Pakistan was quick to issue a denial when the Rajasthan police set up that the cutthroats of knitter Kanhaiya Lal in Udaipur had links with a Karachi- grounded Islamic organisation, Dawat-e-Islami.We’ve seen reports in a member of the Indian media pertaining to examinations into the murder case in Udaipur, mischievously seeking to link the indicted individualities, Indian citizens, to an organisation in Pakistan. We categorically reject any similar imputations, ” the Pakistani foreign affairs ministry said in an sanctioned statement on June 29.
But an India moment inquiry has nailed Islamabad’s interpretation as complete eyewash.The Pakistan- grounded Dawat-e-Islami’s reach, in fact, does n’t feel to be limited to a sprinkle of fanatics like the killers of Kanhaiya Lal.India Today’s special disquisition has set up the organisation has exploited digital technology in order to push its radical docket into the homes Indian Muslims.
On its website,www.dawateislami.net, it offers several online religious programmes. Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, Hong Kong, Korea, the UK and the US figure in the list of its countries of operations but not India.
But when India Today’s investigative journalist applied for one of Dawat-e-Islami’s courses on July 22 as an Indian public under a alias Rashid Ahmed, no lower of a shock surfaced when the organisation responded after a couple of hours on correspondence.
Its communication advised an India WhatsApp number to take the discussion forward 91- 9137589497The same night, a man called India Today’s journalist from the same number, relating himself as Hasin Ahmed from Dawat-e-Islami’s Madhya Pradesh branch.You filled in the operation form? he asked the intelligencer.
Mashalla, we’ve entered your operation. Dear family, we offer Madani Qaida and Nazra courses. Did you study Madani Qaida before? ” the frequenter asked. “ We offer half- hour class daily on Skype. Its yearly figure is,200 rupees. ”Are you grounded in Delhi? ” the journalist probed.
This branch of ours is grounded in Madhya Pradesh. Our class starts at 8 am and runs till night every day. We ’ll see if we can offer you the niche of your choice, ” the frequenter explainedAnd hereupon unravelled Dawat-e-Islami’s digital propaganda for its Indian cult, piece by piece.Their medium Skype. The mode being rigorously audio, with no videotape streaming permitted.
The preceptors for the courses, supposedly located in Maharashtra’s Barshi and Dahanu municipalities, offered a half- hour session every day except Saturdays on Skype IDs “ schoolteacher MTM 522 Faizan Online Academy, ” “ schoolteacher MTM 544 Faizan Online Academy, ” “ Shift Incharge Barshi Town, ” and “ Shift Incharge FOA Dahanu Mumbai. ”
But soon Dawat-e-Islami’s “ schoolteacher MTM 522 Faizan Online Academy ” ID started transferring made- in- Pakistan material, including videotape and audio lines.This content produced in Pakistan glorified Pakistan, pressing the Dawat-e-Islami followership in India to contribute towards erecting Pakistan as a stronghold of Islam.