![]() ![]() In 2012, a hate campaign was launched where bulk SMSes were sent from Pakistan in collaboration with PFI asking people of North-East India in south India to flee in retribution for Assam riots. The PFI has been involved in violence across the country. One of his PFI comrades, Muhammed Shameer-who had moved to Syria, had motivated him to join the ISIS. Shajahan had been associated with the PFI since 2006 when the outfit was known as NDF. Shajahan told the NIA that he had joined ISIS to establish Islamic Shariah law in the subcontinent. The key figure in the Kannur module was Shajahan Valluva Kandy, who had twice tried to go to Syria but was sent back along with his wife and two children. Nearly 40-50 individuals from Kannur, Kerala, joined ISIS in Syria along with families. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over the case under which 21 people were convicted by the NIA special court in 2016. In 2013, PFI was found organising a training camp at Narath in Kannur, Kerala, to impart training in the use of explosives and weapons to prepare people for terror activities against India. Ironically, on its website the PFI says that none of its members is accused, jailed or booked for mass murder, anti-national activity or terrorism. In 2013, 13 members of PFI were convicted for assault on college professor TJ Joseph where his hand was chopped off on allegations of blasphemy. To that end, it is working on mass proselytising and receiving illegal funds through mainstream and hawala channels. However, in 2017 India Today conducted a sting operation wherein PFI's founding member and managing editor of its mouthpiece-Gulf Thejas, Ahmed Shareef confessed to PFI's hidden agenda of converting India into an Islamic state. Now they have developed a strategy whereby publicly they say that they promote national integration and uphold the democratic and secular fabric of the country. Members of the erstwhile SIMI learnt their lessons after facing arrests and bans. As it gained popularity and spread in influence, its underlying radical ideology became increasingly evident." SIMI was in contact with ISI and its terror fronts - Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and Harkat-ul-Jehad-al Islami Bangladesh (HuJI-B).Ī Central government law enforcement official, with a track record in intelligence gathering told this researcher: "The PFI professed itself to be an egalitarian organisation for the upliftment of the Muslim community. SIMI has links with the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) units in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. It was supported and funded by the World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Riyadh, and the International Islamic Federation of Students' Organisations (IIFSO), Kuwait. To meet the objectives, SIMI not only instigated riots but was involved in various bomb blasts. The objectives of SIMI were clear–lead life according to the Quran, propagate Islam and wage jihad. SIMI was declared a terrorist organisation and was banned in 2001 due to its involvement in terrorism. Abubackar (NEC Member) both held top positions at SIMI. Koya held high positions in NDF and SIMI respectively. PFI's National Executive Council member, P. In an affidavit before the Kerala High Court in 2012, the government said the PFI is nothing but the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) in a resurrected form. The CPI(M) government in Kerala termed the NDF a terrorist outfit with claims that it received funding from Pakistan and Iran. The PFI's vision, according to its website includes empowerment of Muslims with a focus on reservations in education and employment. The NDF has been termed as a predecessor to PFI, including by PFI itself. ![]() New Delhi, May 14: The Popular Front of India (PFI) was launched on February 17, 2007, at the Empower India Conference in Bengaluru, Karnataka, by the Karnataka Forum for Dignity (KFD), National Development Front (NDF), Manitha Neethi Pasarai (MNP) and the South India Council. ![]()
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