New Delhi, December 14, 2021 (PPI-OT): The Narendra Modi-led fascist Indian government has constituted an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) Tribunal headed by Delhi High Court Chief Justice D.N. Patel to adjudicate whether there is sufficient cause for banning Islamic Research Organisation (IRF), founded by the well-known Islamic scholar, Dr Zakir Naik.

According to Kashmir Media Service, it comes following the earlier order of the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) dated November 15, which had extended the ban on the Islamic Research Foundation for five more years.

“The Modi Government hereby constitutes an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Justice D.N. Patel, Chief Justice of High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Islamic Research Foundation as an unlawful association,” the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs’ notification dated December 13 reads.

The Modi government had declared the IRF an unlawful organisation for the first time on November 17, 2016, under the black law UAPA for a period of five years. The ban was to expire on Tuesday. Zakir Naik, an Indian-born Islamic preacher had migrated to Malaysia in 2016 when the Indian authorities terrorized the scholar and lodged a false case against him for his ‘anti-India’ activities, including promoting the religion, peace, brotherhood and justice through his speeches.

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