Opinion | The Debate Has Ended: Terror Has An Ideology And Umar Nabi Has Self-Identified
It’s happened. Perhaps it was only a matter of time. And perhaps we were naïve to think that somehow Indian Muslims wouldn’t be so inclined. But sadly, an Indian Muslim has taken a leaf out of the Islamist terror playbook. Umar Nabi, the man who blew himself up near the Red Fort, it turns out, was ready to die for his cause. A video has been recovered by the sleuths of the National Investigation Agency that was shot by Umar Nabi a few months before he struck. In the video, Umar Nabi, sporting a neatly trimmed beard, a crew cut, and a charcoal grey round neck t-shirt, sits swivelling in a chair. His gaze is averted but not lowered. His eyes are hard, his demeanour resolute. But before........





















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