In detailed affidavit Sufi Islamic Board calls out PFI’s links with Muslim Brotherhood

New Delhi, Dec 24: The Sufi Islamic Board (SIB) has filed an affidavit listing evidence against the banned Popular Front of India (PFI) and also supported the ban on the outfit.

In the matter of notification published in the Official Gazette on September 28 2022 declaring the PFI and its affiliates as unlawful association, a public notice has been issued in Tamil Nadu on December 9 2022 where evidence in the forms of affidavits ha been called for.

The affidavit by the Sufi Islamic Board calls the PFI an organisation inspired by Muslim Brotherhood. The Board had on March 25 2022 said at a press conference that the the PFI poses a huge threat. The same threat is also posed by Turkish organisation IHH, especially after India had decided to take a neutral stance on the Russia-Ukraine war.

In the affidavit the SIB said that the PFI shares its ideology with the Muslim Brotherhood, an international terror organisation, which is banned in many countries. It further says that the Muslim Brotherhood was backed by slain Al-Qaeda chief, Arman al-Zawahiri.

It also said that the PFI's Jihadi activity was evident when it protested outside the Egyptian Embassy in Delhi against the death sentence awarded to Qatar based Jihadi Yusuf-al-Qaradawi and the ousted president of the Muslim Brotherhood. The PFI was aware of the role play by Qaradawi in the killing of Colonel Gaddafi.

The affidavit also speaks about the travel made by PFI members to Syria on the call of Qaradawi and added that these persons had gone there to wage violent Jihad.

On 7th of April 2022 at 11.15 pm the Sufi Islamic Board received a Tweet on its Official Twitter Handle from Dr. Al Massari and His Organization Party of Islamic Renewal stating "For siding with Hindutva-Brahman supremacist fascism against Muslims i.e. Hijabi Muslim school girls & Popular Front of India etc the @sufiboard exposed themselves as munafiq kaffirs". Along with this Tweet, some other Tweets were also tagged to PFI and its state units. In one of the tagged tweets there is a copy of a letter/statement attached with the heading "Letter to the Popular Front of India. Disregard Bans and re-organise into a Revolutionary Army... in the coming civil war, " the affidavit also read.

What more does the affidavit say:

On 7th of April 2022 at 11.15 pm the Sufi Islamic Board received a Tweet on its Official Twitter Handle from Dr. Al Massari and His Organization Party of Islamic Renewal stating "For siding with Hindutva-Brahman supremacist fascism against Muslims i.e. Hijabi Muslim school girls & Popular Front of India etc the @sufiboard exposed themselves as munafiq kaffirs". Along with this Tweet, some other Tweets were also tagged to PFI and its state units. In one of the tagged tweets there is a copy of a letter/statement attached with the heading "Letter to the Popular Front of India. Disregard Bans and re-organise into a Revolutionary Army... in the coming civil war".

In this letter which was addressed to PFI, it is said that Jihad against the Indian regime is the right of all Muslims on Earth and it is positive to see Muslims in India mobilising under The Popular Front of India. The letter continues: " as such, Muslims in India have the Islamically legitimate right to carry out insurgency, sabotage and and espionage against the officials of the of the Indian regime involved in the oppression and as well as soldiers and Police officers enforcing oppression."

In this letter it is also said that already the "Sufi Islamic Board (Shaukat Ali the deponent herein ) has criticized Popular Front of India for radicalizing the Muslims. it is the fascist BJP / RSS Hindutva Brahmin supremacist policies which are alienating the Muslims and if groups like Sufi Islamic board do not fall in line behind the project to protect the Muslims of India from prosecution and potential genocide they should be dismissed as munafiq (hypocrites) / Kafir (non muslims) which the treacherous Shaukat Ali (Advisor, International Affairs, Sufi Islamic Board) has clearly shown to be'..."To achieve in house cleaning must also be done ( Euphemism for killing opponents)...if war should erupt and if they and the enemies of Islam and Muslims either militarily or through propaganda they can be treated as Harbi Worriors / munafik / kafir and can be engaged militarily along with other forces engaged in the operation of Muslims.".

PFI is fully aware that Al Massari's call for jihad, insurgency, sabotage, espionage, against India is unlawful activity as defined under UAPA 2(o) which is punishable under section 13 of UAPA. As a so called organization standing for "communal harmony" , PFI is aware it has also committed sedition as it has brought hatred or contempt, disaffection towards the Government of India. It has promoted enmity between different groups on grounds of religion punishable under Section 153A IPC . It has incited others to commit terrorist activity like use of drone, 3D printing(counterfeiting ) , killing army and police officers punishable and cyber terror, under section 15 of UAPA and 66F IT Act respectively. By supporting the Taliban Haqqani Network and Al Qaeda Dr. Al Massari and his organization is their manifestation. By giving tacit support to Dr Massari and his Islamic Renewal Party, the PFI has shown support to an organization banned by the UNSC and UAP Act 1967.

If PFI were a "law abiding Organisation", PFI would know that Al Massari has deliberately circulated this statement with intent to cause mutiny in the Defence forces and to create fear or alarm in the public or to induce others to commit offences against the State to incite the misguided elements among the Muslims to commit offence against the Hindus which is punishable under section 505 IPC.

If PFI claimed to believe in human rights then it would also be aware that the statement of Al Massari also criminally intimidates the members of Sufi Islamic Board for performing their constitutional duty of fighting disruptive and terrorist forces, Yet PFI remained silent which amounts to agreement with Al Massari, The Letter itself shows that there is a nexus between the Popular Front of India and Terrorists Organizations of the World and together they want to spoil the National Fabric of our Nation. The tweets were also tagged to PFI but till its ban the PFI did not come forward disapproving the tweet which shows an undeniable nexus and decimates PFI's contention that it stands for "national integration, communal amity and social harmony and rule of law in the Country" .

Like birds of a same feather flying together, Al Massari choose to address PFI not any other organisation in India to launch a jihad against the Government of India. From Al Massari's clarion call to PFI to launch Jihad , any reasonable mind can come to a conclusion that PFI was being held in high esteem by like minded terrorists which lends credence to this ban. From a conspectus of the above, it is clear as daylight that the PFI harbours ill will to communal harmony and wants to bring Global jihad in India in order to convert India into another Syria.