Maharashtra Bans Literature Of Terror Outfits "Glorifying Violent Extremism"

Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra government has banned 114 items of radical literature, including magazines and books, of terrorist organisations like Islamic State, Islamic State in Khorasan Province, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Pir Panjal Regiment and Al Qaeda (AQIS) that "glorify violent extremism and jihad and promote radicalisation".In a gazette notification issued by Maharashtra's Home Department on Thursday, the state government said intelligence inputs, cyber surveillance reports, and investigations conducted by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) point to continued circulation, possession and transmission of "radical and extremist literature, publications, and propaganda material" linked to organisations engaged in or supporting terrorist and unlawful activities."Such material is found to have a content which glorifies violent extremism and jihad, promotes radicalisation, provides ideological indoctrination, facilitates recruitment, and incites or encourages acts prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, thereby posing a serious threat to public order, communal harmony and internal security," it said.The 114 banned…