Islamic terrorism

==== Mauritius ====
In 2011, Mauritian shop-keeper Reaz Lauthan travelled to Syria to join Islamic State and participate in the war. In Mauritius Reaz Lauthan had established Al Muhajiroun, an organisation which promoted the relinquishment of Islamic traditions that originated from India. However Lauthan's group disintegrated and he made his way to Syria. He returned to Mauritius in 2012 and befriended members of a new  Islamic group called Hizb ul Tahrir. He died in 2013 in Syria soon after returning there to participate in Islamic State's activities. 4 other Mauritians had attempted to join Reaz Lauthan in Syria but were refused entry at the Turkish border.<ref>{{cite web |title=Avant Yogen Sundrun: Reaz Lauthan, un Mauricien en Syrie… |date=12 December 2015 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/272823/avant-yogen-sundrun-reaz-lauthan-un-mauricien-en-syrie |publisher=L'Express |access-date=2015-12-12}}</ref>

In August 2014, Mauritians Mohammed Iqbal Golamaully, aged 48, and his wife, Nazimabee Golamaully, aged 45, provided financial support to their nephew Zafirr Golamaully who had left Mauritius in March 2014 to fight for Islamic State in Syria after travelling via Dubai and Turkey. The couple was eventually jailed in 2016. Zafirr Golamaully's sister Lubnaa also left Mauritius to join him in Syria. Hospital director Mohammed Iqbal Golamaully had also encouraged Lubnaa to become familiar with the new gun that Zafirr had purchased for her. Mohammed Iqbal Golamaully also instructed Lubnaa to "revolutionise the Islamic Concept amongst our close relatives". Using a pseudonym "Abu Hud" Zafirr Golamaully posted hate messages on Twitter following the terrorist attack against magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris in January 2015. On other social media sites Zafirr Golamaully used pseudonym "Paladin of Jihad" to provide advice to would-be jihadists on how to avoid deportation by Turkish immigration officials.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Press Association |title=South London couple plead guilty to funding nephew fighting for Isis |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/03/south-london-couple-plead-guilty-to-funding-nephew-fighting-for-isis |work=The Guardian |date=3 October 2016 |access-date=4 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Swann |first1=Steve |title=Couple jailed for funding Islamic State fighter nephew |work=BBC News |date=22 November 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38056207 |access-date=22 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Djihadistes mauriciens: des amis de Zafirr et Lubnaa Golamaully racontent |date=8 October 2016 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/291164/djihadistes-mauriciens-amis-zafirr-et-lubnaa-golamaully-racontent |publisher=L'Express |access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Abel |first1=Vinesen |title=Zafirr et Lubnaa Golamaully, deux ex-élèves de collèges d'élite devenus terroristes |date=5 October 2016 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/290933/zafirr-et-lubnaa-golamaully-deux-ex-eleves-colleges-delite-devenus-terroristes |publisher=L'Express |access-date=5 October 2016}}</ref>

In December 2015, Islamic State issued a video on social media which showed Mauritian citizen Yogen Sundrun who used his pseudonym Abu Shuaib Al Afriqi to claim that IS fighters will liberate Mauritius soon. The video prominently featured a flag of Daesh. Yogen Sundrun also urged other Mauritians, especially nurses and doctors, to travel to the lands of Islamic State. In 2014, Yogen Sundrun had released an earlier video, intended for South Africans at the time of Eid, and encouraging them to join the "Caliphate of Daesh". In that video he held his daughter in his arms and stated "This is my fifth daughter in the Khilafah, praise be God. Brothers and sisters, I don't have the words to express myself about the happiness to be here…". Around him children held fire-arms.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Arouff |first1=Jean Paul |last2=Harelle |first2=Audrey |title=Dans une vidéo de propagande: un Mauricien appelle à rejoindre Daech |date=9 December 2015 |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/video/272693/dans-une-video-propagande-un-mauricien-appelle-rejoindre-daech |publisher=L'Express |access-date=9 December 2015}}</ref>

During the night of Sunday 29 May 2016 and the following morning, several gunshots were fired at the French Embassy located in the capital city [[Port Louis]]. Graffiti was also painted by the attackers on the front fence of the compound which referred to Islamic State and claims that their prophet Abu Bakr Baghdadi had been insulted.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gunshots fired at French Embassy in Mauritius |url=https://www.africanews.com/2016/05/30/gunshots-fired-near-french-embassy-in-mauritius-police-on-alert// |website=Africa News |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Descours |first1=Guillaume |title=Île Maurice: des coups de feu tirés contre l'ambassade de France |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/2016/05/30/01016-20160530ARTFIG00227-le-maurice-des-coups-de-feu-tires-contre-l-ambassade-de-france.php |website=Le Figaro |date=30 May 2016 |access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref>

Following the murder of Manan Fakhoo in January 2021, who was shot dead in [[Beau Bassin-Rose Hill|Beau-Bassin]] by hitmen riding a motorbike, Javed Meetoo, a resident of Vallee Pitôt and member of Daesh ([[Islamic State]]), was arrested and charged with "harbouring terrorist" on 14 March 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Meurtre de Manan Fakoo: Le prédicateur islamiste Javed Meetoo |url=https://www.zinfos-moris.com/Meurtre-de-Manan-Fakoo-le-predicateur-islamiste-Javed-Meetoo-serait-l-un-des-cinq-suspects_a20729.html |publisher=Zinfos |access-date=15 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Lovina Sophie |first1=Lovina Sophie |title=Assassinat de Manan Fakhoo: Javed Meetoo inculpé sous le "Prevention of Terrorism Act" |url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/406104/assassinat-manan-fakhoo-javed-meetoo-inculpe-sous-prevention-terrorism-act |work=L'Express |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref> In March 2021, Yassiin Meetou had confessed that he had assisted shooter Ajmal Aumeeruddy and Ajam Beeharry of Camp Yoloff by transporting them and their motorbike to shoot Manan Fakhoo.<ref>{{cite web |title=Manan Fakhoo assassination: an investigator offers the status of "star witness" to Yassiin Meetou |url=https://mauritiushindinews.com/hindi-newspaper-in-mauritius/manan-fakhoo-assassination-an-investigator-offers-the-status-of-star-witness-to-yassiin-meetou/ |publisher=Mauritius News & L'Express |access-date=27 March 2021}}</ref>