SIMI is the Indian organisation banned by the government in 2001 as a terrorist organisation. In 2005 the opening said in Wikipedia's own voice that SIMI was a militant Islamist organisation in India, aiming to establish an Islamic state in that country. Today the opening says only that the Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation, without stating that aim, though militant survives twice in the body. A reader arriving now learns the government's designation and not that the article once stated as fact that SIMI's own goal was to establish an Islamic state.
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The Students Islamic Movement of India ( SIMI ) is a militant Islamist organisation in India, aiming to establish an Islamic state in that country. Active since 1977 , it was banned in 2001 following a general crackdown on Islamist groups sparked by a terrorist attack on the Indian Parliament on December 13 , 2001 blamed on several other Islamist groups. SIMI was formed by a group of Muslim students, originally as an offshoot of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JeIH). It was established on April 25 , 1977 at Aligarh . The organization has declared itself to be against Hinduism , western thought and other non-Islamic influences they see as contributing to immorality. Its members consider themselves to be in a jihad against these influences in India. Until it was banned, the organization was led by its president, Dr Shahid Badar Falah , and its secretary-general, Safdar Nagori . Both ran into legal problems before the ban: Falah was arrested on September 28, 2001, and charged with sedition and "inciting communal disharmony"; Nagori fled on September 27 and has been a fugitive since. Before it was banned, the organisation published several periodicals , which were condemned by the government for exacerbating Hindu-Muslim tensions. Since the ban, and mainly as a result of the arrest of many of its prominent members, it has largely disappeared from public life, but is rumored to be operating underground under the control of Nagori. There are reports that it has established links with terrorist groups in Bangladesh and Pakistan , and also charges that several other regional, still legal Islamist groups in India are controlled by former SIMI members, including the National Democratic Front and Islamic Youth Centre (IYC) and the Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam (TNMMK).1
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The Students Islamic Movement of India is an Islamic Student organization that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh , in April 1977.The stated mission of SIMI is the ‘liberation of India’ from Western materialistic cultural influence and to convert it Muslim society to live according to Muslim code of conduct.This organization is believed by many, including the Government of India , to be involved in terrorism .SIMI has been banned by the Indian Government in 2002 for its involvement in terrorist attacks in India, and its been labelled a terrorist organisation by both India and the US.In August 2008, a special tribunal lifted the ban on SIMI.The ban was subsequently reinstated by the Supreme Court of India on the 6th of August, 2008.Fears exist in government circles that SIMI has been penetrated by Al-Qaeda .It is suspected that SIMI is now also operating under the name of Indian Mujahideen , an outfit that has taken responsibility for the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts , Jaipur blasts and 2008 Delhi blasts .Indian Mujahideen has taken responsibility of several terrorist acts in India and communicates with the Indian media under the pseudonyms of Al-Arbi and Al-Hindi .
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Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) is a banned Islamist student organisation that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh, in April 1977.The stated mission of SIMI is the "liberation of India" from Western materialistic cultural influence and to convert its Muslim society to live according to the Muslim code of conduct.The Indian government describes it as a terrorist organization , and banned it in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks .It was briefly unbanned in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but banned again by K.G.Balakrishnan , then Chief Justice , on 6 August 2008, at the request of the Congress-led government on national security grounds.
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The Students' Islamic Movement of India ( abbreviated SIMI ) is a banned organisation that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh, in April 1977.The stated mission of SIMI is the ‘liberation of India’ by converting it to an Islamic land.The SIMI, an organisation of extremists has declared Jihad against India, the aim of which is to establish Dar-ul-Islam (land of Islam) by either forcefully converting everyone to Islam or by violence. The Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation , and banned it in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks . The ban was lifted in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but was reinstated by K.G.Balakrishnan , then Chief Justice , on 6 August 2008 on national security grounds.SIMI's ideology and its objectives create fear and resentment among the people of India.In February 2019, the Government of India extended ban on SIMI for a period of five more years starting February 1, 2019 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act .
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Banned Islamist terrorist organization The Students' Islamic Movement of India ( abbreviated SIMI ) is a banned terrorist organisation that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh in April 1977. The stated mission of SIMI is the ‘liberation of India’ by converting it to an Islamic land. The SIMI, an organisation of extremists has declared Jihad against India, the aim of which is to establish Dar-ul-Islam (land of Islam) by either forcefully converting everyone to Islam or by violence. The Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation , and banned it in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks . The ban was lifted in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but was reinstated by K.G. Balakrishnan , then Chief Justice , on 6 August 2008 on national security grounds. In February 2019, the Government of India extended ban on SIMI for a period of five more years starting 1 February 2019 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act . "What is SIMI: All you wanted to know about the banned organisation" . 31 October 2016.
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Banned Islamist organization The Students' Islamic Movement of India ( abbreviated SIMI ) is an Indian Islamic organisation that was formed in Aligarh , Uttar Pradesh in April 1977. The Indian government describes it as a terrorist organisation , and banned it in 2001, shortly after the 9/11 attacks . The ban was lifted in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but was reinstated by K.G. Balakrishnan , then Chief Justice , on 6 August 2008 on national security grounds. In February 2019, the Government of India extended ban on SIMI for a period of five more years starting 1 February 2019 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act . "What is SIMI: All you wanted to know about the banned organisation" . 31 October 2016.
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“militant” appeared 1 times in this article's opening at its peak. Today the opening has none; the body has 2. Read the current article and compare.
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What Wikipedia says this is
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militant islamist organisation in india
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indian islamic organisation that was formed in aligarh
Where the word went
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“jihad” now appears 4× under See also, 88% of the way down the article
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