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India-Pakistan

NIA raids 8 places in Jammu and Kashmir in terror funding case

2023-12-17

December 5
[GreaterKashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
] The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday conducted raids at eight locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a terror funding case.

The raids are still underway in close coordination with Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) at seven locations in Kashmir and one in Jammu, said sources privy to the development.

The agency sleuths are carrying out these raids at Shopian and Baramulla, among other areas. The places searched included the residents and other hideouts of the suspects linked to the case.

The raids were conducted days after the central agency arrested an accused in the Pakistain-backed terrorism case involving the delivery of weapons through drones to snuffies active in Kashmir.

The agency had shared the input on November 29 after a team from the NIA Jammu Branch nabbed 22-year-old namely Zakir Hussain of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on November 27.

He was the eight accused to be arrested in the case registered by the NIA on July 30 last year after taking over the case from Kathua Police.

One of the seven accused arrested earlier had died due to cardiac arrest while in judicial custody while two Pakistain-based terror operatives are absconding.

NIA is continuing with its investigations in the matter to unravel the bigger conspiracy of Pakistain-backed terrorist groups to carry out acts of terror and violence in the Kashmir valley and across India. (ANI)

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India-Pakistan

10 arrested for trying to vitiate peaceful atmosphere outside Jama Masjid: Police

2023-09-24

So unkind — and only the day after Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest to give the Friday sermon there, too.

10 arrested for trying to vitiate peaceful atmosphere outside Jama Masjid: Policehttps://t.co/nA8Bo9iPYl
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) September 23, 2023

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India-Pakistan

J&K: Released From House Arrest After 4 Years, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Breaks Down At Friday Sermon

2023-09-23

“He used to be powerful and scary, but now he’s mostly harmless.”

[OneIndia] Hurriyat Conference

...an alliance of 26 political, social, and religious Moslem organizations formed in 1993 as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism. In other words, a willing tool of Pakistan, but after the last few years it’s become a broken reed instead of a cudgel...

chairperson Mirwaiz Umar Farooq turned emotional after being released from house arrest after four years, earlier on 22nd September. He broke into tears while delivering the Friday sermon at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
as reported by PTI.

As per officials, Farooq was detained after the GOI went ahead and abrogated Article 370 of the Constitution of India in August 2019 and it has now been after four years that he has finally been released.

As per PTI, the Mirwaiz will be allowed to take part in the Friday congregational prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area here, the officials from the Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid, the management committee of the mosque said.

"Senior police officials visited the residence of the Mirwaiz on Thursday to inform him that the authorities have decided to release him from house detention and allow him to go to Jamia Masjid for Friday prayers," the Auqaf said in a statement.

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah welcoming the decision said, "We welcome this step by the government. He should not have been held under house arrest for so long. Now that he has been released it means that the situation here is not so bad and elections can be conducted. We hope he will fulfill his socio-religious role now." as reported by ANI.

Reportedly, Mirwaiz was released shortly after he filed a petition with the J&K High Court. On 15th September, the court asked the J&K administration for a response and gave them a four-week period to do so. Before this, Mirwaiz had also sent a legal notice to the J&K administration over his "house detention" on 18th August.

The notice mentions that the Jammu and Kashmir administration denied Mirwaiz's detention and said that he was free to relocate to any location. However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
"on the other hand, the deployment of a large contingent of security forces outside the Nigeen residence of my client nullifies the aforesaid stand of lieutenant governor...," as per the notice by Mirwaiz's lawyer as quoted in Media reports.

Hurriyat Conference leader was put on house arrest along with several other politicians of Jammu and Kashmir on 5th August 2019, the same day when the BJP-led government of India revoked several provisions of Article 370 and split the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two separate Union territories.

Dawn adds:

The Indian government freed Kashmiri chief holy man and Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday after more than four years of house arrest.

The 50-year-old was detained along with other politicians and thousands of residents when the government cancelled held Kashmir
Kashmir

Mirwaiz Umar appeals for peace in Friday sermon at historic Jamia Masjidhttps://t.co/erQgPYS7ZI
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) September 22, 2023

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India-Pakistan

Nobody cares: Hurriyat protests ban on key Ramazan prayers in occupied Kashmir

2022-04-30

[Dawn] Kashmir
Kashmir

...an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations formed as a united political front to raise the cause of Kashmiri separatism. In other words, a willing tool of Pakistan...

on Thursday appealed to the Indian government to let Moslem worshippers offer the important last Friday prayers of Ramazan — Jummat ul Vida — at Srinagar’s central Jama Masjid as per tradition, but there was no sign of New Delhi yielding.

India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s watch has come under severe criticism for abuse of its religious minorities, which includes censure of its treatment of Kashmiri Moslems. Secular and democratic lobbies in the US have urged US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken to accept the report of the alleged mistreatment of Moslems filed in the annual report of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). The report for 2022 on religious freedoms and human rights
...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state...
the world over was released on Monday.

"Given the worsening human rights and religious freedom situation for minorities and the Modi government’s lack of actions, it is important that USCIRF’s recommendation to include India to be a "Country of Particular Concern" (CPC) be accepted by Sec. of State Blinken," American Moslem Institution said in an appeal.

The group said it applauded the decision of USCIRF to designate India as a CPC country, given that "religious freedom conditions in India significantly worsened in 2021." It said systemic intimidation and violence has moved from the real world and has substantially increased online by "both official and non-state actors...to spread hatred and misinformation."

Furthermore, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led "government, leaders emboldened Hindu-nationalist groups have advocated, instituted, and enforced sectarian policies seeking to establish India as an overtly Hindu state, contrary to India’s secular foundation and at grave danger to India’s religious minorities."

In Srinagar, APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, denounced the repeated closure of Srinagar’s central Jama Masjid by the Indian government.

"Not allowing congregational prayers on the occasion of Jumatul Vida at the central Jama mosque of the valley, which is thronged by lakhs of valley Moslems on this blessed day — when offering prayers at Jama Masjid has greater blessings for the namazis, is outrageous, and against the fundamental human right to religious practice."

The Mirwaiz said in a statement that the same holds true for barring people from praying at Jama Masjid on the holy occasion of Lailatul Qadr. APHC said that such orders against Moslems and circulars being issued by authorities in valley school asking the staff members not to wear hijab, "in a place where Islam is the religion of the vast majority is deeply distressing, causing great angst and hurt to people and further deepening the conflict."

The statement said Mirwaiz asked the authorities to revoke the ban on prayers and allow Moslems across the valley access to central Jama Masjid on these very important and holy days of Ramzan."

APHC said that, people as in the past, will observe Jumatul Vida as ’Youm e Quds’ and Youm e Kashmir’ to stress "the urgent need for a peaceful resolution of the lingering Paleostinian issue and the Kashmir conflict and the human lives they consume."

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Afghanistan

Farooq Abdullah backs new Taliban 'govt' in Afghanistan; urges talks with other nations

2021-09-09

Like calls to like?

[OneIndia] Former Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

The Taliban recently announced interest in friendly relations — whatever that might mean to them — with all nations on Earth, excepting only Israel. It didn’t seem important enough to post as a separate article, but the link is below as a Related.

The Taliban on Tuesday unveiled a hardline interim government led by Mullah Mohammad Hasan Akhund, with key roles being shared by high-profile members of the terror terror group, including a specially designated global terrorist of the dreaded Haqqani Network as the interior minister.

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar will be Akhund's deputy in the "new Islamic government".

The announcement of key figures in the caretaker government in Afghanistan comes weeks after the Taliban seized control of war-torn Afghanistan, ousting the previous elected leadership which was backed by the West.

UN-designated terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani

...son of Pashtun warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani, still titular head of the Haqqani Network....
is also part of the interim Taliban government. Haqqani, a specially designated global terrorist and son of the famous anti-Soviet warlord Jalaluddin Haqqani
...founder and until he pegged out titular head of the Haqqani Network. Jalaluddin was one of the few Pashtun warlords who was worth spit...
who founded Haqqani Network, is the new acting interior minister in the 33-member Cabinet that has no woman member.

Haqqani has been one of two deputy leaders of the Taliban since 2016 and has a USD 10 million US bounty on his head. Khalil Haqqani,

...more fully Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, 55, step-brother of the formerly living Haqqani Network founder Jalaluddin Haqqani. He, too is a US Specially Designated Global Terrorist, with $5 million head money. He’s been the Haqqani/Taliban bag man, collecting from governments and private citizens from the Gulf to south and east Asia...

Sirajuddin's uncle, was appointed as acting minister for refugees.

In addition to the Kabul Security portfolio, or will he be handing that on now that the Americans are gone?

Two other members of the Haqqani clan were also named to positions in the interim government, indicating the role of Pakistain in the Taliban-run government.

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India-Pakistan

Jaish-E-Mohammed terror module busted, 4 arrested: J&K Police

2021-03-11

[OneIndia] Police on Wednesday claimed to have busted a module of terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) by arresting four men, who were allegedly planning to carry out a car-kaboom on security forces in Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
's Pampore.

"Jaish wanted to carry out a car-kaboom and the Awantipora police was tracking this module. We have arrested four persons in this regard and have also seized the car that was to be used in carrying out the attack," police official Vijay Kumar told news hounds here.

He said JeM had motivated Sahil Nazir, a BA first-year student, through Telegram and other mobile messaging applications to procure a second-hand car for carrying out the attack.

"Using technical as well as human intelligence, police nabbed Sahil, who revealed the plot about the car-kaboom. Kaiser, Younis and Yasir Ahmad Wani, who were involved in hatching the plot, have also been arrested," Kumar said, adding that the car was seized from the house of Younis.

The senior police official further said that Sahil has confessed to his involvement in the plot and also admitted that he had thrown a grenade at security forces in the Pampore area of Pulwama district on January 25.

Kumar said the police have also arrested an overground worker (OGW) of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba
...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI...
(LeT) and seized 25 kilograms of explosives from his house in Pampore.

"On the instructions of Omar Khanday, who joined the krazed killer ranks last year, the LeT had planned to carry out a fidayeen (suicide) attack or an IED blast at the municipal committee building in Pampore," he added.

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India-Pakistan

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq released from house arrest

2021-03-06

[DAILYTIMES.PK] The restrictions on Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq were eased after 20 months as claimed by officials in Sri Nagar."The Mirwaiz is not under any detention," a bigwig told the local Indian media.

A Hurriyat front man, however, said the decision of the release has not been officially conveyed to the Mirwaiz so far.

Sources sated that the Mirwaiz is likely to be allowed to deliver Friday sermons at historic Jamia Masjid this week. It would be for the first time since August 4, 2019 that the Mirwaiz may resume his religious duties.

Former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti welcomed Mirwaiz’s release from "arbitrary detention". "Good to hear about Mirwaiz’s release from arbitrary detention. I hope that hundreds of Kashmiri men languishing in jails in and outside J&K will also be released soon. Its time they returned home to their families," said Mufti in a tweet.

Mirwaiz’s release comes on the backdrop of India and Pakistain issuing a joint statement last week to strictly observe all agreements on ceasefire along the LoC and other sectors. The government move also comes ahead of the auspicious Islamic occasion of Mehraj-e-Alam, which falls on March 11.

Several aides and separatist leaders, including former CMs Mehbooba Mufti, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah, were put under arrest after the Centre’s August 5 move. Most of them have been released now.

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India-Pakistan

Hurriyat for resolution of Kashmir dispute to ensure peace in region

2020-11-16

[DAILYTIMES.PK] In Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir

...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, Hurriyat leaders and organizations expressing serious concern over the escalating tension between Pakistain and India on the Line of Control have called for peaceful resolution of the Kashmir dispute for ensuring durable peace in South Asia.The Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement in Srinagar expressed deep grief over the repeated escalation on the LoC that has resulted in the loss of human lives and property. It reiterated its appeal to both India and Pakistain to resolve the Kashmir dispute through peaceful means for the sake of humanity and millions of humans living in the region.

Hurriyat leaders and organizations including Zamruda Habib, Abdul Samad Inqilabi, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front and Tehrik-e-Wahdat-e-Islami in their statements issued in Srinagar strongly condemned the unprovoked shelling by Indian Army along the LoC. They appealed to the UN to take practical measures for settling the Kashmir dispute to prevent further bloodshed.

Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert climbed the cocoanut tree, looking for ships. He saw none. He looked in the other direction and saw Irene, vigorously scrubbing her backside...
the All Parties Hurriyat Conference General Secretary, Molvi Bashir Ahmed, in a statement issued in Srinagar said that Indian Army in gross violation of the international laws was refusing to hand over dead bodies of the Kashmiri martyred youth to their families and secretly burying them in unmarked graves at far-off places in IIOJK. He said India is afraid of massive participation of people in deaders’ funerals as it fears that the funerals of martyred youth further incite anti-India sentiments in the occupied territory.

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India-Pakistan

Shutdown in occupied Kashmir against India's ban on Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front

2019-03-25

[DAWN] A complete shutdown was observed in India-Indian Kashmiree against the banning of Jammu and Kashmire Liberation Front (JKLF) by the Indian government, the Kashmire Media Service reported on Sunday.

New Delhi had announced a ban on the pro-independence group yesterday, as part of a crackdown on what it calls "separatist organizations".

A statement issued in Delhi said the Indian government had declared JKLF an "unlawful association" as it was trying to curb the activities of "secessionist organizations" posing a threat to the country’s unity and integrity.

The group’s leader, Yasin Malik
...

chairman of one of the two factions of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front. JKLF is a Kashmiri nationalist organization founded in Birmingham, UK in 1977. Branches weren't actually established in Kashmir for another ten years. It has the usual demands for separation of J&K from secular India so it can become an independent Islamic rathole. It seems to have no interest in Pak Kashmir breaking away to join it. In 1994 Malik renounced violence after he was released from jail and from that point he and his organization pursued peaceful means to impose their will on the region...
, was tossed in the slammer
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
recently in a counteroffensive against dissent following a Feb 14 suicide kaboom that killed over 40 Indian soldiers in the disputed region. Over a thousand people have been arrested since then.

The call for a strike was given by the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.

All shops and other business establishments were shut in Srinagar and other cities of the valley.

Indian police and paramilitary forces set up checkpoints at several places, while troops were deployed to foil possible protests in downtown Srinagar.

"The order to ban Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
and JKLF is nothing but an act of political vengeance and an oppressive tactic to suppress the just movement of people of Jammu and Kashmire. The Indian government’s decision to ban the organizations peacefully striving for the resolution of Kashmire dispute, will not cow down the people," a statement from the JRL said.

The statement added that the Indian government wants to "push people towards the wall for raising the demand to get their rights but it will not make pro-freedom leadership to crumble".

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India-Pakistan

3 JeM militants killed in Tral

2019-03-12

[Daily Excelsior] Three murderous Moslems of Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
(JeM) were killed in a shootout with security forces at Pinglish village of Tral in South Kashmire’ s Pulwama district today.

A joint team of Army’s 42 RR, 180 batallion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Police launched cordon and search operation in Pinglish village after reports about presence of three murderous Moslems in the village including one local Mudasir Ahmad and two foreigners.

As the search party reached near the house in which murderous Moslems were hiding, they were fired upon by murderous Moslems from inside the house, triggering a shootout. The troops encircled the house trapping them inside.

The intermittent firing continued throughout the day and the house in which the murderous Moslems were hiding was razed to rubble. Three murderous Moslems were killed and two bodies of the murderous Moslems were recovered from the debris of the house along with two AK-47 rifles and one pistol.

The identities of the slain murderous Moslems are yet to be ascertained. The search operation is still going on in the area.

The bodies were charred and beyond the recognition as the house where the murderous Moslems were hiding was set on fire.

The internet services in the Awantipora area was suspended to prevent any violence during the operation.

And parts of Srinagar city observed shutdown today against summoning of Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Omar Farooq to New Delhi by the National Investigating Agency (NIA).

The shutdown in the area was called by the traders of the area in protest against his summoning. Authorities had imposed restrictions in parts of the city to prevent any violence in the area.

The separatists termed the NIA summons to Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Geelani’s son Syed Naseem Geelani and asking them to present themselves before NIA court in New Delhi on Monday, as sheer political vendetta.

They said that NIA raids on the residences of leaders and their relatives followed by summoning them to New Delhi is a fresh attempt to build pressure on the leadership to push them into submission.

They strongly denounced the arrest spree, ban on Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, slapping of PSA on JKLF chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik
...

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India-Pakistan

NIA raids at JeM militants, OGWs, separatists

2019-02-28

[Daily Excelsior] A day after the National Investigation Agency conducted raids at the houses of senior separatist leaders in Srinagar, the agency conducted raids at 11 locations in South Kashmire at the houses of Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
holy warriors, the Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of the forces of Evil and separatist leaders.

The NIA teams this morning conducted simultaneous searches at 11 locations in South Kashmire in the ongoing investigation into attack on CRPF convoy in Pulwama on February 14 and terror funding case.

The raids were conduced besides others at the houses of Mudassir Ahmad Khan and Sajjad Bhat, both active forces of Evil of Jaish-e-Mohammad, and key accused persons in the Pulwama attack.

Searches were also conducted in the houses of active OGWs of Jaish-e-Mohammad in Tral, Awantipora and Pulwama areas of South Kashmire. NIA has recovered incriminating materials including diaries containing coded writings.

The NIA also conducted searches in the houses of three separatist leaders of South Kashmire including Mohammad Shaban Dar, Shawkat Maulvi and Yasmin Raja, in terror funding case (RC-10/2017/NIA/DLI) that was registered in 2017 and under which several separatist leaders were placed in durance vile
Into the paddy wagon wit' yez!
that year and they are in Tihar Jail.

"Documents related to terror funding, coded messages and Jihadi literature have been seized. During searches, NIA teams also recovered lot of incriminating documents including property details, documents relating to financial and monetary transactions, electronic devices, mobile phones, sim cards", the NIA said.

The NIA yesterday conducted raids at the premises belonging to top separatist leaders including Chairman of Hurriyat Conference Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF chairman Yasin Malik
...

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India-Pakistan

India detains Kashmir separatists, issues new warning to Pakistan

2019-02-24

[PULSE.NG] As international concern grows over India-Pakistain sabre-rattling, residents of Kashmire, at the centre of a decades-old struggle between the nuclear-armed neighbours, reported heightened military activity.

The region has been on edge since the February 14 attack on an Indian convoy which killed 40 soldiers and was claimed by Pakistain-based Islamist group Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM).

India has accused Pakistain of supporting the attack -- a claim rejected by the Islamabad government -- and there have been widespread calls for nationalist leader Modi to order a reprisal strike.

About 10,000 paramilitaries started arriving in Kashmire on Saturday, a day after India ordered the reinforcements.

Modi told a rally in Rajasthan state that the country was "angry" about the attack in the Pulwama district of Indian-held Kashmire.

"After the Pulwama attack, you must have seen how Pakistain is being brought to account one step at a time. They are in a state of panic because of our government's decisions," Modi said, speaking in Hindi.

"We will not sit quietly after taking this pain. We know how to crush terrorism," he added. "We have given full freedom to the military."

Among those taken into custody in the crackdown in Kashmire were senior figures in Jamaat-e-Islami
...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores...
, the region's biggest religious organization, and the Hurriyat Conference, a coalition of local political parties.

Jamaat and Hurriyat Conference both strongly support Moslem Kashmire's right to choose whether it wants to be part of India or Pakistain, which have been fighting over the region since independence in 1947.

"Police and other agencies launched a mass arrest drive and raided many houses in the valley with dozens of... central and district-level leaders locked away
Drop the heater, Studs, or you're hist'try!
," Jamaat said in a statement, adding that those detained included central leader Abdul Hamid Fayaz.

'ARBITRARY MOVE'
Police linked the arrests to security preparations for upcoming elections in India and a Supreme Court hearing on Monday on a challenge to a constitutional provision that gives Kashmiris special rights to property and jobs in the territory.

But the arrests drew widespread criticism from Kashmire politicians.

"Fail to understand such an arbitrary move which will only precipitate matters," Mehbooba Mufti, a pro-India former chief minister said on Twitter. "You can imprison a person but not his ideas."

"Such illegal and coercive measures against Kashmiris are futile and will not change realities on ground," wrote Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, an influential separatist leader, on Twitter.

Businesses across Kashmire were shut on Saturday, some in protest at the arrests and with others fearing conflict between India and Pakistain.

Many in Kashmire are wary of a military strike over the suicide bomb and residents in several areas reported unusual military air activity on Friday night.

Authorities did not comment on the reported fighter aircraft and helicopters flying over the territory.

Pakistain's Prime Minister Imran Khan

... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer...
has vowed retaliation if his country is attacked. In a letter to the UN Security Council released Saturday, Pak Foreign Minister Shah

Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi accused India of "warmongering".

More than 100 separatists detained in Kashmir raids in pre-election crackdown

[AlAhram] More than 100 separatists in Kashmire were detained in overnight raids, police officials said on Saturday, as part of a crackdown on groups that might cause trouble ahead of nationwide elections set to be held by May.

The overnight arrests in the state included those of many senior members of Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), an Islamic organization that wants Kashmire to be independent from India.

The arrests led to violent scenes in parts of Kashmire, with stone-throwing protestors met by police firing tear gas.

JeI’s leader, Dr Abdul Hamid Fayaz and Yasin Malik
...

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