As Video Goes Viral of Child Chanting 'Hate Slogans' at Kerala PFI Rally, Politics on Proposed Ban Picks Up
2 years, 6 months ago

As Video Goes Viral of Child Chanting 'Hate Slogans' at Kerala PFI Rally, Politics on Proposed Ban Picks Up

News 18  

The viral video of a child purportedly shouting communally charged slogans during a Popular Front of India protest in Kerala’s Alappuzha is a classic example of the extent of Islamist indoctrination spread by extremist groups into the social fabric, say leaders from both the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in Kerala. However, a blame game between the Communist Party of India, Congress and BJP continues over banning the “extremist” group PFI and its political arm Social Democratic Party of India. “The PFI enjoys the support of the Left government and the Congress has always taken a soft stand to ensure it doesn’t lose their minority votes,” said VV Rajesh, Kerala BJP spokesperson, to News18. News18 had earlier exclusively reported on the NIA dossier details which had said that the “PFI was the second avatar of the National Development Front which was formed in 1993 after the Babri Masjid demolition and subsequent riots.” The NIA calls the Popular Front of India a “threat to national security” and in its reports has mentioned how in Kerala there has been a mushrooming of several Muslim radical organisations including the PFI.

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CPI(M) leader retracts remark linking popular fitness group to extremists
1 week, 1 day ago

CPI(M) leader retracts remark linking popular fitness group to extremists

India Today  

Communist Party of India Kozhikode Secretary P Mohanan has withdrawn his controversial statement linking members of the banned Popular Front of India to MEC 7, a popular fitness regimen in the Malabar region. Mohanan initially claimed that MEC 7, known as the Multi-Exercise Combination, had been infiltrated by extremist groups such as Jamaat-e-Islami, Social Democratic Party of India, and PFI, …

Kerala High Court rules that the banned PFI can't claim defamation
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Kerala High Court rules that the banned PFI can't claim defamation

Op India  

On 26th November, the Kerala High Court quashed criminal defamation proceedings against the media house Bharat Prakashan Limited, which was accused of defaming the banned terrorist outfit Popular Front of India. The court observed: “When ‘the Popular Front of India’ itself is banned in India by the Central Government, such a banned association will not come within the purview of …

No Criminal Proceedings Can Lie For 'Defamation' Of Banned Organisation Like PFI, Kerala High Court Grants Relief To Media House
3 weeks, 2 days ago

No Criminal Proceedings Can Lie For 'Defamation' Of Banned Organisation Like PFI, Kerala High Court Grants Relief To Media House

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court quashed criminal defamation proceedings initiated against a media house for allegedly publishing a defamatory article about the 'Popular Front of India'. Justice P.V.Kunhikrishnan observed that PFI is a banned association in India; therefore, defamation cannot be alleged against a banned organization, since it has no legal entity. The Court observed that the central government has declared …

Congress Alleges Deal Between BJP and CPI(M) in Kerala, Sparks Political Debate
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress Alleges Deal Between BJP and CPI(M) in Kerala, Sparks Political Debate

The Hindu  

Opposition leader V.D. Satheesan has claimed that a deal between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)], as claimed by the Congress much earlier, has been proved right through various recent incidents and that the revelations by former BJP worker Tirur Satheesh in connection with the Kodakara money-laundering case only confirmed it.

CPI(M) accuses UDF, RMP of making abusive remarks about its leaders
4 months ago

CPI(M) accuses UDF, RMP of making abusive remarks about its leaders

The Hindu  

The Kozhikode district committee of the Communist Party of India has accused the United Democratic Front and the Revolutionary Marxist Party of making abusive remarks about its leaders. In a release on Tuesday, CPI district secretary P. Mohanan said that the remarks were made during a protest march taken out by the UDF and the RMP to the office of …

'UDF circulated communal videos during LS polls': CPI(M) leader hits back at Cong-led front in Kerala
4 months ago

'UDF circulated communal videos during LS polls': CPI(M) leader hits back at Cong-led front in Kerala

Hindustan Times  

A senior leader of Kerala's ruling Communist Party of India on Sunday accused the Congress-led opposition United Democratic Front of circulating ‘communal and objectionable’ videos during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls in the state's Vadakara constituency. CPI leader MV Govindan The statement from MV Govindan, the state secretary of the CPI, came amid continuing criticism of it by the …

Kafir remark row: CPI(M) even shamed Sangh Parivar in spreading hatred, says Kerala Opposition Leader
4 months, 1 week ago

Kafir remark row: CPI(M) even shamed Sangh Parivar in spreading hatred, says Kerala Opposition Leader

The Hindu  

Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan said here on Wednesday that the hate campaign the CPI resorted to during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Vadakara was “akin to extremism.” Mr. Satheesan told news reporters that the CPI had “shamed even the Sangh Parivar” in its communal or hate campaign. Referring to the police report submitted to the Kerala …

Governor, CPI(M) battle over petition to declare a state of financial emergency in Kerala
1 year ago

Governor, CPI(M) battle over petition to declare a state of financial emergency in Kerala

The Hindu  

Governor Arif Mohammed Khan and the Communist Party of India appeared poised to battle each other over a politically contentious petition seeking the Presidential imposition of a financial emergency in the State under Article 360 of the Constitution. Mr. Sasikumar had sought the President’s intervention to “save Kerala from irredeemable financial instability precipitated by the State government’s reckless borrowing, lax …

CPI(M) Kerala State secretary denies New Delhi police raided party general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s home
1 year, 2 months ago

CPI(M) Kerala State secretary denies New Delhi police raided party general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s home

The Hindu  

Communist Party of India Kerala State secretary M.V. Govindan has denied news reports that the New Delhi police inspected party general secretary Sitaram Yechury’s house as part of its ongoing investigation against online publishing portal NewsClick. #WATCH | Delhi: On Delhi Police conducting raids at different premises linked to NewsClick, CPI General Secretary Sitaram Yechury says, "Police came to my …

Exposed: How outlawed Popular Front of India is bypassing the ban in Karnataka
1 year, 8 months ago

Exposed: How outlawed Popular Front of India is bypassing the ban in Karnataka

India Today  

Despite being outlawed in September last year, the Popular Front of India seems to have found ways to circumvent the ban and continue its operations in Karnataka, an India Today investigation has found. REGROUPING PHYSICALLY, ONLINE Chand Pasha, the PFI's Chikkamagaluru district president for three years before the measure came into force, told India Today's investigative reporter that he is …

PFI was promoting radicalism, we banned it, rising above vote-bank politics: Amit Shah
1 year, 10 months ago

PFI was promoting radicalism, we banned it, rising above vote-bank politics: Amit Shah

The Hindu  

Noting that the government has successfully banned Popular Front of India from rising above vote-bank politics, Home Minister Amit Shah has said that the organisation promoted "radicalism and religious bigotry" and tried to prepare "raw material for terrorism" and any delay in action would not have been in the national interest. Mr. Shah also targeted Congress and said the party …

Ban Not Enough to End PFI Threat, Agencies Must Go After Assets of Its Top Leaders
2 years, 2 months ago

Ban Not Enough to End PFI Threat, Agencies Must Go After Assets of Its Top Leaders

News 18  

The Government of India, by a Gazette Notification on September 27, 2022, banned the Popular Front of India and its affiliated groups. Public property and buses were targeted and extensive use of petrol bombs was The Student Islamic Movement of India was banned in 2001 for terror activities and it metamorphosed as the PFI in 2006 with the merger of …

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA
2 years, 2 months ago

Delhi: Two more PFI members arrested from Khajuri Khas, fresh case lodged under UAPA

India TV News  

Highlights Delhi Police arrested 2 active members of PFI from Khajuri Khas area in the national capital today The accused were identified as Israr Ali and Mohammed Samoon An FIR against them was filed under sections 153-A of IPC PFI ban update : In a latest action against the banned Popular Front of India, the Delhi Police have arrested two …

Ban on PFI act of 'political selfishness' aimed to appease RSS: Mayawati
2 years, 2 months ago

Ban on PFI act of 'political selfishness' aimed to appease RSS: Mayawati

India TV News  

Highlights Mayawati said the ban on PFI an act of "political selfishness" The Centre on Wednesday banned the PFI More than 150 people allegedly linked with PFI were detained or arrested PFI ban: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Friday said the ban on the Popular Front of India ahead of elections in some states was an act of "political …

Sledgehammer approach: The Hindu Editorial on why the PFI ban is a rushed one
2 years, 2 months ago

Sledgehammer approach: The Hindu Editorial on why the PFI ban is a rushed one

The Hindu  

There will be little reason for disquiet at the Popular Front of India being termed a radical Islamist organisation that propagates a politics of exclusivism and communalism even if it professes adherence to constitutional values and has, according to its claims, taken part in social and legal activities benefiting Muslims across India. While the PFI has grown as an organisation …

PFI’s official Twitter account taken down after Centre bans the radical outfit for five years
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI’s official Twitter account taken down after Centre bans the radical outfit for five years

Firstpost  

The Centre ordered the blocking of social media accounts and websites of the Popular Front of India and its eight affiliates in order to prevent the radical outfit from propagating their unlawful activities New Delhi: A day after the Centre ordered the blocking of all the social media traces of the Popular Front of India, the banned outfit’s Twitter account …

Ban on PFI: TS BJP hits out at MIM, Congress
2 years, 2 months ago

Ban on PFI: TS BJP hits out at MIM, Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The BJP on Thursday criticised political parties for opposing the ban on PFI and its associate organisations and said that the Narendra Modi government had never compromised on the issues relating to the national security and will take every measure to protect the country. In a statement, N.V. Subhash, an official spokesperson of the Telangana unit of BJP, said …

PFI's Official Twitter Account Withheld In India, Student Wing To Challenge Ban In Court
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI's Official Twitter Account Withheld In India, Student Wing To Challenge Ban In Court

ABP News  

New Delhi: Popular Front of India's official Twitter account has been withheld in India "in response to a legal demand". Stopped Activities in Accordance with Law 6/1 pic.twitter.com/ZB2lyZX1sX — Campus Front of India September 28, 2022 The Popular Front of India has been banned for five years under the stringent anti-terror law Unlawful Activities Act. The PFI's eight associates that …

Kerala government takes steps to implement ban on PFI
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala government takes steps to implement ban on PFI

India TV News  

Highlights Central government declared the Popular Front of India as a banned organisation on Sept 28 PFI activists had allegedly engaged in widespread violence PFI was accused of having "links" with global terror groups PFI ban: Close on the heels of the Central government declaring the Popular Front of India as a banned organisation, the government has initiated steps to …

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long
2 years, 2 months ago

Accused of violent acts, PFI under govt radar since long

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The banned Popular Front of India has been accused of involvement in violent acts, ‘instigating’ protests like the one against the Citizenship Amendment Act, having alleged links with global terror organisations, including Islamic State of Syria and Iraq and Sri Lanka Tauheed Jamat, and hence was under the radar of the government agencies since long. The sources in …

CPM, Congress question effectiveness of ban
2 years, 2 months ago

CPM, Congress question effectiveness of ban

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The ban on PFI has evoked mixed reactions from political parties with the CPM, Congress and Muslim League questioning its effectiveness and the BJP terming the action inevitable considering nation’s security. Similarly, the violence and retaliatory killings indulged by the organisations like PFI should also end,” he said. If any outfit, be it PFI or the RSS, if they …

PFI Updates: Tight Vigil in Delhi, Mumbai After PFI Ban, Central Forces Up Security at RSS, BJP Offices in Kerala
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Updates: Tight Vigil in Delhi, Mumbai After PFI Ban, Central Forces Up Security at RSS, BJP Offices in Kerala

News 18  

Exclusive | Maha Crackdown on PFI: Home Dept Permits Top Cops, Magistrates to Act, Seize Properties Following nationwide raids against the Popular Front of India and the Centre banning the radical Islamic outfit and some of its affiliates for five years on Wednesday, the Maharashtra government has ordered a further crackdown against the organisation, News18 has learnt. For them, votes …

Asaduddin Owaisi calls PFI ban ‘draconian’
2 years, 2 months ago

Asaduddin Owaisi calls PFI ban ‘draconian’

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi termed the Centre’s banning of the Kerala-based outfit Popular Front of India a “dangerous step”, claiming that the “draconian ban” would allow for the arrest of Muslim youth without reason. The way India’s electoral autarky is approaching fascism, every Muslim youth will now be arrested with a PFI pamphlet under India’s black law, UAPA,” he …

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Why Modi Government Should Be Applauded for Banning PFI - News18

News 18  

The Narendra Modi government banned the Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency, carried out a massive crackdown last Thursday. It’s high time to understand why PFI is a gateway to terrorism, how its vulture activism has caused damage to Muslim society, and why every Indian citizen should appreciate …

Kerala intensifies vigil following ban on PFI, offices to be sealed
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala intensifies vigil following ban on PFI, offices to be sealed

Deccan Chronicle  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala police, intelligence units have been put on high alert following the ban on Popular Front of India and its affiliates. All district committee, zonal committee and area committee offices of the PFI are set to be sealed and leaders from state to local level will be brought under surveillance. PFI state general secretary Abdul Sattar was taken into …

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded
2 years, 2 months ago

Why India's efforts to ban Islamist PFI need to be applauded

Firstpost  

Islamist groups often become a pain under the nose, not only for the countries, but also for the Muslim community Indian government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi banned the infamous Islamist outfit Popular Front of India on Wednesday, a week after India’s premier agency, the National Investigation Agency carried out a massive crackdown on last Thursday. It’s high time to …

BJP hails 'bold and decisive' move on PFI, Congress says ban RSS too
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP hails 'bold and decisive' move on PFI, Congress says ban RSS too

India Today  

The BJP and the Congress are engaged in a war of words over the Centre's decision to ban the radical outfit Popular Front of India and its affiliated organisations for a period of five years. But the BJP recalled Siddaramaiah's 'ban PFI' dare on Tuesday and said "we ban fanatics that you appease". #ITVideo | @KGShibimol @snehamordani pic.twitter.com/1kHGhXPHwy — IndiaToday …

PFI Outlawed: The many 'horrors' of the now-banned Muslim outfit
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Outlawed: The many 'horrors' of the now-banned Muslim outfit

Firstpost  

The ban came after over 150 people allegedly linked with PFI were detained or arrested in raids across seven states on Tuesday, five days after a similar pan-India crackdown against the group led to the arrest of over a hundred of its activities and seizure of several dozen properties New Delhi: Popular Front of India, which has been declared as …

No ideology can be eliminated by a ban: CPI (M) Kerala State Secretary on PFI ban
2 years, 2 months ago

No ideology can be eliminated by a ban: CPI (M) Kerala State Secretary on PFI ban

The Hindu  

Taking a cautious stance on the Centre’s decision to ban the Popular Front of India, Communist Party of India State Secretary M.V. Ministry of Home Affairs on Wednesday had declared the Popular Front of India and its front organisations as “unlawful association” under the Unlawful Activities Act. In an extraordinary gazette notification, MHA deemed the PFI a threat to national …

Yogi Adityanath hails PFI ban: ‘This is new India, individuals posing threat…’
2 years, 2 months ago

Yogi Adityanath hails PFI ban: ‘This is new India, individuals posing threat…’

Hindustan Times  

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday welcomed the ban on Popular Front of India and called it a 'commendable and welcomed' move by the central government. He said the ban on PFI and affiliated organisations - which he claimed had participated in 'anti-national' activities - represented a "'New India', where terrorists, criminals, organisations and individuals who pose a …

Kerala Congress, IUML welcome PFI ban: ‘Which Islam has persuaded them to…?’
2 years, 2 months ago

Kerala Congress, IUML welcome PFI ban: ‘Which Islam has persuaded them to…?’

Hindustan Times  

Kerala Congress and its coalition partner Indian Union Muslim League on Wednesday welcomed the Centre's decision to ban the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror-related activities but also demanded similar action against the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological mentor of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. IUML leader M K Muneer strongly condemned the activities of the outlawed PFI …

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups, says K’taka CM Basavaraj Bommai
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups, says K’taka CM Basavaraj Bommai

Live Mint  

PFI news: The Centre on 28 September imposed a ban on the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror activities. So we welcome this step.” Karnataka Home Minister Araga Jnanendra too has welcomed on Central Govt's decision to ban PFI. Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka state home minister Ramesh Chennithala said the Centre's decision to ban PFI was …

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban
2 years, 2 months ago

Charges against PFI and its 7 associates that led to govt crackdown and ban

Live Mint  

PFI ban: In a huge step against home grown terrorism, the Union Home Ministry has banned the Popular Front of India and iits several associates for 5 years. Govt bans PFI and its 7 associates The organisations which were also declared banned under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA include Rehab India Foundation Campus Front of India All India Imams Council …

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups that they will not survive in India: Bommai
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban a message to anti-national groups that they will not survive in India: Bommai

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday welcomed the Union government's decision to ban the Popular Front of India for its alleged terror activities, and said the move sends a message to all "anti-national groups" that they will not survive in this country. To a question that PFI was strong in coastal Karnataka and the task before the state …

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre bans PFI after week-long crackdown across the country

Hindustan Times  

The Centre has declared the Popular Front of India an “unlawful association” under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for five years after a week-long crackdown on its top leaders and office bearers across the country, the Union home ministry said in a notification late on Tuesday. “The Central government is of the opinion that if there is no immediate curb …

Centre bans PFI and its associates for 5 years
2 years, 2 months ago

Centre bans PFI and its associates for 5 years

Live Mint  

The Central Government on 28 September declared the Popular Front of India and its associates or affiliates or fronts as an unlawful association with immediate effect for a period of five years. ".in exercise of powers conferred by sub-section of section 3 of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, the Central Government hereby declared the Popular Front of India and its …

OPINION | Ban on PFI by Centre is a timely step
2 years, 2 months ago

OPINION | Ban on PFI by Centre is a timely step

India TV News  

In a major step to root out religious fanaticism, the Government of India on Tuesday banned the radical Popular Front of India and its affiliate organisations for a period of five years and declared them ‘unlawful’ under the Unlawful Activities Act. The PFI affiliates banned, include Rehab India Foundation, Campus Front of India, All India Imams council, National Confederation of …

Act quickly and without bias in PFI investigation
2 years, 2 months ago

Act quickly and without bias in PFI investigation

Hindustan Times  

The recent countrywide action against members of the Popular Front of India by the National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and state police forces generated an animated but divisive debate. The PFI came into being in 2006 through a merger of three Islamic groups, which attracted official attention for employing militant language and painting the whole Muslim community as victims …

BJP, MNS protest against PFI for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Maharashtra
2 years, 2 months ago

BJP, MNS protest against PFI for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

After a video showing Popular Front of India activists allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans in Pune went viral, protests erupted in the city and parts of Maharashtra on Sunday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the Raj Thackeray-led Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and the Yuva Sena all demanding that sedition charges be lodged against them and the outfit banned. ‘Booked for sedition’ …

What is the Popular Front of India or PFI and what is their ideology?
2 years, 2 months ago

What is the Popular Front of India or PFI and what is their ideology?

The Hindu  

On Friday, when the Popular Front of India observed a violence-ridden flash hartal in Kerala to protest the nationwide clampdown on over 100 of its top leaders by the National Investigation Agency, along with the Enforcement Directorate and the local police the previous day, the message it wanted to send across was loud and clear. The PFI was born in …

PFI stir sparks clashes, Kerala HC takes note
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI stir sparks clashes, Kerala HC takes note

Hindustan Times  

Violent clashes and stone-pelting roiled the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala on Friday as members of the Popular Front of India damaged buses and shops, attacked policemen and hurled crude bombs, prompting the Kerala high court to issue a warning. Thiruvananthapuram: Police personnel take stock of the damages done to a Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus after …

PFI Hartal Turns Violent in Parts of Kerala; Vehicles, Shops Damaged
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Hartal Turns Violent in Parts of Kerala; Vehicles, Shops Damaged

News 18  

Masked men and miscreants went on a rampage in different parts of Kerala on Friday during the dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Popular Front of India, under the lens for alleged terror activities, damaging state-run buses and ambulance, injuring policemen and commoners and vandalising shops and threatening the public. Cutting across cities towns, the hartal supporters took out protest marches, …

PFI Raided: ‘PFI misleading Muslims posing as champion of Islam’, say Pasmanda Muslims, hailing NIA-ED crackdown
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Raided: ‘PFI misleading Muslims posing as champion of Islam’, say Pasmanda Muslims, hailing NIA-ED crackdown

Firstpost  

“PFI is trying to mislead the country by acting as the saviour of Islam. We have protested against their policies time and again, and requested for their ban,” read a statement from the All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz New Delhi: The All India Pasmanda Muslim Mahaz welcomed the action taken by the central investigative agencies against the Popular Front of …

PFI Protest: Security Beefed Up In Kerala, Police Warn Of Stern Action Against Miscreants
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI Protest: Security Beefed Up In Kerala, Police Warn Of Stern Action Against Miscreants

ABP News  

Kerala police have beefed up security in the state and issued directions to the district police chiefs to ensure law and order after the radical Islamic outfit Popular Front of India called for a state-wide hartal on Friday. The dawn-to-dusk hartal was called by the PFI to protest against the raids in the offices and residences of its leaders and …

PFI to be banned soon? All about NIA, ED charges against radical outfit
2 years, 3 months ago

PFI to be banned soon? All about NIA, ED charges against radical outfit

India Today  

Raids at over 150 locations across 15 states, and 106 arrests of PFI leaders and office bearers, this unprecedented action against the Islamic organisation was carried out on Thursday. India Today has accessed the details of these cases by the ED and NIA based on which the home ministry decided to initiate nationwide action against PFI leaders and members. PMLA …

NIA crackdown on PFI: How radical outfit planned to evade agencies
2 years, 3 months ago

NIA crackdown on PFI: How radical outfit planned to evade agencies

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency, the Enforcement Directorate and police authorities raided multiple locations in connection with the PFI's top leadership and office bearers. The searches were conducted across 13 states, including Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, and Assam, in a bid to crackdown on PFI sleeper cells, illicit terror funding and alleged terror modules. As per documents recovered by …

'It Must Be Decimated': PFI Cut Off Kerala Prof's Hand, Now The Long Arm of Law Is upon It - News18
2 years, 3 months ago

'It Must Be Decimated': PFI Cut Off Kerala Prof's Hand, Now The Long Arm of Law Is upon It - News18

News 18  

It’s been 12 years and two months since Kerala-based professor TJ Joseph’s hand was chopped off by members of the radical Islamist group Popular Front of India for allegedly blaspheming Prophet Muhammad and the Quran in a question paper he had set. I want to know why are the main people, the top rung of the PFI who ordered the …

Popular Front of India: From 'social' outfit to facing ban
2 years, 3 months ago

Popular Front of India: From 'social' outfit to facing ban

India Today  

The Popular Front of India that came into existence as a non-profit organisation with an aim to fight for the rights of minorities, Dalits, and marginalised communities is now on the verge of getting banned for allegedly indulging in actions detrimental to the overall national security. Just after five years since its inception, the Kerala government claimed that the PFI …

Islamic State recruitment, 2020 Delhi riots, and more: The long ‘crime record’ of the PFI
2 years, 3 months ago

Islamic State recruitment, 2020 Delhi riots, and more: The long ‘crime record’ of the PFI

Firstpost  

In nationwide anti-terror raids, more than 100 people linked to the Popular Front of India were arrested. The organisation emerged after the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India, and in 2012, the Kerala government told the High Court that the PFI was “nothing but a resurrection” of SIMI. Besides launching an attack on Kadugondana Halli police station, the …

From Hijab Row to '2047 Plan', PFI Hogged Headlines for Wrong Reasons. All About the Outfit Raided by NIA, ED
2 years, 3 months ago

From Hijab Row to '2047 Plan', PFI Hogged Headlines for Wrong Reasons. All About the Outfit Raided by NIA, ED

News 18  

Thursday was not the first instance of the Popular Front of India hogging national headlines. Detailing the surge of the outfit and its illegal activities, the Kerala government headed by Oommen Chandy of the Congress in 2012 had informed the High Court that PFI was “nothing but a resurrection of the banned outfit Students Islamic Movement of India in another …

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