New Delhi: The Supreme Court has asked the central government to file a reply within four weeks in the matter of extension of the ban on radical organisation, Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The top court has told Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta that there should be no further delay in filing the reply. The court has adjourned the next hearing till November 1, giving the central government a last chance to respond. Let us tell you that in 2019, the Center extended the ban on radical Islamist organization SIMI for the next five years. This decision of the Center has been challenged in the apex court.
The ban on SIMI has been extended till 2024 due to its involvement in several terrorist incidents. In 2015, the central government took strict action against this organization by banning SIMI. Then in 2019 the ban was extended for another five years. SIMI is accused of being involved in many cases including Malegaon bomb blast, Mumbai bomb blast, and Delhi serial blast. Evidence of activation of SIMI sleeper cells has also been found in many violent incidents recently.
Let us tell you that SIMI, an organization of radical Muslim students, was formed in 1977 in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Its founder and president, Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqui, is a professor of journalism and public relations at Western Illinois University in the US. Siddiqui, however, maintains that he has nothing to do with SIMI as the organization has now been taken over by extremists.
Explain that the purpose of SIMI is to make India an Islamic nation like PFI. SIMI was banned under POTA in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks in the US. Although the Congress government abolished POTA, the ban on SIMI remains intact. Many SIMI terrorists were also killed in the action of police and security forces, most of whom were residents of Khandwa in Madhya Pradesh. A large number of people from the Muslim community also participated in the funeral of these terrorists.
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