Deccan Mujahideen

The Deccan Mujahiddeen is believed to be a terrorist group. They do attacks inside India. They came to the attention of the public after they said they were responsible for the attacks on Mumbai on 26 November 2008. It is possible that the organization could be related to the Indian Mujahideen.

 Attacks on Mumbai 
Indian authorities said that the Mumbai attacks were directed by Lashkar-e-Taiba militants inside Pakistan.Terror Ties Run Deep in Pakistan, Mumbai Case Shows, New York Times, Jane Perlez and Salman Masood, 26 July 2009 The surviving gunman was a Pakistani. Pakistan initially contested this attribution, but agreed this was the case on 7 January 2009."Gunman in Mumbai Siege a Pakistani", New York Times, 7 January 2009

 Where the word is from 
Deccan refers to the Deccan Plateau in southern India. The states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu lie on this plateau. The name is an anglicised from the Prakrit word dakkhin. That word comes  from the Sanskrit word dakṣiṇa- (), meaning 'South' or 'The South'.Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary, p. 498 (scanned image at SriPedia Initiative): Sanskrit dakṣiṇa meaning 'right', 'southern'.

Mujahideen (also spelt Mujahedin) in Arabic is a "struggler". So the name Deccan Muhahideen may literally mean Strugglers of the South, The South Strugglers or South Strugglers.

Related pages
 26 November 2008 Mumbai attacks
 Terrorism

 References 

 Other websites 
 Deccan Mujahideen on Mahalo.com

Category:Islamic terrorism
Category:Religion in India
Category:Organizations based in India