Deletion of Deccan Mujahideen

Comment: This is no 
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)

Comment: That's a complete misunderstanding of basic policy.  doesn't require that a subject exists. It requires that we have data on it. Thus God and Higgs boson both have articles even though neither's existence is verified. And we even have articles on James Bond and Batman and no one even thinks they exist. What matters is that we have verifiable material about the subjects
Stance: comment
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V)

Comment: To all those !voting to keep, '''this group has not been proven to exist'''. The article itself says "the existence of the Deccan Mujahideen has not been verified". The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is '''verifiability'''. There could not be a more blatant failure of  and this article '''does not meet the threshold for inclusion'''. The "keep" !votes are entirely along the lines of  and . Closing admin please take this into account
Stance: merge
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Verifiability (WP:V||WP:ITSUSEFUL||WP:ILIKEIT)

Comment: This is certainly a notable and encyclopedic topic, and has '''many''' reliable sources in the reference section. Plenty more can be found elsewhere. This is a notable and verified, and is not |original research
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:No original research (WP:OR)

Comment: Whether or not the group exists, whether or not the group is the group that actually carried out the attacks we have a wealth of |reliable sources dicussing the group. Moreover, AfDing during an ongoing event where further information is still coming through is really  not a good idea
Stance: keep
Cited policy: Wikipedia:Reliable sources (WP:RS)