Fellows Seminar Series | The Islamic State in India's Kerala: A Primer

India, with a Muslim population of over 200 million, is expected by analysts to have high numbers of pro-Islamic State (IS) cases. The country, however, has only had a handful. Most of these cases have come from the state of Kerala.

Kabir Taneja and Mohammed Sinan Siyech’s paper offers an explainer for the growth of IS in Kerala. It submits Kerala as a lesson on how radicalisation can be countered in India by going beyond traditional approaches to terrorism, which have been employed, for example, in Kashmir.

Adil Rasheed, Research Fellow, IDSA

Harsh V. Pant, Director, Strategic Studies Programme, ORF

Kabir Taneja, Fellow, ORF & co-author — The Islamic State in India's Kerala: A Primer

Maria Abi-Habib, South Asia correspondent, The New York Times

Mohammed Sinan Siyech, Research Analyst, Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) & co-author — The Islamic State in India's Kerala: A Primer

11:00 ‒ 11:30 a.m. | Registration

11:30 ‒ 11:35 a.m. | Welcome remarks by chair | Harsh V. Pant

11:35 ‒ 11:55 a.m. | Presentation by authors | Kabir Taneja & Mohammed Sinan Siyech

11:55 a.m. ‒ 12:10 p.m. | Remarks | Maria Abi-Habib

12:10 ‒ 12:25 p.m. | Remarks | Adil Rasheed

12:25 ‒ 12:55 p.m. | Moderated Q&A

12:55 ‒ 1:00 p.m. | Closing remarks by chair

1:00 p.m. onwards | Lunch