18.01.2005 - Source:

Background information on Deendar Anjuman (DA) [ID 7401]

"[...]Hazrat Moulana Deendar Channabasaveshwara Siddiqui formed the currently proscribed Deendar Anjuman (DA) sect in 1924 in Bellampet in the Gulbarga district of Karnataka state. For more than seven decades, the sect functioned in a low-key manner without any publicity. The activities of this Sufi sect, which preaches that Islam is a mixture of local cultures, religions and traditions came into prominence in the aftermath of 13 bomb explosions at various places of worship across the states of Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Karnataka between May and July 2000. Syed Zia-ul-Hassan, Anjuman founder Deendar Channabasaveshwara Siddiqui's son, is alleged to have masterminded these blasts. He is reported to have migrated to Pakistan after Partition and is now the DA's spiritual head. Hassan, who is reportedly based in Peshawar, is also alleged to have floated a terrorist outfit named the Jamaat-e-Hizbul Mujahideen in Pakistan. The DA’s headquarters is located in Hyderabad, where they have their own colony, including a mosque and a madrassa. The present Chief of the sect is one Sayyid Imam, who presides over a team of approximately 100 muballighs or missionaries.[...]"

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16.01.2005 - Source:

Backgroundinformation onTamil National Retrieval Troops (TNRT) [ID 7402]

"[...]The TNRT was formed with the objective of fighting for an independent homeland for Tamils in India. Reports also held that the TNRT would seek to eventually extend the boundaries of the Tamil nation to form a greater Tamil nation including what now comprises Tamil Nadu and the areas in Sri Lanka, which the LTTE claims constitute Tamil Eelam.[...]"

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06.09.2004 - Source: BBC News

BBC: Karnataka: A jailed opposition leader, Uma Bharti, freed ("Indian politician freed from jail") [#25364],  [ID 7403]

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01.09.2004 - Source: BBC News

Karnataka: police briefly detained country's main opposition leader, Lal Krishna Advani, during protests in Bangalore ("India opposition leader detained") [#25290],  [ID 7404]

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30.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Karnataka: the government has agreed to drop all charges against a jailed opposition leader, Uma Bharti ("Reprieve for jailed Indian leader") [#25236],  [ID 7405]

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25.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

State of Karnataka: Member of the opposition Hindu nationalist BJP, Uma Bhayears ago serti, over charges that she incited violence between Hindus and Muslims 10 ntenced to 14 days in judicial custody ("Indian politician sent to prison") [#25083],  [ID 7406]

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23.08.2004 - Source: BBC News

Madhya Pradesh: the chief minister, Uma Bharti, is charged with inciting violence during riots in the southern state of Karnataka 10 years ago ("Indian leader facing arrest quits") [#24968],  [ID 7407]

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