New Delhi,(IANS) After the Popular Front of India (PFI) was banned on Wednesday, many Muslim organizations have welcomed the government’s move.
All India Sufi Sajjadanshin Council Chairman Naseeruddin Chisti said that if the action was taken keeping public order in mind, everyone should show patience and welcome the action taken by the government.
Similarly, Syed Zainul Abideen of Ajmer said that the ban has been implemented in national interest as PFIs are involved in anti-national activities.
The Muslim Students Organization of India (MSO), a body of Muslim Sufi students, also welcomed the move and said in a statement that the PFI was involved in extremist activities.
According to the Union Home Ministry, “There are many cases of PFI’s international links with global terrorist groups and some PFI activists have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and participated in terrorist activities.
Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. Some of these ISIS-affiliated PFI cadres have been killed and some arrested by state police and central agencies in these theaters of conflict and PFI’s affiliation with Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB). Prohibited Terrorist Organisation.”
The Center through its notification on Wednesday said that the PFI and its associates or affiliates or fronts are involved in illegal activities, which are prejudicial to the integrity, sovereignty and security of the country and have the potential to disturb public peace and communal harmony. Supporting terrorism in and out of the country.
The Center on Wednesday banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) and its associates or affiliates for a period of five years. Affiliates include Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organizations (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation. . Kerala as an “unlawful organisation”.