Five members of the jihad group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen hijacked Indian Airlines Flight 814 (IC 814) on December 24, 1999. In slitting Rupin Katyal’s throat and trying to convert the other passengers to Islam, Shakir was acting in full accord with Islamic teachings. “When you meet the unbelievers, strike the necks,” says the Qur’an (47:4), and it […]