The Secretary General of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, Nusrat Ali, on 23 July, wrote to the General Secretary of the Congress Party, Shakeel Ahmed over his recent remark on Indian Mujahideen. Mr. Ali alleged in his letter that Muslims of the country and other educated persons feel that no organisation by the name of ‘Indian Mujahideen’ exists in the country, adding, if there is any such group then why the government and the intelligence agencies have not yet informed the people of the country about the offices and office bearers of the group. The ‘Indian Mujahideen’ is the creation of the government and its intelligence agencies to sully the image of the Muslims and make their character doubtful.
The letter further reads, “We are surprised to read your statement in newspapers that ‘Terror group Indian Mujahideen’ is the outcome of Gujarat riots. Your statement also says that to take revenge of the Gujarat riots, Muslims established this terror group and it is the same ‘Indian Mujahideen’ which is alleged by media and police for terror blasts that occur in the country at regular interval. Thus the allegations levelled by media and intelligence agencies and police against Muslims for terror blasts are true.”