PFI members assembled for its ‘grand conference’ in Kozhikode, Kerala, on September 17 A 49-year-old former state electricity board employee. A retired government college English lecturer. A septuagenarian former high school Arabic teacher. A 36-year-old PhD in Islamic studies. A popular tailor. At first glance, these five individuals from disparate socioeconomic backgrounds have hardly anything in common. What does bind them together is that they were members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), an organisation the Union government declared “unlawful” through a notification on September 28, alleging their involvement in violent, extremist activities with scant regard for constitutional authority. Popular Front of India | The danger within The ban on Islamist outfit Popular Front of India exposes the perils and fractured narratives the country faces.
PFI members assembled for its ‘grand conference’ in Kozhikode, Kerala, on September 17 A 49-year-old former state electricity board employee. A retired government college English lecturer. A septuagenarian former high school Arabic teacher. A 36-year-old PhD in Islamic studies. A popular tailor. At first glance, these five individuals from disparate socioeconomic backgrounds have hardly anything in common. What does bind them together is that they were members of the Popular Front of India (PFI), an organisation the Union government declared “unlawful” through a notification on September 28, alleging their involvement in violent, extremist activities with scant regard for constitutional authority. Popular Front of India | The danger within The ban on Islamist outfit Popular Front of India exposes the perils and fractured narratives the country faces.
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