Indian Mujahideen
| Indian Mujahideen इंडियन मुजाहिदीन انڈین مجاہدین |
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| Leader(s) | Abdul Subhan Qureshi |
| Dates of operation | 2008 |
| Motives | Creating an "Islamic Caliphate" across South Asia |
| Ideology |
Islamic fundamentalism Pan-Islamism |
| Status |
 Designated as terrorist organisation under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (4 June 2010) Designated terrorist organisation under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (22 October 2010) Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (15 September 2011) Proscribed by the United Kingdom
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Indian Mujahideen is a terrorist group formed in 2010 by Abdul Subhan Qureshi.
The Indian Mujahideen was declared a terrorist organisation on 4 June 2010 and banned by the Government of India. On 22 October 2010, New Zealand declared it a terrorist organisation. In September 2011, the United States officially placed the Indian Mujahideen on its list of foreign terrorist organisations, with the State Department acknowledging that the group had engaged in several terrorist attacks in India and had regional aspirations with the ultimate aim of creating an "Islamic caliphate" across South Asia. The group was banned by the United Kingdom as it aimed at creating an Islamic state and implementing sharia law in India, by use of indiscriminate violence.
A number of botched arrests and custodial deaths have continued to raise questions in the mainstream media and even conspiracy theories particularly among India's besieged Muslim communities that the so-called Indian Mujahideen is a fake organisation set up by vested interests to tarnish the Indian Muslim community with the Al-Qaeda tag that was until then never used in reference to Indian Muslims, as confirmed by then US President George W. Bush during his official visit to India.
Investigators believe that Indian Mujahideen is one of many groups composed of lower-tier SIMI members. According to the Indian Intelligence Bureau, SIMI took new titles because the top leadership of SIMI have been detained and would be available for interrogation. The change in names is believed to signal a change in tactics as SIMI-affiliated militants attempt to garner more support from India's Muslim community rather than be seen as a group consisting of foreigners. Two days after the 13 May 2008 Jaipur bombings, the extremist group sent an e-mail to Indian media in which they claimed responsibility for the attacks and said they would "demolish the faiths (all religions apart from Islam) of the infidels of India." The biggest and boldest attack to date by the group was the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts, where it gained national notoriety with a casualty count towards 50.
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