The Union Ministry of Home Affairs(UMHA) on January 18 justified before the Supreme Court the eighth successive ban on the Students’ Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) and told that SIMI cadres are working under the umbrella of frontal organisation or having links with a number of other terrorist groups like the Al-Qaeda, Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM), Islamic State (IS), Indian Mujahideen (IM), and added any organisation that has the objective of establishing Islamic rule in India cannot be permitted to exist, reports The Shillong Times. The UMHA in its affidavit stated, “Despite the ban on SIMI, its sympathisers have continued to carry on their unlawful activities under the garb of various cover organizations. They have indulged in radicalizing and brainwashing the minds of Muslim youth by jihadi propaganda and through provocative Taqreers. The SIMI activists are associating, meeting, conspiring, acquiring arms & ammunitions, and indulging in activities which are disruptive in character and capable of threatening the sovereignty and territorial integrity of India.”