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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

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

8 terrorists, aides absconding in TADA cases for 3 decades arrested in Doda: SIA

2023-09-06

Cold Case: India.

8 terrorists, aides absconding in TADA cases for 3 decades arrested in Doda: SIA https://t.co/ZSansuGYiA
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) September 1, 2023

State Investigation Agency (SIA), the anti-terror arm of the J&K Police, has arrested eight absconding hard boyz and their associates involved in serious crimes of terrorism and disruptive activities.

The SIA on Thursday said that the TADA cases were registered around three decades ago in different Police Stations of district Doda and chargesheeted in the TADA Court, Jammu.

"These absconding hard boyz had managed to escape from the clutches of law for decades by going underground and remaining untraced for sometime and then resurfaced to enjoy normal family life at their native or some distant places. Some of these terrorist absconders have managed to get government services and contracts, others found engaged in private businesses and even working in the court," the SIA officials said here.

The arrested persons include Adil Farooq Faridi son of Abdul Ghani Faridi of House No 230, Sahidi Chowk Jammu (government employee presently posted in JKBOSE, Jammu); Muhammad Iqbal alias Javed, son of Sikander Khan of Asthan Mohalla, Doda; Mujahid Hussain alias Nisar Ahmad, son of Abdul Rasheed Gathwan of Asthan Mohalla, Doda; Tariq Hussain, son of Ghulam Ali Misger of Barshalla, Doda; Ishtiaq Ahmad Dev alias Ajaz, son of Muhammad Ayoub Dev of Sah Mohalla, Doda; Ajaz Ahmad alias Muhammad Iqbal, son of Abdul Rehman of Dandi Bhaderwah; Jameel Ahmad alias Jugnu alias Chika Khan, son of Faiz Ahmad of Kursari, Bhaderwah; and Ishfaq Ahmad, son of Ghulam Ahmad Sheikh of Bun Doda (working as writer in Court Complex Doda).

"They will be produced before the TADA and POTA Court Jammu in pursuance of warrants issued against the aforementioned absconder terrorists," they said.

The SIA officials said that these terrorist absconders were involved in kidnapping for ransom and threat to kill one Ghulam Muhammad Wani of Doda at gunpoint (Case FIR No 158/1992 under Sections 3, 4 of TADA, 364 RPC, 3/25 Arms Act of Police Station Doda), kidnapping for ransom and killing of Muhammad Sadiq and Tariq Hussain of Doda from their home on April 23, 1994 night. Tariq Hussain was later killed and Muhammad Sadiq seriously injured. (Case FIR No 48/1993 under Sections 3 and 4 of TADA, 302 and 307 of Ranbir Penal Code, and 3/25 of the Arms Act, Police Station Doda).

"It also included instigating people by setting false narrative during the prayer of Shab-e-Qadr in Jamia Masjid Doda and other mosques of Doda, atrocities committed on the innocent people of Kashmir
Kashmir

Good job, guys — you are to be congratulated.

"The SIA has so far verified and identified 369 (215 in Jammu and 154 in Kashmir) absconders out of 734 absconders (317 in Jammu and 417 in Kashmir) in 327 TADA and POTA cases. Of the 369 verified absconders, 127 remained untraced, 80 have died and 45 are residing in Pakistain or PoK and other countries abroad and four are lodged in jail," the SIA officials said. "How these absconder hard boyz managed to escape from the law and live normal life at their native place without being traced for so long and other aspects of larger criminal conspiracy and nexus thereof and role of insiders if any will also be investigated by the SIA."

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India-Pakistan

Calls for probe into Indian soldiers allegedly forcing villagers to chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in occupied Kashmir mosque

2023-06-27

[Dawn] Two former chief ministers of India-held 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....
have demanded an investigation into an alleged incident of Indian soldiers forcing Moslem worshippers in a mosque in the valley’s Pulwama area to chant Hindu slogans, the Indian media has reported.

"Shocked to hear about army troops from 50 RR (Rashtriya Rifles) storming into a mosque at Pulwama and forcing Moslems inside to chant ’Jai Shree Ram’. Such a move when [Home Minister] Amit Shah is here and that too ahead of yatra (a Hindu pilgrimage) is simply an act of provocation," said former CM Mehbooba Mufti in reaction to the reports.

She requested Indian Lieutenant General Rajiv Ghai, who recently took command of India’s Chinar Corps in the area, to "immediately set up a probe" into the reported incident.

Similarly, former CM Omar Abdullah termed the reports "deeply distressing".

"It’s bad enough they entered but then forcing people to chant slogans like ’Jai Shree Ram’ as reported by the locals there, is unacceptable," he said, referring to a Hindu religious slogan.

He expressed hope that Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh would issue instructions for the reports to be investigated in a "timely and transparent manner".

THE INCIDENT
According to Indian news website The Wire, the residents of Zadoora — a village in occupied Kashmir’s Pulwama area — said the alleged incident took place on June 24 around 1:30am when soldiers of Rashtriya Rifles, a counter-insurgency force, arrived at the village, reportedly along with an unidentified officer.

"While the officer was sitting on the bonnet of one of the vehicles, the soldiers asked me to come out," Mohammad Altaf Bhat, a Zadoora local and chairman of the Zadoora Civil Society group, told The Wire.

"I thought that they were looking for some suspects in the village," he said, adding that the soldiers told him that a new team was being posted in the area and it was conducting a mock drill in the village to teach recruits how to carry out counter-insurgency operations.

"I told them that the operation could have been carried out during the day also and it was wrong to disturb villagers in the middle of the night," the report quoted Bhat as saying, who said the villagers were kept awake till dawn.

Then around dawn, Bhat told The Wire, Indian army soldiers followed the muezzin (one who makes call for prayers). "In the middle of the azaan (call to prayer), the soldiers forced him to chant ’Jai Shree Ram’ slogans," he alleged.

According to the report, area residents alleged that Indian army soldiers detained at least 10 villagers during their exercise and five of them were beaten up, including Bhat’s son.

"They (soldiers) forced the detained youngsters to chant ’Jai Shree Ram’ slogans in chorus behind him also," Bhat further claimed.

Moreover, The Wire quoted local sources as alleging that the army also vandalised the Jamia Masjid Zadoora.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Helmuth had turned a paler shade of blue. Star-A-Star had struck again...
Indian news website Scroll.in reported that a similar incident reportedly took place in at least one other mosque in the area.

The Wire quoted a senior army officer, who spoke on condition of anonymity, as saying that the incident had "come into their notice".

"We are ascertaining the facts. Once we have clarity about what has happened, we will share the details," the report quoted the officer as saying.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Council of Boskone, Kinnison began his slow infiltration of the sewer system...
The Telegraph quoted Bhat as saying that high-ranking army officials had apologised to the villagers on Sunday, adding that the officials had said that an army major involved in the incident was also removed.

"We are satisfied with the army’s action but we don’t want a repeat of such incidents," he said.

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India-Pakistan

NIA conducts raids across 16 locations in J&K to crack down on newly-launched terror groups

2023-05-10

[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....
] A week after similar state-wide searches, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday carried out extensive searches in Jammu & Kashmir, in the premises of "cadres and hybrid Death Eaters and Overground Workers linked with the newly-formed offshoots and affiliates of several major banned Pak-backed terror outfits."

The raids, in the terror conspiracy case, were continuing till late in the evening. They were spread across locations in Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam, Shopian, Kulgam and Baramulla districts of Kashmir, as well as in Poonch, Rajouri and Kishtwar districts of Jammu, said an NIA front man, in a statement.

The NIA has been investigating the activities of newly floated terrorist groups, such as "The Resistance® Front (TRF)", "United Liberation Front Jammu & Kashmir (UL J&K)", "Mujahideen Gazwat-ul-Hind (MGH)", "Jammu & Kashmir Freedom Fighters (JKFF)", Kashmir Tigers, PAAF and others. These outfits are affiliated to Laskhar-e-Toiba (LeT), Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM), al-Badr, al-Qaeda, etc., he said.

Tuesday’s raids, conducted at a total of 16 locations (12 in the Kashmir Valley and four in Jammu division), were part of NIA’s investigations into the activities of OGWs and cadres in support of these new terror outfits. "These cadres and workers have been found involved in collection and distribution of sticky bombs/magnetic bombs, IEDs, cash, drugs and small weapons, as well as in spreading activities relating to terror, violence and subversion in J&K. Investigations have further revealed that Pak-based operatives were using drones to deliver weapons, bombs, drugs etc. to their operatives and cadres in the Kashmir valley."

NIA had earlier, on 2nd May, conducted raids at 12 locations in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the seizure of incriminating material and digital devices, in the terror conspiracy case it had registered suo motu
...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard...
on 21st June 2022, added the front man.

"The case (RC-05/2022/NIA/JMU) related to the hatching of a conspiracy, both physical and cyber space, and plans by the proscribed terrorist organizations to unleash ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful terrorist attacks in J&K with sticky bombs, IEDs and small arms. The plans are part of a larger conspiracy by these terrorist outfits to commit acts of terror and violence, in association with local youth/overground workers, to disturb peace and communal disharmony in J&K."

Conspiracy case: NIA raids underway at 15 locations in J&K

[GreaterKashmir] Ahead of G-20 summit in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday conducted raids at 15 locations in Jammu and Kashmir including summer capital Srinagar in a militancy conspiracy case registered by the national probing agency.

Quoting official sources, Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) reported that sleuths of NIA with the assistance of Jammu and Kashmir police and CRPF carried out raids at Srinagar, Shopian, Kulgam, Budgam, Baramulla, Anantnag, Poonch and Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir. The searches are being carried out in the Pakistain backed terrorist conspiracy case registered by the national probing agency.

In Srinagar, NIA teams raided the joint residential house of Mohammad Ayoub Pakhtoon, Tariq Ahmad and Safin sons of Late Habibullah Pakhtoon at Kursoo Rajbagh near Jamia Masjid.

Similarly, another team raided the house of Mushtaq Ahmad Pinjoo son of Ghulam Rasool Pinjoo, a resident of Mustafa-Abad Zakoora.

In Budgam, another team of NIA searched the premises of Sajad Ahmad Khan son of Gaffar Khan at War Sangam and apprehended him for questioning. The house of Fayaz Ahmad Rather son of Abdul Aziz Rather, a resident of Mir Mohalla Nasrullahpora was thoroughly searched by the agency.

In south Kashmir’s Kulgam NIA teams raided the residential houses of Rouf Ahmad Sheikh son of Ghulam Nabi at Rampopra Qaimoh and Shahnawaaz Hajam at Sangus Kulgam.

In Shopian the sleuths of NIA searched the residential houses of Showkat Ganie son of Ghulam Mohammad Haji at Khurampora and Mudasir Rehman son of Abdul Rehman Khan at Killora Malikgund.

At Chatergul, Anantnag, a BSC student identified as Ulfat Jan daughter of Mohammad Ayoub Pathan has been apprehended and questioned by the sleuths of NIA.

Residential house of Umar Iqbal Haji son of Mohammad Iqbal Haji at Khiram Anantnag was also searched by the agency.

The raids are being conducted at two locations in Poonch and 1 in Rajouri districts of Jammu region.

An official confirmed the raids and said the searches were pertaining to the criminal conspiracy hatched by the terror groups operating under various pseudo names, at the behest of their Pak commanders/handlers.

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India-Pakistan

Renowned KP clerics issue fatwa denouncing terrorism, only head of Islamic country may declare jihad

2023-01-10

[Dawn] Amid an uptick in murderous Moslem attacks in the country, renowned holy mans in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa issued a fatwa (religious decree) denouncing terrorism, it emerged on Monday.

The development comes as terrorism is again rearing its head in the country, especially in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan
...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
Pakistain has seen a rise in terrorist attacks across the country, believed to have been planned and directed by the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
Taliban

...mindless ferocity in a turban...
Pakistain (TTP) leaders based in Afghanistan.

The TTP, which has ideological linkages with the Afghan Taliban, executed more than 100 attacks last year, most of which happened after August when the group’s peace talks with the Pakistain government began to falter. The ceasefire was formally ended last year on Nov 28 by the TTP.

The 14-page fatwa, a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, has been signed by 16 religious scholars from difference schools of thought, including Maulana Qari Ehsanul Haq, Mufti Subhanallah Jan, Dr Maulana Attaur Rehman, Maulana Hussain Ahmed, Maulana Dr Abdul Nasir, Mufti Mukhtarullah Haqqani, Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, Maulana Salmanul Haq Haqqani, Maulana Rehmatullah Qadri, Maulana Umar bin Abdul Aziz, Allama Abid Hussain Shakri, Mufti Mairajul Din Sarkani, Mufti Raza Mohammad Haqqani, Mufti Khalid Usmani, Mufti Sheikh Aijaz and Maulana Abdul Kareem.

KP Chief Khateeb Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, one of the signatories, said the Learned Elders of Islam had issued the fatwa to answer some questions related to jihad.

Speaking to Dawn.com, he said: "Recently some so-called Learned Elders of Islam tried to create chaos using Islam. After that, it became our responsibility to issue the fatwa."

In the decree, the scholars condemned "spreading chaos and riots" in an Islamic state".

They also termed those "declaring war and picking up weapons against" authorities to be "perpetrators deserving of punishment".

The fatwa also said that "not every person has the right to declare jihad" and that it could only be declared by the head of an Islamic state.

It further said that a soldier or police official killed by the enemy during battle was a martyr, adding that there was "no doubt about his martyrdom".

Head of an Islamic country alone can declare jihad: edict

[Dawn] Only the head of an Islamic country is entitled to declare jihad, and anyone involved in revolt against the state is required to be "crushed" in light of the principles of Islam.

Amid a surge in terrorist attacks, the significant announcement came in form of an edict which was issued on Monday with signatures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s 16 religious scholars on it.

The holy mans said that the head of the Islamic country will announce jihad since this is one of the basic components of the Islamic country.

"According to the teaching[s] of Islam, all the citizens of the Islamic country have to respect the law, and refusing to follow the Constitution [of the Islamic country] is prohibited according to the Shari’ah," read the decree, a copy of which is available with Dawn.

Protection of an Islamic country is the responsibility of all its citizens. "Since Pakistain is an Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
, there is no doubt that all, including the military and police deployed to defend the country, when killed in the battle against enemies, are deaders," the decree read.

The decree noted that a so-called religious scholar in Islamabad as well as some enemies and some anti-state elements have been issuing provocative and controversial statements.

"Obeying [the directions issued by the] head of the State is compulsory under the Islamic principles and those refusing to follow, is [rising in] revolt," the decree read, adding "it is compulsory for all the citizens to follow the head of the state and the Constitution".

Anyone who took up arms against the state or the [Pak] armed forces would be considered an bad boy, it said, adding that such an act had been forbidden and anyone involved in revolt is required to be crushed in light of the principles of Islam.

According to the scholars, there is no doubt that the Western democracy is against the teachings of Islam. However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
they added, ’if someone declares the parliament’s decision submissive to the Holy Koran, he should not be called as misled’.

The decree read that shaving the beard was forbidden in Islam but "it does not mean if somebody shaves the beard is a non-Moslem", adding that once there was a time when wearing a tie and pants was considered dress of the Westerners but it had now become common among Moslems.

"No religious scholar has termed wearing a tie and pants against Islam and this is the reason why religious scholars have justified wearing pants at offices," the 14-page edict read.

The decree has been signed by Sheikhul Hadis Maulana Qari Ehsanul Haq of Darul Uloom Sarhad, Mufti Subhanullah Jan from Madressah Darwesh Imdadul Uloom, Dr Maulana Ataur Rehman from Tafheemul Koran Mardan, Maulana Hussain Ahmad from Wifaqul Madaris Arabia, Maulana Dr Abdul Nasir from Tanzeemul Madaris Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Mufti Mukhtarullah Haqqani and Maulana Salmanul Haq Haqqani from Jamia Daraul Uloom Akora Khattak, Chief Khateeb KP Maulana Tayyab Qureshi, provincial nazim
...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council...
of Tanzeemul Madaris Maulana Rehmatullah Qadri, Maulana Umar Bin Abdul Aziz from Wifaqul Madaris Aslafia, Allama Abid Hussain Shakiri from Jamia Arif-Al-Hussaini Beautiful Downtown Peshawar

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India-Pakistan

Chief cleric of Jamia Masjid Sangaldan, his son among 4 killed in Udhampur road crash

2022-11-29

[GULISTANNEWSTV] A top Islamic scholar and his son are among four persons killed in a tragic road mishap in the Chenani area of Udhampur district this morning.

An official said that a Maruti vehicle bearing registration number JK19 1449, on its way from Gool Sangaldan towards Udhampur, skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge near Prem Mandir Chenani, resulting in spot death of two persons and injuries to several others.

The injured persons were evacuated from the spot for treatment, however, two more persons succumbed on way to the hospital, they said. Among the deceased include chief cleric Jamia Masjid Sangaldan Abdul Hamid (32) and his father, a top Islamic scholar, Mohammad Jamal Din (65). More details awaited.

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India-Pakistan

CRPF trooper injured as militants lob two grenades in south Kashmir’s Shopian, Tral

2022-03-20

[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

#CRPF trooper injured as militants lob two grenades in south #Kashmir’s #Shopian, Tral https://t.co/BbrB1ek2wB
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) March 19, 2022

Three CRPF troopers were maimed after holy warriors lobbed two grenades at the security forces in south Kashmir
Kashmir

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India-Pakistan

LeT militant killed in Awantipora gunfight, operation over: police

2022-03-16

[GREATERKASHMIR] A krazed killer affiliated with 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) outfit was killed in a shootout with security forces in the Charsoo area of Awantipora in south Kashmir
Kashmir

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India-Pakistan

Bombing at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan Kills at Least 56 Worshippers

2022-03-05

[NTD] Keeping the Islamic Love and Unity™
A powerful bomb was detonated inside a Shiite mosque in Pakistan during Friday prayers, killing at least 56 worshippers and wounding nearly 200 others, many of them critically, hospital officials said.

The deadly explosion, reportedly carried out by a suicide bomber, occurred as worshippers had gathered at the mosque in the country’s northwestern city of Peshawar. No terrorist group has immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.

"First I heard five to six gunshots and then I saw the suicide bomber enter the mosque and a huge explosion occurred," a witness who identified himself as Naeem told Al Jazeera. "The doors of my house opened with a bang and I fell down on the ground. When I entered the mosque, there was smoke and dust and people were lying in blood."

Peshawar Police Chief Muhammed Ejaz Khan said the violence started when an armed attacker opened fire on police outside the mosque. One police officer was killed in the gunfight, and another officer was wounded, the chief said. Authorities said they fear the death toll may rise.

Dawn adds:

At least 57 worshippers bit the dust and 194 others were maimed when a suicide kaboomer let 'er rip inside a Shia mosque in the Koocha Risaldar area of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar

...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistain's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire...
’s old city neighbourhood on Friday, rescue and police personnel said.

The Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) confirmed the corpse count and injuries in the attack. LRH spokesperson Muhammad Asim said 10 of the injured were at death's door, while nine of the bodies were charred beyond recognition.

KP police chief Moazzam Jah Ansari said the lone attacker, who was on foot, first killed one of the police guards and then maimed the other before entering the mosque’s hall, some 25 yards away, where he detonated the explosives attached to his body in the third row of worshippers.

Police and witnesses said a man dressed in a black shalwar qameez shot the guards manning the main gate located at some distance from Jamia Masjid Koocha Risaldar, and then entered the mosque where he went kaboom! amongst nearly 150 worshippers, who had congregated for Friday prayers.

Jamil Khan, one of the coppers standing guard at the gate, was shot full of holes while his colleague was injured in the subsequent blast.

"The attack took place just when people were preparing for the main Friday congregation," Mr Jah added. He said police forensic teams recovered 150 ball bearings from the hall.

"At least six kilogrammes of explosives were used in the attack," he claimed, adding there was no threat alert for February and March.

Is that big or small for a suicide vest? I can never remember such things.

The blast turned the densely packed hall of the mosque into a mess with blood and pieces of flesh strewn all over, and the ceiling fans into mangled pieces of iron. The heavy metal grill covering the windows also came off and the walls developed cracks.

Koocha Risaldar, a largely Shia neighbourhood in the old city, has witnessed many sectarian attacks in the past as well.

IS CLAIM
Late on Friday night, AFP reported that the murderous Moslem Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group had claimed the suicide kaboom in Peshawar.

"Today ... an Islamic State fighter succeeded in assaulting a Shia mosque in Peshawar," the group said on its Amaq propaganda site.

Even before the claim came to light, security officials were of the view that the attack bore the hallmarks of the Islamic State group’s Khorasan chapter.

"We see the IS-K as the biggest threat, more than the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Pakistain," Mr Ansari, the Peshawar inspector general of police, said.

An interesting choice, given the history of TTP in Pakistan...

The IS-K is based in Afghanistan, but security officials say the anti-Shia terrorist group appeared to have shifted focus to Pakistain after coming under intense pressure from the Afghan Taliban.

Have they indeed? It couldn’t happen to a more deserving jihad-supporting government.

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India-Pakistan

LeT associate arrested in uptown Srinagar

2022-03-02

#LeT associate arrested in uptown #Srinagar: police https://t.co/SQ3neMIVEj
— Greater Kashmir (@GreaterKashmir) March 1, 2022

Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a murderous Moslem associate of 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...
outfit in Sanat Nagar area of uptown Srinagar.

Quoting a top police officer, news agency GNS reported that the murderous Moslem associate was apprehended along with ten magazines of AK-47.

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India-Pakistan

Anjuman Auqaf decries disallowing Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid

2022-02-27

[GreaterKashmir] Kashmir

Anjuman Auqaf has expressed resentment against disallowing of congregational Friday prayers at Jamia Masjid here.

"Today is the 30th Jummah Mubarak and the last ten days of the holy month of Mehraj-Ul-Alam are going on. Still the authorities did not allow the Moslems of Kashmir to perform important duties like Friday prayers at the largest place of worship in Jammu & Kashmir — the historic central Jama Masjid Srinagar," Anjuman Auqaf said in a statement.

Could it be that the objection is to a large number of Muslims gathering to be whipped up during the Friday service sermon?

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