200,000 Indian volunteers to join against IS terrorists in Iraq

Leaders at the Karbala Mosque in New Delhi said 200,000 people across India had registered their interest to volunteer in Iraq since June.

The coordinator at the mosque said in the first instance they would send volunteers with practical skills – like medicine or engineering – to help those in need, and also to clear the message that the so-called Islamic State group does not follow Islamic beliefs.

Many Shia Muslims in India expressed their readiness to become human shields and to defend the holy shrines.