About the book: year / The collection "Radical Islam: a view from India and Russia" includes the results of research conducted by analysts of the Russian International Public Foundation "Experimental Creative Center" (Kurginyan Center) and the Indian research center Observer Research Foundation. The authors examine the historical and social aspects of the emergence and development of radical trends in Islam in a broad political, economic and philosophical context. The subject of study is also the activities of radical Islamist groups. Particular attention is paid to their participation in terrorist acts directed against specific states in South Asia. The degree of threat of radical Islamist terrorist groups mastering weapons of mass destruction is examined..