The '''Students' Islamic Movement of India''' ([[Abbreviation|abbreviated]] '''SIMI''') is a banned terrorist organisation in [[India]]<ref>https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/BannedOrgOld_16032022%5B1%5D.pdf</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Key Member of Terror Group SIMI, On The Run For 19 Years, Caught in Delhi|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/abdullah-danish-key-member-of-terror-group-simi-on-the-run-for-19-years-arrested-in-delhi-2335023|access-date=2021-02-12|publisher=NDTV}}</ref> that was formed in [[Aligarh]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] in April 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-01-30|title=Chicago's Indian American Muslim Council doth protest too much|url=https://www.sundayguardianlive.com/news/chicagos-indian-american-muslim-council-doth-protest-much|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Sunday Guardian Live}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{Cite web|date=2016-10-31|title=What is SIMI: All you wanted to know about the banned organisation|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/what-is-simi-all-you-wanted-to-know-about-the-banned-organisation/story-Du9UmH5Jq1vMnBqu02LVbK.html|access-date=2021-02-12|website=The Hindustan Times}}</ref> The stated mission of SIMI is the "liberation of India" by converting it to an Islamic land, or ''[[Dar al-islam|Dār al-'Islām]]''.<ref name=autogenerated2>{{cite web |url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/terroristoutfits/simi.htm |title=Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) |access-date=24 August 2012}}</ref> The SIMI, an organisation of extremists has declared [[Jihad]] against India, the aim of which is to establish Dār al-'Islām (land of Islam) by converting everyone to [[Islam]].<ref name=autogenerated2/>
The Indian government describes it as a [[terrorist organisation]],<ref name="autogenerated2" /> and banned it in 2001, shortly after the [[9/11 attacks]]. The ban was lifted in August 2008 by a special tribunal, but was reinstated by [[K.G. Balakrishnan]], then [[Chief Justice of India|Chief Justice]], on 6 August 2008 on national security grounds.
