Abdul Nasser Madani
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Abdul Nasser Madani (b.1965, Sasthamkotta, Kerala) is an Islamist political leader in Kerala, southern India, currently held on charges of terrorism. Madani organized an outfit known as the Islamic Sewak Sangh, which was banned in 1993 for terrorist activities.[1] Following the Babri Masjid demolition in 1992, he launched the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), claiming it to be a "Muslim-Dalit-backward alliance".
Madani was arrested on the 8th of April, 1998 in connection with 1998 Coimbatore bombings in which 60 people were killed. He has been indicted under various sections of the Indian Penal Code - spreading communal hatred, criminal conspiracy, and sedition. The case is still in court and the allegations are yet to be proved. Many human rights groups have raised their voices against the government for keeping him in captivity without due trial.
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- Madani and India's secularists - Daily Pioneer - March 24, 2006
- Modi drives crowd wild Deccan Herald - April 7, 2006
- Marxists lose sleep weeping for terrorist Madani The Organiser - July 02, 2006
- Coimbatore blast case Deccan Herald - January 05, 2005
- Afzal mercy as national discourse _ a national shame Newindpress - December 27, 2006
- WHEN THE HEAVENS FALL The Sunday Indian - December 27, 2006
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