De-radicalisation of the youth swayed by the idea of jihad is the way forward to combat the ISIS threat in India. 

The Centre, along with various state governments, has formulated a framework as part of the strategy to neutralise the ISIS ideology that has appealed to thousands around the world. 

Over the last year, more than 25 youngsters have been identified as those who were inspired by the idea of ISIS and wanted to join it. 

In Telangana, 17 youth have been prevented from travelling to Syria - and recently, four from Maharashtra were also intercepted. 

In Uttar Pradesh in the 1920s and early 1930s  Muslims were accused of abducting and converting Hindu women.

1. Loitering around schools and colleges on two-wheelers

2. Contacting on the mobile phone

3. Giving prizes to Jihadi boys in cultural programmes to impress non-Jihadi girls

4. Internet

5. Taking the help of Jihadi girls to lure Hindu girls

6. Arranging a fake incident and coming to the rescue of a Hindu girl

7. Adopting Hindu etiquettes

8. Utilising occasions like ‘Valentine’s Day’, that are celebrated in the west

9. Participating in garba (A dance form prevalent in Gujarat, played during Navaratra) dance along with Hindu girls during Navaratra festival

10. Hypnotising

11. Use of some special medicines for brainwashing Hindu girls

12. Vashikaran or karni (Black magic)

13. Abduction