{"id":73630,"date":"2021-03-10T12:39:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T12:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/?p=73630"},"modified":"2021-03-14T15:35:00","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T15:35:00","slug":"127-indian-muslims-charged-with-terror-acquitted-after-19-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/73630-127-indian-muslims-charged-with-terror-acquitted-after-19-years\/","title":{"rendered":"127 Indian Muslims charged with \u2018terror\u2019 acquitted after 19 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73727\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2021\/03\/photo_2021-03-11_02-59-51.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>On December 26, 2001, Mohammad Abdul Hai boarded a train to Gujarat to attend a three-day seminar on Muslim education organized by the All India Minority Education Board, of which Hai \u2013 then an associate professor at Jodhpur\u2019s Jai Narain Vyas University \u2013 was a member.<br>The three-day event was expected to be attended by nearly 400 Muslim scholars, activists and community leaders from across India.<br>Little did Hai know that the event was going to change his life forever and soon he would not only be called a \u201cterrorist\u201d and \u201canti-national\u201d but will have to spend the next 14 months in jail.<br>Hai and 120 others attending the seminar were arrested under various sections of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), a stringent anti-terror law, and charged them with being members of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and for organizing the meeting to \u201cpromote and expand\u201d SIMI\u2019s activities.<br>A total of 127 people, all Muslims, were arrested.<br>More than 19 years after they were booked, a court in Surat on Sunday acquitted all of the accused in the case. Five of them died during the long trial.<br>Indian authorities accused SIMI of carrying out several bombings and of having links with armed groups based in Pakistan. 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