It is a glaring fact that terrorists cannot operate without local sleeper cells. During the Bombay blast case, a lot of the local Muslim population was involved in giving refuge to terrorists, who had come from Pakistan. The same was the case in the Red Fort attack and the Parliament attack cases.
The terrorist attack on the Red Fort in Delhi occurred on December 22, 2000. It was carried out by the Pakistani terrorist group Lashkar-e-Taiba. Terrorists were indeed armed from outside, but it could not have been possible without local support. Similarly, the terrorists’ attack on the Indian Parliament occurred on December 13, 2001. Five heavily armed terrorists from the group Jaish-e-Mohammed stormed the Parliament complex in New Delhi, leading to a fierce gun battle. The attack resulted in the deaths of nine people, including six security personnel, two Parliament staff members, and a gardener. The attackers were killed before they could enter the main building, preventing what could have been a far worse tragedy. But one thing is certain that the loyalty of a large number of Muslims cannot be taken for granted. They owe more allegiance to their religion that gives them identity than to the country or society.
Thus, so long vast majority of Muslims do not shed their religious notoriety and feel proud of the country of their birth and their ancestry, it would be almost impossible to curb and control Islamic terrorism. These Islamists have extra-territorial loyalty, otherwise, there is no reason to find slogan shouting and communal riots at many places in the country over the victory or defeat of Pakistanis in cricket or other sports. The communal tension in Murshidabad is an example of outside loyalty of local Muslims more from Bangladesh and other Muslim countries than for India. These loafer Muslims can be set right in two ways. One is to deal with them very stringently, and the second is to take the help of organisations like Arya Samaj to take them back to their old religion, which can be said to be Ghar Wapsi (home-coming) in simple parlance
