The Indian Mujahideen was declared a terrorist organisation on 4 June 2010 and banned by the Government of India.[5][6][7] On 22 October 2010, New Zealand declared it a terrorist organisation.[3] In September 2011, the United States officially placed the Indian Mujahideen on its list of foreign terrorist organisations, with the State Department acknowledging that the group had engaged in several terrorist attacks in India and had regional aspirations with the ultimate aim of creating an "Islamic caliphate" across South Asia.[8] The group was banned by the United Kingdom as it aimed at creating an Islamic state and implementing sharia law in India, by use of indiscriminate violence.[9]