Were contributing to youth’s radicalization, terrorists’ glorification
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 6: The Jammu and Kashmir Government today declared 25 books, two of them written by Arundhati Roy and one by AG Noorani, as ‘forfeited’ for contributing to radicalization of youth, glorification of terrorists, vilification of security forces and promotion of alienations.
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An order to this effect was issued today by Home Department of Jammu and Kashmir Government.
The banned books among others include ‘Azadi’ authored by Arundhati Roy, ‘Kashmir (The case for Freedom), co-authored by Arundhati Roy and ‘The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012 written by AG Noorani.
“The identified 25 books have been found to excite secessionism and endangering sovereignty and integrity of India, thereby, attracting the provisions of Sections 152, 196 and 197 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023,’’ the Home Department order issued by its Principal Secretary Chandraker Bharti, said.
The order read that under Section 98 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has declared publication of 25 books, and their copies or other documents to be forfeited to the Government.
These 25 books, as per the order, have been identified for propagating false narrative and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir and need to be declared as ‘forfeited’ in terms of Section 98 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023.
“It has come to notice of the Government that certain literature propagates false narrative and secessionism in Jammu and Kashmir. Available evidence based on investigations and credible intelligence unflinchingly indicate that a significant driver behind youth participation in violence and terrorism has been systematic dissemination of false narratives and secessionist literature by its persistent internal circulation, often disguised as historical or political commentary while playing a critical role in misguiding the youth, glorifying terrorism and inciting violence against the Indian State,’’ the Government order said.
This literature, it said, would deeply impact the psyche of youth by promoting culture of grievance, victimhood and terrorist heroism. Some of the means by which this literature has contributed to the radicalisation of the youth in Jammu and Kashmir include distortion of historical facts, glorification of terrorists, vilification of security forces, religious radicalization, promotion of alienation, pathway to violence and terrorism etc, the order further said.
The books, whose copies or other documents will be forfeited by the Government include Azadi by Arundhati Roy, Kashmir (The case of Freedom) by Tariq Ali, Hillal Bhatt, Angana P Chatterji, Pankaj Mishra and Arundhati Roy, The Kashmir Dispute 1947-2012 by AG Noorani, A Dismantled State (The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370) by Anuradha Bhasin, Human Rights Violations in Kashmir by Plotr Bacerowicz and Agnieszka Kuszewska, Kashmir’s Fight for Freedom by Mohd Yosuf Saraf, Colonizing Kashmir, State-Building under Indian Occupation by Hafsa Kanjwal, Kashmir Politics and Plebiscite by Dr Abdul Jabbar Gockhami, Do You Remember Kunan Poshpora by Essar Batool & Others, Mujahid Ki Azaan by Imam Hasan Al-Bana Shaheed edited by Maulan Mohammad Enayatullah Subjhani, Ali Jihadul Fil Islam by Moulana Moudadi, Independent Kashmir by Christopher Snedden, Resisting Occupation in Kashmir by Haley Duschinski, Mona Bhat, Ather Zia and Cynthia Mahmood, Between Democracy and Nation (Gender and Militarization in Kashmir by Seema Kazi, Contested Lands by Sumantra Bose, In Search of a Future (The Story of Kashmir) by David Devadas, Kashmir In Conflict (India, Pakistan and the Unending War) by Victoria Schofield, Kashmir at the Cross Roads (Inside a 21st Century Conflict) by Sumantra Bose, Resisting Disappearance (Military Occupation & Women’s Activism in Kashmir) by Ather Zia, Confronting Terrorism by Stephen Pcohen Edited by Maroof Raza, Freedom Captivity (Negotiations of belonging along Kashmiri Frontier) by Radhika Gupta, USA and Kashmir by Dr Shamshad Shan, Law & Conflict Resolution in Kashmir by Plotr Balcerowicz and Agnieszka Kuszewska, Tarikh-i-Siyasat Kashmir by Dr Afaq and Kashmir & the Future of South Asia Edited by Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal.
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