Explained: Why did Centre ban PFI?
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained: Why did Centre ban PFI?

Live Mint  

The Central government on Wednesday banned the Popular Front of India for five years for its alleged links with global terror groups and terror funding. In a notification issued late Tuesday night, the Ministry of Home Affairs said the Central government has decided to ban PFI for the next five years as it has been involved in “subversive activities, thereby disturbing public order and undermining constitutional set up of the country and encouraging and enforcing a terror-based regressive regime.” WHY WAS PTI BANNED? “…they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section of the society working towards undermining the concept of democracy and show sheer disrespect towards the constitutional authority and constitutional set up of the country,” the government said. 3 LINKS WITH SIMI: Some of the PFI's founding members, according to the government order, are the leaders of Students Islamic Movement of India which has also been banned for its activities 4 LINKS WITH JMB: PFI has linkages with Jamat-ul Mujahideen Bangladesh, both of which are proscribed organisations, the government order said. and then wan transferring, layering and integrating these funds through multiple accounts to project them as legitimate and eventually using these funds to carry out various criminal, unlawful and terrorist activities in India.” 8 PFI CADRES INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ACTS: The government order stated that “investigations in various cases have revealed that the PFI and its cadres have been repeatedly engaging in violent and subversive acts".

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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 …

Supreme Court rejects PFI's plea against Centre's ban, says approach High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

Supreme Court rejects PFI's plea against Centre's ban, says approach High Court

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a plea filed by the Popular Front of India challenging a ban on the organisation and its designation as an 'unlawful' organisation under the Unlawful Activities Act by the Union government. In its observations, a two-judge bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi said it would be appropriate for the …

NIA carries out raids in five states in PFI conspiracy case; seizes incriminating materials
1 year, 4 months ago

NIA carries out raids in five states in PFI conspiracy case; seizes incriminating materials

India TV News  

NIA raids: The National Investigation Agency on Sunday conducted a series of raids and searches across five states as part of its continued efforts to foil the Popular Front of India conspiracy to disturb the peace by driving a communal wedge among the people to destabilise the country, an official said. As per NIA investigations, PFI has been conspiring to …

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres
1 year, 7 months ago

NIA conducts raids at multiple locations in four States against PFI cadres

The Hindu  

In a fresh crackdown against the cadres of the banned Popular Front of India, the National Investigation Agency is carrying out searches at more than a dozen locations in various parts of the country including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. The raid is being done on Dr. Sarik Raza, a dentist located in the Urdu Bazaar of Darbhanga city and Mehboob, …

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 …

Morning Digest — March 30, 2023
1 year, 8 months ago

Morning Digest — March 30, 2023

The Hindu  

Rajasthan High Court acquits all accused in 2008 Jaipur serial blasts case The Rajasthan High Court on March 29 set aside the conviction and death sentence awarded by the trial court to four men in the case of the serial blasts that had killed 71 people and left 200 injured in the Walled City of Jaipur in May 2008. Supreme …

PFI crackdown: National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 19 people | READ
1 year, 9 months ago

PFI crackdown: National Investigation Agency files chargesheet against 19 people | READ

India TV News  

PFI crackdown: In its fifth chargesheet this month against the Popular Front of India, the NIA filed charges against 19 people, including 12 National Executive Council members of the banned outfit, for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to wage a war for establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the country, an official said. The NIA has also frozen 37 bank …

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA files fresh chargesheet against 19 members of PFI

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency filed chargesheet against 19 people, including 12 National Executive Council members of the banned outfit Popular Front of India for their alleged involvement in a conspiracy to wage a war for establishing an Islamic Caliphate in the country. READ | NIA raids PFI in Rajasthan on charges of provoking, radicalising youngsters Some other key position holders …

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet
1 year, 9 months ago

PFI plotted to establish Islamic rule in India by 2047, reveals NIA chargesheet

India Today  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a supplementary chargesheet against five members of the Popular Front of India in the special court, Hyderabad, in the Nizamabad terror case for allegedly organising terror training camps besides recruiting people for terrorist acts. "The accused persons charged yesterday are trained PFI cadre who were found involved in provoking and radicalising impressionable Muslim …

Here is what has been found during raids on banned terror outfit PFI
1 year, 9 months ago

Here is what has been found during raids on banned terror outfit PFI

Op India  

On Tuesday, the National Investigation Agency arrested five members of the outlawed Popular Front of India and shattered a multi-state hawala network financing the operations of the organization. PFI planned terror attack at Phulwa Sharif to take revenge against comments by Nupur Sharma The NIA earlier, in the last year also arrested a Maulavi named Asghar Ali from Dhaka Bazar …

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 …

NIA arrests another accused from Rajasthan in PFI case
1 year, 10 months ago

NIA arrests another accused from Rajasthan in PFI case

Hindustan Times  

The National Investigation Agency has arrested an accused from Jaipur in Rajasthan in its crackdown against Popular Front of India cadres allegedly involved in anti-Inida conspiracies, the agency said on Saturday. On 12 January, the NIA carried out raids at nine different locations all across the state in relation to the alleged conspiracy cases The suspect identified as one Mohammad …

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS
1 year, 10 months ago

PFI Wanted to Turn India into Islamic State by 2047: Maha ATS

News 18  

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has claimed the Popular Front of India, banned by the Centre last year, aimed to establish the “rule of Islam” in India by 2047, and also had plans to obtain weapons and ammunition with the help of foreign countries or other organisations to achieve their targets. The ATS stated this in its chargesheet filed in a local …

PFI conspired to make India \'Islamic Nation\': Maharashtra ATS
1 year, 10 months ago

PFI conspired to make India \'Islamic Nation\': Maharashtra ATS

Deccan Chronicle  

Mumbai: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad in a recent chargesheet against some members of the Popular Front of India has alleged that the proscribed group conspired to work towards making India an "Islamic nation by 2047". As per its chargesheet, the ATS alleged that a PDF file was recovered from the mobile phone of the main accused Mazhar Mansur Khan contained …

Government crackdown on terror: two more groups banned, four individuals declared terrorists
1 year, 11 months ago

Government crackdown on terror: two more groups banned, four individuals declared terrorists

The Hindu  

Continuing its crackdown on terrorism The action against the terror groups and terrorists came amidst the repeated assertions by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah that the central government has adopted a zero tolerance policy towards terrorism. The MHA said the TRF is recruiting youth through online medium for furtherance of terrorist activities, recruitment of terrorists, …

NIA raids 56 locations linked to PFI in Kerala
1 year, 11 months ago

NIA raids 56 locations linked to PFI in Kerala

Firstpost  

The raids started early on Thursday in coordination with state police following specific inputs against PFI cadres who are accused of their involvement in several terrorist acts and the murder of several persons **New Delhi:**The National Investigation Agency officials on Thursday carried out searches at 56 locations including residences of second-rung leaders across of the banned Islamist outfit Popular Front …

NIA conducts raids at 56 locations in Kerala in PFI conspiracy case
1 year, 11 months ago

NIA conducts raids at 56 locations in Kerala in PFI conspiracy case

Deccan Chronicle  

Thiruvananthapuram: The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out searches at 56 locations in Kerala in the Popular Front of India conspiracy case, sources said. The searches are still going on at the premises and offices of several suspects having links with cadres of PFI, an organisation banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs in September this year with its …

56 locations related to PFI raided in Kerala, details
1 year, 11 months ago

56 locations related to PFI raided in Kerala, details

Op India  

The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out searches at 56 locations in Kerala in the Popular Front of India conspiracy case, sources said. The searches are still going on at the premises and offices of several suspects having links with cadres of PFI, an organisation banned by the Ministry of Home Affairs in September this year with its associates, …

NIA raids 56 places in Kerala linked to PFI leaders, members
1 year, 11 months ago

NIA raids 56 places in Kerala linked to PFI leaders, members

India Today  

Officials from the National Investigation Agency are conducting raids at as many as 56 locations across Kerala in connection with a case related to funding for the now-banned Popular Front of India. After being banned by the union home ministry, PFI was allegedly in touch with another international terrorist organization through which it was trying to raise funds. According to …

Islamist PFI Expected The Ban, So It Planned An Alternate Strategy
2 years, 1 month ago

Islamist PFI Expected The Ban, So It Planned An Alternate Strategy

News 18  

The Popular Front of India has been banned for five years and its key masterminds arrested. On the Indian side also, PFI has cultivated bases in Madrasas and built educational institutions; however, they do not overtly indulge in anti-India activities to not provoke the intelligence and security establishment. The readers may recall that before the Nupur Sharma agitation, many Muslim …

Maharashtra ATS arrests four PFI activists in Panvel, probe underway
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra ATS arrests four PFI activists in Panvel, probe underway

India TV News  

Highlights Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested 4 activists of the proscribed Popular Front of India Those arrested include a local member of the banned outfit's state expansion committee ATS had specific information about meeting of 2 functionaries of PFI in Panvel PFI news: The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested four activists of the proscribed Popular Front of India from Panvel …

PFI ban: Cops on 'alert mode' over probable attacks on Hindu groups in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI ban: Cops on 'alert mode' over probable attacks on Hindu groups in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

India Today  

After receiving a warning about Popular Front of India attacks on Hindu groups in Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Telangana intelligence, cops went on alert mode. According to Telangana intelligence, PFI was planning to attack Hindu groups such as the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Telangana. In addition to this, PFI's associate organisations - Rehab India Foundation, …

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI Arrests: 9 Men Approach Delhi High Court Against 'Illegal Custody', Seek Compensation

Live Law  

A total of nine men, who were recently arrested in connection with the ban on Popular Front of India, have moved the Delhi High Court seeking their release and compensation, alleging that they were unlawfully detained by the police.During the course of hearing today before a division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Amit Sharma, the Delhi Police raised …

Post PFI Ban, Modi Government Must Keep Vigil as Islamists Plan Big Before 2024 - News18
2 years, 2 months ago

Post PFI Ban, Modi Government Must Keep Vigil as Islamists Plan Big Before 2024 - News18

News 18  

It appears that the Islamist organisations, Islamic politico-social groups, a large number of their religious leaders, and the ordinary Muslim population perceive that if the BJP comes back to power in 2024, there will be a complete dismantling of the appeasement policy pursued for the last seven decades. Most of these fears may be unfounded, resulting from the sense of …

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 …

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police
2 years, 2 months ago

Four PFI Members Arrested Under UAPA by Delhi Police

News 18  

Four persons allegedly linked to the banned Popular Front of India were arrested by Delhi Police under the stringent Unlawful Activities Act, officials said on Tuesday. A senior police officer confirmed that four members of the outlawed outfit have been arrested in a case registered against them under the UAPA at Shaheen Bagh police station of southeast district of Delhi …

‘Had Info About Earlier NIA Raids’: PFI Cadre Has Infiltrated Kerala State Machinery, Sources Tell New18
2 years, 2 months ago

‘Had Info About Earlier NIA Raids’: PFI Cadre Has Infiltrated Kerala State Machinery, Sources Tell New18

News 18  

With the ban on Popular Front of India, and the arrest of many of its leaders, top intelligence sources have told CNN-News18 that the penetration of the outfit is deep inside the Kerala state machinery. They also alleged that during the previous NIA raids in different parts of the state, tip-offs and information were already leaked to the PFI cadre …

Pocket Funding: The FCRA Loophole that PFI Uses to Get Foreign Funding for Anti-India Activities
2 years, 2 months ago

Pocket Funding: The FCRA Loophole that PFI Uses to Get Foreign Funding for Anti-India Activities

News 18  

Last week, the Union Home Ministry, Government of India, banned the Islamist organisation, Popular Front of India. While the PFI’s anti-India role has been widely discussed, little attention has been given on how it raised foreign funding for activities expressly prohibited by the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act, 2010 and how it circumvented FCRA with the loopholes in the Act. As …

Right Word | Ban on PFI: Time to recognise threat posed by ‘Salafism-Jihadism’
2 years, 2 months ago

Right Word | Ban on PFI: Time to recognise threat posed by ‘Salafism-Jihadism’

Firstpost  

The ban on Popular Front of India and several of its affiliates imposed by the Government of India is likely to effectively address some symptoms of a malaise. What they had in common is that both rejected traditional teachings on Islam in favour of direct, ‘fundamentalist’ reinterpretation.” However, as mentioned above, once the two — Wahabism and Salafism — met …

All India Muslim Jamaat chief receives death threat over 'PFI is a radical organisation' remark: Police
2 years, 2 months ago

All India Muslim Jamaat chief receives death threat over 'PFI is a radical organisation' remark: Police

Firstpost  

“Action will be taken after obtaining an application from the president of All India Muslim Jamaat Maulana Shahabuddin Rizvi in this respect,” said Bareilly Police in a tweet. New Delhi: Bareilly Police on Friday said that All India Muslim Jamaat president Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi, who had asked the Muslim community to stay away from the Popular Front of India calling …

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 …

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI’s alleged links in Turkey and Qatar being probed

The Hindu  

The enforcement agencies are probing the alleged links of the now-banned Popular Front of India with the extremist elements in Turkey, and the others who extended financial support to the outfit from Qatar to carry out its activities in India. there are also reports that its national executive council members E.M. Rahiman and P. Koya were allegedly hosted in Istanbul …

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 …

DC Edit | Isolate PFI over ideology
2 years, 2 months ago

DC Edit | Isolate PFI over ideology

Deccan Chronicle  

The ban on the Popular Front of India an its eight associate organisations under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967, is at best a legal action against an extremist organisation, but the political isolation of its ideology calls for action by all the stake holders of the secular State. Both editions of the NDA government at the Centre …

Islamist PFI is antithesis of what Indian Muslims stand for
2 years, 2 months ago

Islamist PFI is antithesis of what Indian Muslims stand for

Firstpost  

Arrests of so many PFI activists show that the organisation had grown its tentacles in most states of India and could create disturbances by poisoning youths Banning the Popular Front of India is the most welcome step the Narendra Modi government has taken in its fight against radicalisation, terrorism and disturbance to communal harmony. Arrests of so many PFI activists …

After 5-year ban, PFI official Twitter account ‘withheld’ in India
2 years, 2 months ago

After 5-year ban, PFI official Twitter account ‘withheld’ in India

Live Mint  

Twitter has ‘withheld’ the official Popular Front of India account a day after the central government banned PFI for a period of five years under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Act. Twitter message on the PFI account shows, “@PFIOfficial's has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand” The Union government had yesterday had ordered the blocking …

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 …

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation
2 years, 2 months ago

PFI's Twitter withheld, YouTube, website blocked a day after central govt banned the Islamist organisation

Op India  

On September 29, the Twitter account of Popular Front of India was withheld in India. The move came following the ban on the Islamist organisation and its sister organisations imposed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, on September 27 via gazette notification. Source: Twitter Along with Twitter account, PFI’s website, Facebook account and YouTube profile have been …

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 …

Twitter bans PFI account after govt request
2 years, 2 months ago

Twitter bans PFI account after govt request

India TV News  

PFI Twitter ban: The official Twitter account of Popular Front of India has been withheld by the social media company after government's request. PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts operate openly as a socio-economic, educational and political organization but, they have been pursuing a secret agenda to radicalize a particular section of the society working towards undermining the …

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 …

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 …

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists
2 years, 2 months ago

Over 1,400 cases against PFI leaders, activists

The Hindu  

More than 1,400 criminal cases had been registered against the leaders and activists of the now-proscribed Popular Front of India and its affiliates across the country over the years, according to investigating agencies. Also, the PFI’s role in the Delhi riots was investigated by the ED,” the official said, adding that the Hijab issue in Karnataka had also been blown …

National security must be priority
2 years, 2 months ago

National security must be priority

Hindustan Times  

After two rounds of nationwide operations coordinated by federal investigative agencies and police forces in at least 15 states that resulted in the arrest of around 100 members of the Popular Front of India and the detention of another 240-odd functionaries, the controversial Islamist organisation was banned by the Union government on Wednesday. The first allegation is of direct violence, …

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 …

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