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Terrorism

International Sikh Youth Federation

Background

Kahalistan is the homeland of the Sikhs in Punjab , a province of India On October 7 , 1987 , Kahalistan declared its independence . More than 60 percent of India 's grain comes from Punjab . From 1984 to 1992 , the Indian government has taken the lives of 250 ,000 Sikhs in Punjab (Aftergood 1

What is the Group

The International Sikh Youth Federation (ISYF ) is an Indian religious terrorist group . Its goal is local , but its operations are international . As the name suggests , the recruits of the group are

br mostly Indian youth commonly in colleges and universities outside India

History of the Group

Following the formation Operation Blue Star , which operated on June 5 1984 , the group , was founded in the United Kingdom in 1984 to eliminate the Sikh terrorists from the Indian Punjab 's Golden Temple Complex , in Armostar . Jarnail Singh Bhinderanwale , an important figure in the secessionist Khalistan group , was killed in that operation . Later that year , his nephew Jasbir Singh Rode , together with Amrik Singh founded the group (International 1

The first conference of ISYF happened at Walsall in September 1985 after its formation in 1984 . It opened more chapters in the Germany , United States , Canada and United Kingdom (International 21 . The group forced the young Indians in foreign universities to join and those who did not join were considered spies of the government . Hence , so as not to be branded as spies , many of the Indian youths joined the movement (International 11

ISYF was in the list of the 1999 's Annual Patterns of Global Terrorism US State Department as an active terrorist organization and has been proclaimed as a proscribed organization in the UK , together with 20 more outfits ' on March 29 , 2001 . The group was declared as disbanded in Canada on February 10 , 2002 . It was also declared as a proscribed organization in India on March 22 , 2002 , because of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA (International 1

The Cause it is Fighting for

The group is functioning towards the organization of a self-governing country for the Sikhs . According to the US State Department 's annual Patterns of Global Terrorism , the group ardently seeks to make Indian land an autonomous Sikh state which is called Khalistan (Ibid . par .4 'Places of Operation and Activities

The first operations of the group were in Punjab , although the offices and bases were in other countries . The operations included bombings kidnappings , and assassinations . The group continues to raise funds from its chapters in Europe , Canada and the US

To get funds , the ISYF members abroad come up with propaganda to get monetary support from the members abroad . Most Sikhs joined as members to stay away from any mistrust from their fellow citizens . They also have a human rights group called Kahlsa Human Rights Group that alleges human right violations against Sikhs in India

Terrorist Activities

As mentioned earlier , the group has been linked with several terrorist activities including murder , abduction , and bombing to force the Indian...

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