Project to include Islamic discourse by moderate Ulemas, rehabilitation of former militants and counseling detainees In January when United Arab Emirates deported Sheikh Azhar-ul-Islam with two others for being ‘radicalised’, he became the first Kashmiri youth to be arrested by the National Investigation Agency of suspected links with the militant Islamic State (ISIS) group. The 25-year-old from Kangan in Ganderbal district was studying for Bachelors in Education, when he suddenly left for the UAE. Local police believes that Sheikh became attracted to the IS ideology hearing sermons in the local…
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