[quote]vroom wrote:
Regardless, it is very similar to the “home grown” terrorism cells that we hear about in western nations. Radical Islam can spring out of Islam very easily, anywhere, independently. Since the world is fairly full, we’re going to have some problems because there is no room to expand and ignore each other anymore.[/quote]
It is very similar to home grown terrorism cells in western nations, but what annoys me the most is that… These muslims are in India because they are greedy… because India is richer and the quality of life is alot better in India than pakistan, India also is more popular among other nations as compared to Pakistan/Bangladesh. I remember how when ever India Pakistan cricket matches would be on… they would be muslim familes in my area actually supporting pakistan…even when we fought a war in 1999 there were muslims supporting pakistan… I was absolutely livid!.. I mean how can you have the audacity to do that!. Their grandfathers chose to be a part of India in 1948 when they had the chance to go to pakistan, the least indian people demand is loyalty to your own country!.
There have been a number of cases where local muslims have helped pakistani militants and that just makes me furious…traitors!!
We even have an organisation called SIMI that confessed to doing so.
What is SIMI?
The Student Islamic Movement of India, or SIMI, is a fundamentalist student organisation that was formed at Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, in 1977. Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi, now a professor of journalism and public relations at Western Illinois University, Macomb, USA, was its founding president.
SIMI activists say they want to convert India to an Islamic land. SIMI was outlawed in 2001 under the Prevention of Terrorism Act. Thought the Act has been scrapped by the United Progressive Alliance government, the ban on SIMI holds.
Where is Siddiqi now?
In the United States.
In an exclusive interview to rediff.com in 2003, Siddiqi said he founded SIMI in 1977 as part of his mission to educate and enlighten the Muslim community. He is also a founding member and secretary general of the North American Association of Muslim Professionals and Scholars. Siddiqi said SIMI was set up to study Islam like in a study circle and to present Islam through lectures and seminars to students at colleges and schools.
Siddiqi now says he has no links with SIMI because the organisation has been hijacked by radical elements.
Police investigations revealed that in 2001, SIMI activists were responsible for the communal riots in Pune and Kanpur and for the bomb blast on the Sabarmati Express on Independence Day. Then, the Maharashtra police arrested nine SIMI members who attempted to bomb the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad offices in Nagpur in May 2001.
The police say SIMI has links with the Jamaat-e-Islam and the Hizbul Mujahideen in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. They also say SIMI is connected with Pakistan’s Inter-State Intelligence.
Reportedly, SIMI activists have had close links with other Pakistan-based terrorist groups such as the Lashkar-e-Tayiba and the Jaish-e-Mohammed.
It is believed that SIMI secures funds from the World Assembly of Muslim Youth, Riyadh, and gets financial assistance from the Kuwait-based International Islamic Federation of Students Organisations.
The police say SIMI has some 400 ansars (full-time cadres) and 20,000 ordinary members. But after the outfit was outlawed in 2001, most of the active members are in jail. Students up to the age of 30 years are eligible to become members. SIMI cadres consider Osama bin Laden a ‘true believer of Islam’ and regard him as an 'Islamic hero.