New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Hizb-ut-Tahrir (HuT) has been vigorously pursuing its activities, with the prime focus being on South India and its digital footprint increasing, even as Indian agencies are probing the encrypted messages shared between the cadres of this outfit.The Indian agencies that have been probing the financial trail have learned that funds are being pumped in large numbers from several nations abroad.An Intelligence Bureau official said that the revival of the HuT is extreme…
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New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) In a setback to former Popular Front of India (PFI) Chairman E. Abubacker and other office-bearers of the banned outfit, a Delhi court has ordered framing of charges against them in a National Investigation Agency (NIA) case alleging a conspiracy to overthrow the secular democratic Government of India and establish an Islamic Caliphate by 2047 through violent means. Dismissing the discharge pleas moved by several accused, Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma of the …
New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) When the Faridabad module was busted initially, it was being linked to the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM). However the probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) found that the module operated under the banner of the Al-Qaeda affiliated Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind (AGuH), which is a lesser known terror outfit in India when compared to the JeM. According to the NIA, the module led by Umar Un Nabi, a doctor by profession, had used the name of the Jaish briefly to attract the youth…
Brussels, May 14 (IANS) The United Kingdom has become the primary hub for political Islam – an ideology that does not acknowledge borders, British values, or the very concept of a secular state, a report has stated.This “extremist ideological franchise” has successfully filled the vacuum left by a de-industrialised and spiritually hollow establishment, while aggressively eroding the British identity, the report highlighted.The phenomenon reflects a transnational movement that considers the Briti…
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The busting of the Faridabad module was a major success for Indian security agencies. The Faridabad module, which had procured thousands of kilograms of ammonium nitrate to carry out blasts in Delhi and neighbouring areas, failed to execute its plans as agencies managed to bust the network in the nick of time.However, the module managed to execute one suicide attack near the Red Fort.Agencies later learnt that the bomber, Umar Un Nabi, had carried out the blast …
Washington, May 14 (IANS) Republican and Democratic lawmakers clashed sharply during a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing over whether political Islam and Sharia law pose a threat to the US Constitution, with critics condemning the proceedings as anti-Muslim fearmongering. The hearing, titled “Sharia-Free America: Why Political Islam & Sharia Law Are Incompatible with the US Constitution: Part II,” quickly descended into heated exchanges over religion, immigration, constitutional freed…
Begusarai, May 8 (IANS) Union Minister and veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Giriraj Singh on Friday lashed out at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi, saying the Congress should be renamed as “Muslim-Maoist Party” as Singh claimed that majority of its winning candidates in the Assam Assembly polls are Muslims.”Since Rahul Gandhi came to power, the Congress party is no longer the same; it has become a Maoist-Muslim Congress,” the Union Minister told reporters in Bihar’s B…
Washington, March 31 (IANS) Republican lawmakers used a coordinated House floor debate to push for new laws targeting Sharia law, saying “seven bills stand ready” to ensure no foreign religious code enters the US legal system.The hour-long special order was led by Keith Self and Chip Roy, co-chairs of the Sharia Free America Caucus, which lawmakers said has grown rapidly since its launch three months ago.Self told the House that the caucus now has “60 members” from “25 states across th…
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) In the lead-up to the elections in Bangladesh, discussions have emerged regarding violence, human rights abuses, and the oppression of minority groups. However, women in the nation are also voicing their concerns about their rights in the aftermath of the results being declared. It is the Jamaat-e-Islami, which the women are worried about, and many say that if this party comes to power, they can say goodbye to their freedom.The same women who were at the forefront of the…
Dhaka, Feb 10 (IANS) Bangladesh’s radical Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami has exposed its contradictory stance on the question of Sharia, a report highlighted on Tuesday. It mentioned that, for a long time, a significant segment of the party’s supporters voted for Jamaat mainly in the hope of creating an Islamic system of governance in Bangladesh. According to a report in The Diplomat, in recent times, the party’s top leaders have avoided addressing the issue of Sharia implementation in the…