Indian Express reported that the Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) had full-fledged literature to run a thorough training programme on terrorism. The report stated that a well-documented ‘syllabus’ on terrorism was recovered from the SIMI leaders arrested recently, which had several modules and levels of training. The document also called for the establishment of an Islamic state freed from western cultural influences1. The report noted that SIMI was the only outfit in India, outside of those operating in Jammu and Kashmir that had a literature-based military training programme.

• 1. “Terror 'syllabus' seized from SIMI men,” Indian Express, April 1, 2008, at http://www.indianexpress.com/story/290853.html