'Yes, I am a terrorist', texts missing Kerala man
July 17, 2016  09:28
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"People may call me a terrorist. If fighting in the path of Allah is terrorism, yes I am a terrorist (sic)," reads a message sent by one of the missing Kerala youngsters to his family.  

Mohammad Marwan is among 15 youths from the state who are suspected to have joined the so-called Islamic State. The message was sent via the Telegram app in the last week of June. Though the youth claims that he sent the message from territory under the terror group's control in West Asia, intelligence agencies have not yet confirmed whether the youth is actually there. 

In the message, Marwan promises he will come back after he "finishes work with IS to help the persecuted Muslims in Kashmir, Gujarat and Muzaffarnagar". 

 Quoting the Quran, Marwan said, "Allah will ask what I was doing when the community was being persecuted'. "Didn't the Prophet taught (sic) us that the entire ummah is like one body? It is my religious duty to fight for the protection of the community,' he added.
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