As the NIA probes Hamas links in the Pahalgam terror attack for the first time, a look back at SIMI's history reveals how the Gaza-based terror group funded and ideologically influenced radical Islamist networks operating in India.
Just as it is the case with most leftist outfits, Fraternity Movement also packages itself as a defender of democratic principles, secularism, the constitution, social justice and whatnot; however, beyond the shiny packaging lies the dark and disturbing pro-Islamist and divisive activism.
Former SIMI operative and father of Umar Khalid spreads propaganda while admitting Kapil Sibal was trying to fix SC bench, plays victim to exonerate son
The Centre-appointed tribunal that examined the ninth renewal of the prohibition on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act maintained the ban on SIMI.
Hanif Sheikh had been absconding for more than 22 years in a case of sedition and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act registered against him at the New Friends Colony Police Station in 2001.