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Suspect SIMI? Of course

Javed Anand: The special tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act 2006, headed by Justice Geeta Mittal, recently lifted the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The joy with which several mainstream Muslim organisations and much of the Urdu press greeted SIMI’s return to lawf  ....Read more

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Suspect SIMIBy: Nandan Maluste | Sunday , 14 Sep '08 5:11:11 AM Reply | Forward My friend Javed makes a strong case for suspecting SIMI. However, he does not show that SIMI has acted outside the law of India. Those who defend liberal democracy must defend the right of others to disagree, peacably. Please see Shoma Chaudhary in Tehelka of 6 September for a fuller argument. The crucial point being that in all these years that SIMI has repeatedly been banned, the State has yet to prove its association with violence. That SIMI, or anyone else, has international links is not evidence of criminal or anti-national behaviour.Anyone who opposes due process of law is as guilty of impugning the Constitution of India as he who argues against democracy to achieve Islam. Or Hindutva. Or economic progress.
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