The Indian American Muslim Council (IAMC), a US-based non-profit advocacy group dedicated to safeguarding India’s pluralist and tolerant ethos, has condemned the baseless allegations made against it by Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, a minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet.
On January 27, Naqvi addressed a press conference alleging that IAMC was linked with Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), several organisations “conspiring to disrupt global peace,” and the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI), an organisation India has proscribed.
Naqvi said IAMC was “long involved in spreading anti-India propaganda” and “part of a conspiracy that claimed violence had occurred in Tripura;” that IAMC had “a history of spreading communal violence in India;” and that “everyone knows” IAMC was “Pakistan-sponsored.”
In a statement, IAMC has denied all these allegations and "challenged" Minister Naqvi and the Indian government to furnish evidence to prove even one of these baseless and fraudulent claims. The statement said, "IAMC does not have ties to Pakistan, ISI or SIMI. IAMC has zero history of spreading communal violence in India."
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