Hindu outfit Dharma Sena ready to thwart ISIS in India
New Delhi, Jan 20: A Hindu outfit in India is preparing to thwart the Islamic State (ISIS) in India. The outfit is running three training camps in Meerut city and five in Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh.
The outfit known as Hindu Swabhiman is raising and training its members as "dharma sena" to wage war against the dreaded group.
The
outfit
has
so
far
prepared
15,000
"soldiers"
who
are
ready
to
die
to
safeguard
their
faith.
According
to
a
report
in
Times
of
India,
leaders
of
Hindu
Swabhiman,
which
is
headquartered
at
a
temple
at
Dasna
in
Ghaziabad
district,
claim
their
ranks
are
swelling
by
the
week.
Child
soldiers,
some
of
them
as
young
as
eight
years
old
have
also
been
enlisted
as
their
soldiers.
According
to
its
leaders,
their
members
are
given
training
on
how
to
use
to
use
swords
and
firearms.
"Our mottois simple - catchthem young. We have over 50 training centres all over western UP. Our students are from ages eight to 30. We don't give guns and swords to children straight away," said Hindu Swabhiman's leaders, Chetna Sharma, who is also a member of the VHP's Durga Vahini.
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"For the first six months, we train them mentally. We teach them verses from the Gita. Hindus must not be afraid of death because we are reborn. The children here are fearless," added Chetna.
ISIS militants created havoc since establishment of its caliphate in Iraq and Syria in 2014. ISIS has executed thousands of civilians, including children, women, by shooting, beheading, stoning, throwing from high places and burning.
An anonymous postcard threat letter purportedly signed by ISIS and received at the State Secretariat in Goa last week has threatened to kill Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
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