Islamic State supports and glorifies banned PFI
There has been a continuous crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) activists and its members despite the imposition of five years ban on them in the previous year. Arrests are being made from Madhya Pradesh to Maharashta and to the latest in Bihar. The Maharashtra ATS in its chargesheet have very clearly mentioned that PFI members wanted to establish Islamic Rule to India by 2047.
Notably, Afghanistan-based Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP) released its English-language magazine, “Voice of Khurasan’s 20th edition” in the past week. In a magazine of 45 pages they published an article of 4 pages with the headline of ‘Crackdown on Popular Front of India: Lessons for Indian Muslims.” By this article the ISIS mouthpiece came in direct support of Popular Front of India. The article also mentioned about the ‘innocent arrests’ of SIMI and PFI members.
The 4 pages article condemns the action taken by the police administration of PFI and SIMI. The magazine mentions that for the last 7 decades, fundamentalist Hindu states have been perpetrating violence on Muslims. Using this pattern, PFI activists were arrested nationwide and banned.
However, they tried to put it forward as an unlawful and illegal attack on the PFI workers. ISIS mouthpiece further praises PFI by writing that PFI established itself as a prominent organization for predicament of Indian Muslims. It glorifies work of banned organisation in India saying that Many PFI supporters joined the banner of Tawheed in different parts of the world and many of them may have attained Shahdah (so-called martyrdom for Islam and terrorism in civilized parlance).
Sources reveal that by supporting PFI, through their latest statements, ISIS is wanting to gain some traction amounts the other Islamists groups and also to motivate them to join hands for their terror agenda.
The article has come at a time when the NIA’s action regarding PFI is still going on in Bihar.
The NIA arrested the seventh accused in the PFI case, Irshad Mohd. Belal (Md. Belal) was arrested from Jitora village.
What is ‘Voice of Khurasan’?
It’s an ISIS publication or a mouthpiece that promotes ISIS activity in Central and South Asia. It attacks supporters around the world to commit attacks on behalf of the group. This publication appeals to younger extremists to join the missions of both ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Cyber intelligence analyst Neelesh Purohit says, “PFI cadre have training sessions for fighting, swording and insurgency kind of attacks. The cadre is highly radical in nature against the government. After banning of PFI, the trained well charged cadre has no option to work in same manner which is good chance for outfits like ISIS. As a result of which ISIS wants to mobilize PFI fighters into organization to start Jihad against India.” Purohit adds saying, “It was suspected PFI was recruiting Indian youths for ISIS so that they could carry forward the agenda of the global terror group.”
Source: msn
