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The '''Students' Islamic Movement of India''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''SIMI''') is an Indian Islamic terrorist organisation<ref>{{Cite web|title=Key Member of Terror Group SIMI, On The Run For 19 Years, Caught in Delhi|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/abdullah-danish-key-member-of-terror-group-simi-on-the-run-for-19-years-arrested-in-delhi-2335023|access-date=2021-02-12|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> that was formed in [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-30|title=Chicago's Indian American Muslim Council doth protest too much|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/chicagos-indian-american-muslim-council-doth-protest-much|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Sunday Guardian Live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=2016-10-31|title=What is SIMI: All you wanted to know about the banned organisation|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/what-is-simi-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-banned-organisation/story-Du9UmH5Jq1vMnBqu02LVbK.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Hindustan Times}}</ref>

The Indian government describes it as a [[terrorist organisation]],<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/simi.htm |title=Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) |access-date=24 August 2012}}</ref> 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 of India|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]].<ref>{{cite news |title='They will disturb secular fabric': Government extends ban on SIMI by five years |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ban-on-simi-extended-by-5-years/story-9MmL1HqT6VqFGkrGhaNiOP.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=2 February 2019}}</ref>

==Background==
On 25 April 1977, SIMI was founded in [[Aligarh]], in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], with Mohammad Ahmadullah Siddiqi as its founding president.<ref name=autogenerated2b>{{cite web|url= http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/simi.htm |title=Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) |publisher=Satp.org }}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref name="fair201001">{{cite journal |last1=Fair |first1=C. Christine |date=January 2010 |title=Students Islamic Movement of India and the Indian Mujahideen: An Assessment |url=http://www.nbr.org/publications/asia_policy/Preview/AP9_IndiaIslam_preview.pdf |journal=Asia Policy |volume=9 |issue=9 |pages=101–19 |doi=10.1353/asp.2010.0002 |s2cid=154399804 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006083906/http://www.nbr.org/publications/asia_policy/Preview/AP9_IndiaIslam_preview.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2012 |access-date=27 July 2011}}</ref> Siddiqi, who currently serves as a professor of English and journalism at [[Western Illinois University]] in Macomb, IL,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://directory.wiu.edu/display.php?M-Siddiqi |title= University Directory: Western Illinois University |access-date= 29 January 2011}}</ref> has since distanced himself from the organization, and in 2001 told SIMI activists that "the course SIMI was taking was absolutely inappropriate and wrong."<ref name="j520">{{cite web | title='The SIMI I founded was completely different' | website=Rediff | date=2003-09-02 | url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2003/sep/02inter.htm | access-date=2025-04-22}}</ref>

In 1981, SIMI activists protested against [[Palestinian Liberation Organization|PLO]] leader [[Yasser Arafat]]'s visit to India, and greeted him with black flags in New Delhi.<ref name=autogenerated2 /> Young SIMI activists viewed Arafat as a Western puppet, while the senior [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]] (JIH) leaders saw Arafat as a champion of the [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]] cause. The JIH also became uncomfortable with SIMI's support of the [[1979 Iranian Revolution]] and its communal orientation. After distancing itself from SIMI, JIH reverted to relying on the older student organization, SIO.<ref name='fair201001'/>

==Ideology==

The Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), proscribed under the ''[[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]]'' 1967, is an Islamist fundamentalist organization, which advocates the 'liberation of India' by converting it to an Islamic land. The SIMI, an organisation of young extremist students has declared Jihad against India, the aim of which is to establish [[Divisions_of_the_world_in_Islam#Dar_al-Islam|Dar-ul-Islam (land of Islam)]] by either forcefully converting everyone to Islam or by violence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/simi.htm|title=Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI)|website=satp.org}}</ref>
SIMI maintains that concepts of [[secularism]], [[democracy]] and [[nationalism]], keystones of [[Indian Constitution]], are antithetical to [[Islam]]. Among its various objectives, SIMI aims to counter what it perceives as the increasing moral degeneration, sexual anarchy in Indian society and the 'in sensitiveness' of a 'decadent' [[Western world|West]]. They aim to restore the supremacy of Islam through the resurrection of the ''[[khilafat]]'', emphasis on the Muslim ''[[ummah]]'' and the waging of ''[[jihad]]''.<ref name=autogenerated2 />

According to Sayeed Khan, a former president of SIMI, the group became more militant and extremist in the backdrop of communal riots and violence between Hindu and Muslim groups in the 1980s and 1990s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.twocircles.net/2007jun27/seeds_extremism_communal_riots_sayeed_khan.html|title=Ex-SIMI member talks about SIMI|access-date=21 August 2008}}</ref>

== Moves against Hindutva ==
{{Further information|Hindutva}}
SIMI organised protests against the [[demolition of the Babri Masjid]]. In the nationwide violence that followed afterwards, SIMI activists clashed against the police and the [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raja Mohan |first1=P. G. |title=TamilNadu: The Rise of Islamist Fundamentalism |journal=Faultlines |publisher=The Institute for Conflict Management |volume=16 |year=2005 |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume16/Article%205.pdf}}</ref>

==Ban and aftermath==
The [[Government of India]], by notification dated 8 February 2006 banned SIMI for the third time. SIMI was first banned on 26 September 2001 immediately following the [[September 11 attacks]] in the United States. SIMI remained banned from 27 September 2001 to 27 September 2003 during which period several prosecutions were launched against its members under the provisions of [[Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act]], the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act ([[MCOCA]]), and the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]] 1967.

SIMI was banned for the third time on 8 February 2006. The second ban of SIMI dated 27 September 2003 came to an end on 27 September 2005. Therefore, SIMI was in existence between 28 September 2005 and 7 February 2006 but was believed to be dysfunctional due to the fact that many of its members were demoralised or had crossed the age of 30 years; which automatically made them ineligible to continue as a member of SIMI – SIMI has an age limit of 30 years for membership. Many of its members had to fight cases registered against them by the Government.

However, on 27 July 2006, a spokesperson of the Indian Government told the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal held in New Delhi, that contrary to notions that SIMI's activities declined following its ban, the organisation "had stepped up its subversive activities and was involved in almost all major explosions, communal violence and circulation of inflammatory material across the country."

The ban notification and the background note stated that SIMI deserved to be banned for clandestine activities and links with around 20 organisations through whom SIMI was allegedly operating. The background note clearly says that there was no violent incident in which SIMI was involved in the last 2–3 years.

To prove its case against SIMI, the Government cited several cases under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]] registered between 1998 and 2001.

The third ban on SIMI was lifted by the [[Delhi High Court]] Tribunal on 5 August 2008. "Material given by the home ministry is insufficient, so ban cannot be continued," Justice Geeta Mittal, a sitting Delhi High Court judge, said while lifting the ban.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twocircles.net/2008aug05/tribunal_lifts_ban_simi.html |title=Tribunal lifts ban on SIMI |date=5 August 2008 |publisher=Twocircles.net }}</ref> But the lifting of the ban was stayed by the [[supreme court of India]] on the next day (6 August 2008).<ref>{{cite news |title=SC suspends Delhi HC ruling lifting ban on SIMI |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/latest-headlines/story/sc-suspends-delhi-hc-ruling-lifting-ban-on-simi-28049-2008-08-06 |access-date=1 August 2024 |work=[[India Today]] |date=7 August 2024}}</ref>

A special tribunal has upheld the ban imposed on SIMI by the Home Ministry under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The Tribunal's head confirming the ban held that SIMI has links with Pakistan-based terror outfits and its front, the Indian Mujahideen.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3723854.ece |title= Tribunal upholds SIMI ban | date= 4 August 2012 | work=The Hindu}}</ref>

==Front outfits==
SIMI operate under various [[Front organization|fronts]] to avoid law enforcement agencies after it was banned in 2001. The Indian government's [[Union Ministry of Home Affairs]] mentioned some organization it deemed to be fronts of SIMI,<ref>{{cite news |title=Indian Mujahideen: Mutating Threat |url=http://www.sify.com/news/indian-mujahideen-mutating-threat-news-terrorism-mfovbbfgfbdsi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180916165741/http://www.sify.com/news/indian-mujahideen-mutating-threat-news-terrorism-mfovbbfgfbdsi.html |archive-date=2018-09-16 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>
* Tahreek-e-Ahyaa-e-Ummat (TEU),
* Khair-e-Ummat Trust
* Tehreek-Talaba-e-Arabia (TTA),
* Tahrik Tahaffuz-e-Sha´air-e-Islam (TTSI)
* Wahdat-e-Islami

=== Kerala ===
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SIMI conducted training camps in the southern Indian state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/kerala-goes-soft-on-simi-country-pays/articleshow/3374387.cms |title=Kerala goes soft on Simi, country pays – The Economic Times |newspaper=The Economic Times |accessdate=2018-02-03|last1=Jain |first1=Bharti }}</ref>

==== Binanipuram camp ====

A camp was organised in 2006 at Binanipuram near [[Aluva]] in [[Ernakulam district]] of [[Kerala]] state. 40-50 SIMI members were trained in commando and jungle warfare skills.<ref name=t>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2008/20080825/main5.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India |work=The Tribune |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

On 15 August 2006, [[Kerala Police]] questioned 18 people and arrested five – Ansar Moulavi, Shaduli, Nizamuddin, Abdul Rafeeq and Shamas – under the [[Unlawful Activities Prevention Act|Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]]. The five arrested were later released on bail.

Ansar Moulavi and Shaduli are also accused of attending another training camp at Vagamon conducted between December 2007 – January 2008. Both were arrested after the [[Jaipur bombings|13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings]] by the [[Rajasthan police]].<ref>{{cite web|author=John Mary |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080817/jsp/nation/story_9702584.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180203235935/https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080817/jsp/nation/story_9702584.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 February 2018 |title=The Telegraph Calcutta (Kolkata) &#124; Kerala Kerala 'slip' under glare|work=The Telegraph|location=India |date=2008-08-17 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

==== Vagamon camp ====

A camp was conducted at Thangalpara, [[Vagamon]] in [[Idukki district]] of Kerala in December 2007-January 2008. Camp attendees are said to be trained in commando, jungle warfare, trekking, rock climbing, [[Abseiling|rappeling]] and [[herbal medicine]]. Speeches inciting the participants to wage ''[[jihad]]'' (war) against India are said to be made.<ref name=da>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=182440 |title=Elusive Simi operative deported from Dubai |publisher=Daijiworld.com |date=2013-08-04 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

About 20 students from [[Hubli]], [[Belgaum]] and [[Bangalore]] were trained to assemble explosives with easily available materials by a bomb expert [[Abdul Subhan Qureshi]]. [[Ammonium nitrate]], a commonly available nitrogenous fertiliser, was used in the [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings]]. Prototypes of liquid bombs using commonly available [[hydrogen peroxide]] were first experimented at the Vagamon camp.<ref name=t />

Abdul Sathar alias Manzoor, from Aluva in Kerala, is accused of attending the camp and of being involved in the 2008 Ahmedabad bombings and [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Yasins-interrogation-may-throw-light-on-ISI-link-to-2008-serial-blasts/articleshow/22149206.cms |title=Yasin's interrogation may throw light on ISI link to 2008 serial blasts |newspaper=The Times of India |date= 30 August 2013|accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref> He is also accused of recruitment of youths from Kerala and sending them to Pakistan for terror training by the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SIMI-man-held-for-Kerala-terror-camp/articleshow/21586261.cms |title=SIMI man held for Kerala terror camp |work=The Times of India |date=2013-08-04 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref> Declared a proclaimed offender, an Interpol red alert notice was issued against him. A fugitive for six years, he was deported from [[Dubai]] on 2 August 2013 and arrested on arrival in India.<ref name=da />

====Kannur camp====

On 23 April 2013, a terror training camp inside a building owned by Thanal Foundation Trust<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/21-pfi-activists-convicted-organising-terror-camp-kerala-38004 |title=21 PFI activists convicted for organising terror camp in Kerala |publisher=The News Minute |date=2016-01-22 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref> in Mayyil [[Narath]] area of [[Kannur district]] was organised by members of [[Popular Front of India]] (PFI), a SIMI front.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/pfi-is-simi-in-another-form-kerala-govt-tells-hc/979440/ |title=PFI is SIMI in another form, Kerala govt tells HC |work=The Indian Express |date=2012-07-26 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref> The camp was raided by police and 21 people were arrested. Country bombs, a sword, a human effigy, cellphones and accessories for making bombs were recovered during the police raid.<ref name=daiji>{{cite web|url=http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=377329 |title=Narath arms training case – 21 PFI activists awarded imprisonment |publisher=Daijiworld.com |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

According to the charge sheet filed by the investigators, activists belonging to Popular Front of India and its political wing [[Social Democratic Party of India]] had organised this training camp. The charge sheet said that one of the participants had links with [[Indian Mujahideen]] terrorist group. The investigators provided evidence of transfer of funds between bank accounts to prove its allegations. The bank accounts details of Sanaulla Shabandri were found during the raid on the house of one of the accused. Shabandri from [[Bhatkal]], is believed to be a close associate of [[Yasin Bhatkal]] and an [[Indian Mujahideen]] member.<ref name=daiji />

On 21 January 2016, a court sentenced 21 of those accused to varying years of imprisonments after they were found guilty under several charges including criminal conspiracy, membership of unlawful assembly, possession of arms and explosive substances, inciting communal disharmony, assertions prejudicial to national integration besides organising a terrorist camp.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/535075/kannur-terror-camp-case-absconding.html |title=Kannur terror camp case: Absconding accused nabbed from Kerala |work=Deccan Herald |date=2016-03-17 |accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

The court found that the enterprise was unlawful and that the accused persons could not explain why they were in possession of weapons and country-bombs.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/NIA-court-sends-21-to-jail-in-Narath-case/article14011919.ece |title=NIA court sends 21 to jail in Narath case |work=The Hindu |date= 21 January 2016|accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

===  Karnataka ===

==== Castle Rock camp ====

In April 2007, SIMI held a terrorist training camp at Castle Rock near [[Hubli]], under the cover of hosting an outdoors event.<ref name=h>{{cite news|author=Today's Paper |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/Blasts-underline-continuing-threat/article15277514.ece |title=Blasts underline continuing threat – Today's Paper |work=The Hindu |date= 25 July 2008|accessdate=2018-02-03}}</ref>

=== Gujarat ===

====  Pavagadh camp ====

In January 2008, a training camp at an isolated place near the Khundpir (also spelt Khundmeer) ''[[dargah]]''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1080822/jsp/opinion/story_9723516.jsp |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080822083050/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080822/jsp/opinion/story_9723516.jsp |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 August 2008 |title=The Telegraph Calcutta (Kolkata) &#124; Misplaced energies |work=The Telegraph|location=India |date=2008-08-22 |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref> near [[Pavagadh]] in [[Gujarat]] state was reportedly used to train SIMI activists for the [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|2008 bomb attacks on the cities of Ahmedabad and Surat]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/vadodara/tauqeer-brought-to-pavagadh-for-investigations/articleshow/63209122.cms |title=Pavagadh: Tauqeer brought to Pavagadh for investigations |work=The Times of India |date=2018-03-08 |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Halol-chosen-for-camps-due-to-proximity-to-MP/articleshow/3382872.cms |title=Halol chosen for camps due to proximity to MP |work=The Times of India |date=2008-08-20 |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Vadodara-dargah-backyard-was-used-as-training-camp/articleshow/3374750.cms |title=Vadodara dargah backyard was used as training camp |work=The Times of India |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Gujarat-had-suspects-list-for-two-months/articleshow/3374752.cms |title=Gujarat had suspects' list for two months |work=The Times of India |date=2008-08-18 |accessdate=2018-09-16}}</ref>

=== Indian Mujahideen ===
The exact nature of the relationship between SIMI and [[Indian Mujahideen]] (IM) is debated. Some analysts contend that IM is a militant branch of SIMI while others believe that the two groups are distinct although linked.<ref name="fair201001" /><ref name="HT_simi_IM">{{cite news |date=3 July 2012 |title=Simi to IM: Fasih key to change of identity |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Simi-to-IM-Fasih-key-to-change-of-identity/Article1-882401.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120703015954/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/Simi-to-IM-Fasih-key-to-change-of-identity/Article1-882401.aspx |archive-date=3 July 2012 |access-date=3 July 2012 |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>

==Incidents==

===2006===
*30 October: Noor-ul-Hooda, a SIMI activist, was arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the [[2006 Malegaon blasts]]. Authorities said the bombs used in the blasts were assembled in the garage of "main conspirator" Shabbir at Malegaon.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Malegaon-blasts-SIMI-activist-held/articleshow/240061.cms | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215146/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2006-10-30/india/27803065_1_malegaon-blasts-simi-activist-textile-town | url-status=live | archive-date=4 October 2013 | work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Malegaon blasts: SIMI activist held | date=30 October 2006}}</ref> Maharashtra police claims that 2006 Malegaon blasts were the handiwork of ex-SIMI members. But later on Law enforcement agencies decided not to oppose bail plea of Muslim youths because the role of a Hindu Radical organisation became evident when investigation progressed further.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/nov/27malegaon.htm |title=Malegaon blasts case solved: Police |work=Rediff.com }}</ref>

===2007===
*15 February: The Supreme Court describes the banned Students Islamic Movement of India as a "secessionist movement."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2007/feb/15simi.htm |title=SIMI a secessionist outfit: SC |work=Rediff.com }}</ref>

===2008===
*27 March: SIMI Ex-general secretary [[Safdar Nagori]] (Mahidpur), Amil Parvez(Unhel) arrested from [[Indore]], along with 10 alleged members of the group by [[Madhya Pradesh]] State Police's Special Task Force.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.financialexpress.com/news/top-simi-leaders-arrested-in-indore/289236/0|title=Top Simi leaders arrested in Indore}}</ref>
*5 August: Delhi High Court Tribunal lifts ban on SIMI. The lifting of the ban was subsequently stayed by the Supreme Court of India on 6 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web|author=Rahul Tripathi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Serial-blasts-rock-Delhi-30-dead-90-injured/articleshow/3479914.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190146/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-09-14/india/27916717_1_serial-blasts-rock-delhi-ghaffar-market-first-blast |url-status=live |archive-date=21 October 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Serial blasts rock Delhi |date=14 September 2008}}</ref>

===2012===
Union government extended the ban imposed on SIMI by two more years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/centre-extends-ban-on-simi-for-two-years_757453.html |title=Centre extends ban on SIMI for two years |date=9 February 2012|access-date=24 August 2012}}</ref>

===2014===
The Union government has renewed the ban on Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for another five years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Ban-on-Simi-extended-for-5-years/articleshow/29966495.cms |title=Ban on Simi extended for 5 years |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=7 February 2014|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>

On 18 May 2014, at Bhopal district court, alleged members who were being produced before the court shouted pro-[[Taliban]] slogans saying "Taliban zindabad" (long live Taliban) and indicated a threat to designated Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]] with "''Ab Modi ki baari hai''"(It is Modi's turn now) at Bhopal district court.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/threat-to-narendra-modi-terror-outfits-getting-desperate-1531539.html|title=Threat to Narendra Modi: Terror outfits getting desperate?|publisher=Firstpost|date=19 May 2014|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>

===2015===
* 7 April: Five suspected SIMI activists were shot dead in Nalagonda, [[Telangana]] by the same security team who were escorting them in a police van from [[Warangal]] jail to a [[Hyderabad]] court 150&nbsp;km away. The police stated that they were trying to escape by snatching weapons. Later the relatives of the dead and some civil activists raised question on the authenticity of the incident. An inquiry by an executive magistrate and judicial inquiry has been ordered into the encounter incident, following a [[Supreme Court of India]] directive in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/5-suspected-simi-terrorists-killed-by-telangana-police-after-they-try-to-flee-attack-security-personnel/538404-62-270.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150410000413/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/5-suspected-simi-terrorists-killed-by-telangana-police-after-they-try-to-flee-attack-security-personnel/538404-62-270.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 April 2015|title=5 suspected SIMI terrorists killed by Telangana Police after they try to flee, attack security personnel|work=IBN Live|access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref><ref name=ndtv1>{{cite news|title=Suspected Terrorists Shot Dead While Handcuffed, Telangana Police Face Questions|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/suspected-terrorists-shot-dead-while-handcuffed-telangana-police-face-questions-753143|access-date=1 May 2015|publisher=NDTV}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=5 Under-trials Dead, Not One Cop Injured.Tale of an Encounter From Telangana That Is Too Perfect To Be True|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/5-undertrials-dead-not-one-cop-injured-tale-of-an-encounter-thats-too-perfect-to-be-true-231688.html|access-date=1 May 2015|work=The Times of India}}</ref>
* 1 May: A trial court in [[Hubli]], [[Karnataka]] acquitted 17 men who were arrested by [[Karnataka Police]] in 2008 on charges of terrorism and criminal conspiracy and allegedly being associated with the SIMI.<ref name=hubli>{{cite news|title=Seven years later, 17 'SIMI men' acquitted|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/former-simi-chief-nagori-16-other-suspected-activists-acquitted-by-court/|access-date=1 May 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

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===2018===
* In 2018, NIA court convicted 18 SIMI activists under Section 120B, Sections 10, 38 besides Section 4 of the Explosive Substances Act. Thirteen accused were also deemed guilty under Section 20 (being members of a terrorist organisation/ gang). They were given up to seven years' rigorous imprisonment.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/ri-for-18-in-simi-camp-case/article23896441.ece|title=RI for 18 in SIMI camp case|date=15 May 2018|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Police-kill-8-SIMI-terrorists-who-escaped-jail/articleshow/55150477.cms|title=8 SIMI terrorists who escaped Bhopal Central Jail killed in encounter |newspaper=The Times of India|access-date=2016-11-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/justice-markandey-katju-calls-simi-encounter-fake-facebook-post-terrorist-mp-349534-2016-11-01|title=Justice Markandey Katju calls SIMI encounter fake, demands death sentence for all those involved|date=1 November 2016|website=India Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/opinion/what-chouhans-biryani-remark-gives-away-about-simi-encounter-1620489|title = What Chouhan's Biryani Remark Gives Away About SIMI Encounter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url = http://www.rediff.com/news/report/bhopal-encounter-8-simi-men-were-shot-at-least-twice-reveals-autopsy-report/20161102.htm|title =Slain SIMI men were shot above the waist, reveals autopsy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiatimes.com/news/india/simi-undertrails-encounter-in-bhopal-court-documents-demolish-mp-police-version-264736.html|title = The Bhopal-SIMI Encounter Controversy Won't Die Down, Court Documents Prove The MP Police Version Fake}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/18-get-7-years-ri-in-simi-camp-case/articleshow/64181746.cms|title=18 get 7 years rigorous imprisonment in SIMI camp case|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=16 May 2018 }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of organisations banned by the Government of India]]
* [[Darsgah-Jihad-O-Shahadat]]
* [[Deendar Anjuman]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Islamism and Democracy in India: The Transformation of Jamaat-e-Islami |first1=Irfan |last1=Ahmad |publisher=Princeton University Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-0691139203}}

==External links==
*[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/talibans-mullah-omar-our-new-inspiration-n/296201/ Taliban’s Mullah Omar our new inspiration, not Osama: jailed SIMI chief]
*[http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/simi.htm South Asia Terrorism Portal]
*[http://directory.wiu.edu/display.php?M-Siddiqi' M-Siddiqui]
*[http://www.jamestown.org/single/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=728 Students Islamic Movement of India: A Profile]

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