04-22-2006, 09:54 PM
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Staff Reporter | New Delhi
The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an organisation of young extremists students, was declared an unlawful association on Friday. The Registrar, Unlawful Activities Tribunal under the unlawful Activites (Prevention) Act 1967, issued the notification regarding the same. The organisation has also been asked to explain within 30 days the reason for not declaring it to be unlawful.
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On February 8, Union ministry of Home Affairs also issued a notification in which it was stated that SIMI has been indulging in activities which are prejudicial to the security of the country and has the potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony.
According to senior police officers, the Central Government had earlier constituted the Tribunal comprising Hon'ble Justice B.N Chaturvedi of Delhi High Court for adjudicating whether or not there is a sufficient cause for declaring SIMI as an unlawful association.
The SIMI was formed on April 25,1977 at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, Professor of Journalism and Public Relations at the Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois, was the founding President of the outfit. It originally emerged as an offshoot of the <b>Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JeIH).</b>
On September 28, 2001, SIMI was proscribed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), accused of having links with ISI and other "terrorist" organisations worldwide, and of attempting to "destabilise the nation". SIMI is also accused of receiving funds from abroad, especially from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
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Last year Sonia Gandhi shared stage with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind leaders in Delhi. It means she was supporting terrorism in India against Hindus.
pioneer.com
Staff Reporter | New Delhi
The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an organisation of young extremists students, was declared an unlawful association on Friday. The Registrar, Unlawful Activities Tribunal under the unlawful Activites (Prevention) Act 1967, issued the notification regarding the same. The organisation has also been asked to explain within 30 days the reason for not declaring it to be unlawful.
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On February 8, Union ministry of Home Affairs also issued a notification in which it was stated that SIMI has been indulging in activities which are prejudicial to the security of the country and has the potential of disturbing peace and communal harmony.
According to senior police officers, the Central Government had earlier constituted the Tribunal comprising Hon'ble Justice B.N Chaturvedi of Delhi High Court for adjudicating whether or not there is a sufficient cause for declaring SIMI as an unlawful association.
The SIMI was formed on April 25,1977 at Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh. Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, Professor of Journalism and Public Relations at the Western Illinois University Macomb, Illinois, was the founding President of the outfit. It originally emerged as an offshoot of the <b>Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JeIH).</b>
On September 28, 2001, SIMI was proscribed under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), accused of having links with ISI and other "terrorist" organisations worldwide, and of attempting to "destabilise the nation". SIMI is also accused of receiving funds from abroad, especially from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait
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Last year Sonia Gandhi shared stage with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind leaders in Delhi. It means she was supporting terrorism in India against Hindus.