Students Islamic Movement of India

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The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was founded in the context of the Islamist association Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH) on April 25, 1977 in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh . The founding president was Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi . From the beginning, SIMI took militant Islamist and anti-Western positions, propagated jihad and finally came into conflict with the JIH leadership. In 1981, ties between the two organizations were largely severed after SIMI organized demonstrations against the visit to India of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat , whom SIMI described as a "puppet of the West," while the Jamaat leadership saw him as the legitimate representative of the Palestinian people. In an interview in 2008, Syed Jalaluddin Umari, the president of JIH, denied that SIMI was ever an official organization of JIH.

Prohibition

On September 27, 2001, SIMI was banned for two years by the Indian central government under the premises of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 . The reason given was the “anti-national and destabilizing activities” of the SIMI and its “controversial stance on the national sovereignty and integrity of the Indian Union” and the connections to extremist Islamist groups. The ban has been continued ever since, first from September 27, 2003 for a further two years. Another two-year ban was imposed on February 8, 2006, but was lifted again by the Delhi High Court on August 5, 2008 , on the grounds that there were insufficient reasons for this. The Indian government then called the Supreme Court and it confirmed the ban on the organization for 4 years until February 7, 2012. In February 2012, it was renewed for two years and on February 6, 2014 for a further 5 years until February 2019.

The SIMI has been linked to the 2006 Mumbai bombings and a July 28, 2005 bomb attack on the Shramjivi Express . It is believed that SIMI is continuing to pursue its political goals under cover organizations despite the official ban. Terrorist activities are denied by the former SIMI leaders.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). Satp.org, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  2. ^ Ameer-e-Jamaat on Terrorism, SIMI & politics in India. Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, August 9, 2008, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  3. ^ Purnima Tripathi: A controversial ban. frontline.in, October 2001, accessed on March 26, 2016 (English, Volume 18 - Issue 21).
  4. ^ Tribunal lifts ban on SIMI. TwoCircles.net, August 5, 2008, accessed on March 25, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Anshuman Behera: SIMI Regrouping: A Reality Check. Institute for Defense Studies and Analyzes (IDSA), July 15, 2011, accessed March 25, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Center renews ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The Times of India, February 6, 2014, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  7. ↑ LeT, SIMI hand in Mumbai blasts. The Times of India, July 12, 2006, accessed March 26, 2016 .
  8. ^ Anshuman Behera (2013): The Students Islamic Movement of India: The Story So Far . Journal of Defense Studies, Vol 7, Issue 1. pp. 213-228
  9. ↑ Piyush Srivastava: 'I am not a terrorist!': SIMI founder reacts as Center bans student group for another five years. Daily Mail, March 4, 2014, accessed March 26, 2016 .