India: Leaked police document flags beards, itikaf and Arabic as ‘radicalisation indicators’

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Police in the western Indian state of Gujarat have begun implementing a controversial anti-radicalisation programme, raising concerns among civil rights groups that the policy is designed to enable discrimination specifically against Muslims. The first known implementation has taken place in Jamnagar district, where Police Sub-Inspector M.V. Modhwadia has been appointed to head the local ARC […] The post India: Leaked police document flags beards, itikaf and Arabic as ‘radicalisation indicators’