Eight suspected members of the banned Students Islamic
Federation of India (SIMI) were killed in an encounter with Madhya Pradesh
police on Monday, after they escaped from a high-security jail in Bhopal.
While the alleged encounter leaves many questions unanswered,
here is a primer on the banned organisation.
What is SIMI?
The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) was the
student wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), which split off from the main
organisation due to differences over Palestine Liberation Organisation leader
Yasser Arafat’s visit to India in 1981.
Though the organisation started with
the aim of working for the welfare of Muslim youth, there was a radical shift
in its ideology in the 1980s.
It is against ‘western ideals’ and rejects secularism, democracy and nationalism.
Some of its often-repeated objectives are restoration of the ‘khilafat’, (caliphate), emphasis on ‘ummah’ (Muslim brotherhood), and the need for a Jihad to establish the supremacy of Islam
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