Global Terrorism Index: India Ranked 13th on the Impact of Terrorism While ISIS Ranked Deadliest Terror Group of the World

By New Age Islam Staff Writer 25 March 2023 Representative Image ------ CPI (Maoist) Ranked As The 12th Deadliest Terror Group In 2022. Main Points: 1. India is one of the 25 most terror- hit countries. 2. Balochistan Liberation Army of Pakistan is the fastest growing terror group in Pakistan. 3. Pakistan ranks 6th on the index. 4. Afghanistan tops the list of terror- hit countries. 5. South Asia is the most affected region. ------ Insurgency, armed resistance and terrorism are the most common phenomena in the modern world. Numerous armed groups are active in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The activities of most of them come under the definition of terrorism though the definition of terrorism is largely contested. The Global Terrorism Index 2023 has been released which provides an insight into the impact of terrorism on different countries. The GTI has been prepared by the Institute of Economics and Peace and ranks 163 countries of the world on four indicators weighted over five years. The index provides a comprehensive summary of the key global trends and patterns in terrorism since 2000. It produces an ordinal ranking of countries on the impact of terrorism. The Global Terrorism Index is based on data from the Global Terrorism Database which is collected and collated by the National Consortium and Response to Terrorism at Maryland University. According to the Index, the ISIS and its affiliates were the deadliest terror group in the world in 2022 while Afghanistan topped the list of worst terror hit countries. And South Asia was the most affected region of the world. Another regions that were most affected were Africa and Middle East. Balochistan Liberation Army was the fastest growing terror group in Pakistan. Due to a fast increase in terror incidents, the deaths increased by 120 per cent in Pakistan. The last year the terrorism related deaths were 292 while this year it is 643. In Afghanistan, the terrorism related deaths were 633. In Burkina Faso deaths due to terrorism were 1135, up from 759 in the previous year. In 2022, Afghanistan and Pakistan were among the most affected countries in 2020. The rise in terrorism related activities in the two neighbouring countries was due to the heightened activities by the TTP and BLA in Pakistan and by the ISIS in Afghanistan. After the ISIS, Al Shabab, BLA, Jamat Nusrat al Islam wal Muslimeen have been marked out as the deadliest terror groups in the world. The CPI (Maoist) has been marked out as the 12th deadliest terror group in the world. This group is based in India and is responsible for a large number of deaths in India according to the South Asia Terrorism Portal. The major countries that are most affected by terrorism are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Somalia, Mali, Syria and Pakistan.. However, the number of deaths from terrorism globally has fallen by 9 per cent to 6701 since 2015. In South Asia, the deaths fell by 30 per cent to 1354 This fall may be ascribed to the disengagement of the NATO forces led by the United States in the Middle East since Donald Trump came to power. The occupation of the US in these countries on the pretext of fighting terrorism provided terror groups justification for terror attacks. In India, most of the terror attacks take place in Jammu and Kashmir infested by Islamist terror groups and in the western and central India infested by the Maoists. Some insurgent groups also carry out terrorist activities in the North East of India. The Global Terrorism Index, therefore, makes it clear that except CPI ( Maoist), all the major terrorist groups in the world are operated by Islamists. The TTP is another terror group that has emerged in Pakistan which has not figured in the GTI due its recent emergence. It will figure in the next GTI as it has conducted a number of deadly attacks in Pakistan in recent months, killing hundreds of people. The report flattens the claim of the Muslims that they are a peace loving community. These terrorist organisations draw inspiration and justification for violence and massacre from the exegeses and commentaries of the Quran produced by renowned hardline exegetes of the Quran from the middle ages to the modern age. Establishment of Hukumat-e-Ilahiya ( Rule of God) and Khilafat ( caliphate) have been the major premises on which they build their extremist ideology. Blasphemy is another cause of bloodshed, particularly in South Asia. In Syria, sectarian ideology was the main cause of destruction as the ISIS got the support of Sunni Ulema against the Shia regime of Bashar al Assad. In Somalia, Nigeria and Burkina Faso, opposition to modern education and establishment of Shariah rule has been the cause of bloodshed and some Muslim political leaders and clerics covertly and overtly supported these terrorist organisations. These terrorist organisations cannot survive without the ideological support of clerics and exegetes. Unless this ideological garbage is thrown to the dust bin, terrorism cannot be rooted out from the Islamic society. URL: https://newageislam.com/islam-politics/global-terrorism-index-india-isis-terror/d/129397 New Age Islam, Islam Online, Islamic Website, African Muslim News, Arab World News, South Asia News, Indian Muslim News, World Muslim News, Women in Islam, Islamic Feminism, Arab Women, Women In Arab, Islamophobia in America, Muslim Women in West, Islam Women and Feminism