.

The five men in the video include an engineering student from Thane, Fahad Tanvir Sheikh. He is reportedly using the pseudonym Abu Amr' al-Hindi. In the video, he reportedly warns ISIS fighters will return to India to avenge the killings of Muslims in Kashmir, in Gujarat and in Muzaffarnagar.

As reported by the Indian Express, the video also features several still-to-be-identified members, suspected to be associated with Indian Mujahideen once. “To those in the Indian state who wish to understand our actions, I say you have only three options: to accept Islam, to pay jizya, or to prepare to be slaughtered," says an unidentified terrorist.

Large parts of the video seek to provide context to the presence of Indian jihadists in the Islamic State – men it describes as jihadists from “Hind wal’Sindh”. The video begins with medieval warlord Muhammad Bin Qasim’s conquest of the region, saying it laid the foundations for Islamic rule in India.