The fact the villagers are minority Shia may in part explain their pro-India loyalties. [11 December 2018] WATCH: Indian troops kill 3 militants in Kashmir, spark local protests - English The attack took place in south Kashmirâs Anantnag town. A prominent Shia cleric from north Kashmirâs Baramulla district has been detained a day before the Youme Ashura, the main day of remembrance observed annually by Shia Muslims to pay homage to seventh century martyrdom of Imam Hussain and his companions.. Manzoor Ahmad Malik, 50, was detained yesterday after he as summoned to Pattan police ⦠569. During the month of Muharram, the Shia community come out with processions across Kashmir. An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmirâs Kulgam district on Saturday, police said. The Shia population in Jammu and Kashmir is reported to be around 14% of the total population and in the Valley, they live mostly in Srinagar and Budgam districts. In a place like Kashmir, where militancy is sometimes almost a fashion among younger people, boasting of access to transnational terrorist organizations is a gateway to social prestige and sometimes even monetary gain. Kashmir's insurgency over the past two decades has mostly been waged by Sunni militants. Some of the miners were beheaded after being kidnapped from a remote coal mine in the mountainous Machh area, 60 kilometres (37 miles) southeast of Quetta. SHAFAQNA- ABNA: Indian government has come under attack from politicians and activists for using civilians as âhuman shieldsâ in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that four persons were killed in a gunfight in Hyderpora area of Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-administered ⦠Kabul: A suicide bomber has targeted a mosque in Afghanistanâs Kunduz city during Friday prayers, killing at least 50 people, officials said. According to the Reuters report, protests by Kashmirâs 1.4 million Shiite Muslims are rare. But thanks to Iranâs growing influence and entrenchment in Kashmir, particularly targeting its Shia population, that could be about to change. Among this group of militants, a Hizbul Mujahideen commander Barhaar Muzaafar (who has been active in Tral region of J-K for a decade) can be clearly seen. So, even a muslim from the Jammu region cannot imagine being the chief minister of ⦠The U.S.-backed government in place since 2001 is gone, as are almost all U.S. and NATO troops. The ban of Muhharrum processions in Kashmir is clear violation of religious rights of common citizens. of civilians killed in year 1999 is about 9,733. Kashmir is an ethnically diverse Himalayan region, covering around 86,000 sq miles (138 sq km), and famed for the beauty of its lakes, meadows and snow-capped mountains. Contents. The anti Shia literature that portrays Shias as religiously heretic, morally corrupt, politically traitors and lesser human beings sets the ideological framework for t⦠After a meeting with the COAS-Pakistan, the Shia Hazara Community called off the protests, however, the activists continue to voice their demands for stronger security norms and policies. Part of the Shia community has stayed away from the separatist campaign, although some leaders of the separatist movement do belong to the Shias. At the same time, Indian mismanagement and malfeasance in Kashmir gave rise to an indigenous insurgency there. The groups have long since turned their violence inward toward Pakistanâs religious and ethnic minorities. Faiz, a Sunni papier-mâché artist, falls in love at first sight with Ruhi, a Shia girl. That means some skepticism is warranted. India and policy of recycling militants in Kashmir. Nov 11, 2016 11,820-41 9,200 Country With support from the regime of Zia al-Huq and funding from Saudi Arabia, the SSP soon became Pakistan's most prominent anti-Shia militant group. TEHRAN, Apr. Kashmir Militant Extremists. On 13 July 2013, Syriaâs notorious Al Nusra Front (a branch of Al Qaeda in Iraq) incited Wahhabi and Deobandi Jihadists to kill Shia Muslmis in Badgam area of Indian-administered Kashmir. SHAFAQNA- ABNA: Indian government has come under attack from politicians and activists for using civilians as âhuman shieldsâ in the Indian-controlled Kashmir.Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar on Tuesday said that four persons were killed in a gunfight in Hyderpora area of Srinagar, the summer capital of the Indian-administered ⦠Since the demography of Jammu and Kashmir has changed over the years and considering the radicalized youth in the region referendum would not be a viable solution, ⦠While there may be some overlap in these groups, they are both different. Congressional Research Service report categories groups into five types â globally-oriented, Afghanistan oriented, India - and Kashmir-oriented, domestically oriented, and Sectarian (anti-Shia). Many fear the pattern from the 1980s may now be repeating itself as Syria witnesses an influx of Pakistanis entering the country to fight alongside anti-Shia militant groups opposing the Bashar al-Assad government. Separatists in Muslim-majority Kashmir have been campaigning against the government of Hindu-majority India for years, including a campaign of violence by militants, and an Indian security force response that Kashmiris often condemn as heavy handed. In Kashmir too Shia Muslims take out Muharram processions and remember sacrifice of Imam Hussain. In most of the cases Indian security forces track them somewhere in rural areas and after a few hours of encounter, they are being targeted. The attack took place in south Kashmirâs Anantnag town. Al-Qaeda (also spelled Al-Qaida) is an Islamist group founded between 1988 and 1990 by Osama Bin Laden and Mohammed Atef.The Taliban (also spelled Taleban) is a ⦠He was an influential general in the Qutb Shahi dynasty and after alienation in Abdullah Qutb Shah 's court, he shifted his loyalty to the Mughal court. This year popular militant commander Burhan Wani dominated the Muharram processions as placards praising him appeared in the processions. Read more from Shafaqna : This is Lahore: Hindu Temples and Islamic Mosques Human rights associations figure outs the no. Jammu and Kashmir J&K: Three suspected Jaish-e-Mohammad militants killed in gunfight with armed forces in Pulwama The police said that ammunition was recovered from the ⦠The situation, they say, is reminiscent of the siege that resulted in the annual Muharram commemoration that Shia Muslims observe devotedly. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Ashmuji area of the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. Sipah-e-Muhammad Sipah-e-Muhammad (Army of Muhammad) is a Shia militant organisation involved in sectarian terrorist activities in Pakistan, primarily in the Punjab province. Most of the militant organizations like Harkat-ul-Islam and Le.T have had anti-Shia discourse not only in Pakistan and but also in Afghanistan. With support from the regime of Zia al-Huq and funding from Saudi Arabia, the SSP soon became Pakistan's most prominent anti-Shia militant group. Separatists in Muslim-majority Kashmir have been campaigning against the government of Hindu-majority India for years, including a campaign of violence by militants, and an Indian security force response that Kashmiris often condemn as heavy handed. However, there were no reports of any casualty.An official said gunmen opened fire on a mobile bunke In Dubai, the government appoints all imams, whether Sunni or Shia, as well as regulating religious sermon content preached in mosques. A day long commemorative function was today organized at Ayatollah Yusuf(r.a) Imam bargah, Budgam on the first death anniversary of Shia scholar and cleric Aga Syed Fazlullah Al Mossvi Al Safvi. In Kashmir too, he built gardens and a caravanserai in the name of twelve Shia Imams. Kashmir's insurgency over the past two decades has mostly been waged by Sunni militants. They mourn, wave flags and banners, and recite Nawa while walking across the length and breadth of Kashmir. Anti-Shi'ism has two aspects: shiaphobic literature and hate-crimes. EurAsian Times brings you an OpEd by Abhinav Pandya written for the Israeli Media â Haaretz The Disappearance of Shia Muslims ⦠NEW DELHI â Police assaulted journalists who were covering the Muharram procession of Shia Muslim mourners on Tuesday, the 8th of Muharram as per the Islamic calendar, in the city of Srinagar, the capital of Indian controlled Kashmir, local media reports and eyewitnesses said.. The shrine of Charar-e-Sharief in Budgam district was under the control of Pakistani militants, including Mast Gul of ⦠The turning point in Faiz comes when his god-mother is killed in a cross-fire by the Indian army. However, as the Iranian Revolution led to internecine Shia-Sunni conflict, Shias too slowly started getting othered in Kashmirâs polity. However, Pakistan continued to use its well-developed stock of Sunni militants to help forge a pro-Pakistan disposition in Afghanistan. The shops and business establishments are closed and the pedestrian movement ⦠Protests by Kashmir's 1.4 million Shia Muslims are rare. Answer (1 of 11): Consider this, Gulam Nabi Azad has been the only chief minister from the Jammu region till date and he served as the CM only on a sharing basis with a Kashmiri leader. Sectarian (Anti-Shia) Militants Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP), an anti-Shia group established in Punjab in the mid-1980s, is now known as Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. 1.5 2012âpresent. Human rights associations figure outs the no. The urban-village divide is also surfacing in the valley. Photo: Reuters Preventing Muharram processions is a form of religious aggression. On 28 February 2012, about 12 militants, dressed in military uniforms, stopped buses in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, hauled 18 men out and killed them.All, but one, of the victims were Shia Muslim residents of Gilgit-Baltistan who were travelling by bus from Rawalpindi, Punjab to Gilgit, Gilgit Baltistan.The buses were stopped in Kohistan and the victims killed based on their ⦠based in both Punjab and in Pakistan-held Kashmir; Sectarian militants, in particular the anti-Shia Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, 3,000-6,000 âtrained activistsâ) and its offshoot, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi* (LeJ, membership in the low hundreds), the latter closely associated with Al Qaeda, both operating mainly in the FATA, Text Size: Srinagar: Situation in parts of the Kashmir Valley, particularly Srinagar, remained tense Friday as authorities imposed strict restrictions to prevent Shia Muslims from carrying out Muharram processions. 1.4 2004â11. Even in Kashmir Valley, most âPakistaniâ militants are actually poor Pakistani Punjabi Muslims from impoverished families of Southern Pakistani Punjabi, who study in various religious extremist schools, where they are brainwashed into hating India, Hindus, Shias etc. The position of Shias as a minority within the Sunni majority Muslim community of Kashmir has led to their voices being ignored in Kashmirâs struggle for independence, feels Aliya. According to an estimate, at least 20,000 Shia Muslims of all ethnic backgrounds (Gilgiti, Balti, Pashtun, Hazara, Punjabi, Muhajir, Sindhi, Baloch etc) have been killed by Takfiri Deobandi militants known as Sipah Sahaba Taliban (SST), some of whom are nurtured as strategic assets by Pakistan army for cross-border Jihadist activities in Kashmir and ⦠Suba Chandran provides a snap-shot view of the Kashmir issue and the actors involved therein. Show me a single example where Shias were attacked by militants in Kashmir? Kashmir, is located at the junction of China, Central and South Asia, and Afghanistan. In Kargil area, ninety percent of Muslim population is Shia numbering about 125â000. There are small numbers of Sunnis in Drass area. Remainder Shia population is concentrated in the Valley. Many missionaries and Sufi orders of Shia and Sunni branches made Kashmir their home. The 31-year revolt against Indian rule in the territory has been led by Sunni ⦠Additionally, the rise of puritanical religious ideologies in Kashmir Valley over last two decades with extreme anti-Shia hatred has also made Shia community of ⦠The fact the villagers are minority Shia may in part explain their pro-India loyalties. Choking of democratic space. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Chandgam village of Pulwama district which turned into an encounter, a police official said. Hamid Hussain. Militants opened fire on a CRPF mobile bunker in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Wednesday evening. Most militant groups which have clout in the Valley are from the Sunni sect. According to the latest Congressional report on terrorism, Pakistan is home to at least 12 terrorist groups, including five that are centered in India, | DH Latest News, DH NEWS, Delhi, Latest News, India, NEWS, International, Crime , Terrorism, Pakistan, Kashmir, Al Qaeda, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Militant groups, Shia, report The UN mediated referendum was supposed to happen immediately after the Pakistanâs attack on India in 1947. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in the Ashmuji area of the south Kashmir district following information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. Young Shia boast of their connections to Iran-backed Shia terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Kak Tribune News Service. Terrorists fired upon a CRPF bunker of 96 battalion and there is no loss or injury reported yet,â a security official said. Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was founded in September 1985, a time of rising Sunni-Shia tensions in the Punjabi city of Jhang. According to the latest Congressional report on terrorism, Pakistan is home to at least 12 terrorist groups, including five that are centered in India, | DH Latest News, DH NEWS, Delhi, Latest News, India, NEWS, International, Crime , Terrorism, Pakistan, Kashmir, Al Qaeda, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Militant groups, Shia, report 04 (MNA) â These days the news of youngsters joining militancy in Kashmir is quite common. Pakistan's counter-terrorism police and the country's intelligence agency raided hideouts of an outlawed Shia militant group in the eastern Punjab province and arrested seven suspects who allegedly wanted to attack leaders of rival Sunni Muslims' groups, a spokesman said on Thursday. The Shia Hazara Community is a minority group that has faced the wrath of Islamist extremists in Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan. In July 1988, a series of demonstrations, strikes and attacks on the Indian government began the Kashmir insurgency, which during the 1990s escalated into the most important internal security issue in India. Pakistan claims to be giving its "moral and diplomatic" support to the separatist movement. Al-Qaeda and Taliban are distinct terrorist groups of extremist Muslims who misinterpret the tenets of Islam to further a violent agenda. Shia Muslims are granted freedom to worship, and maintain their mosques. An unidentified militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmirâs Kulgam district on Saturday, police said. The Kashmir masses blame militants for voilence. But the group has claimed responsibility for numerous attacks, including the slaying of 11 miners from the minority Shia Hazara community last year. Kashmiris into Shia, Sunni, Paharis, and Backerwals. Shia women mourning in a Muharram majlis. Human rights violations by militants. Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was founded in September 1985, a time of rising Sunni-Shia tensions in the Punjabi city of Jhang. There were two groups of Shias who migrated to Kashmir from present day Iran and Iraq in fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Shias are a minority among Muslims in Jammu &Kashmir. Even in Kashmir Valley, most âPakistaniâ militants are actually poor Pakistani Punjabi Muslims from impoverished families of Southern Pakistani Punjabi, who study in various religious extremist schools, where they are brainwashed into hating India, Hindus, Shias etc. Attempts by ⦠Kashmiris Mourn Another Life Lost as BJP Legislatorâs Security Officer Killed by Militants. [29] Michael Safi, âKashmir Conflict Shifts with Top Militant Vowing Fight is for an Islamic State,â Guardian, May 22, 2017. The police said that ammunition was recovered from the militants. Srinagar, Jan 19: A Central Reserve Police Force bunker was fired upon by militants in Kashmir but there was no injuries reported in the incident, an official said. Notwithstanding strict restrictions, over 10,000 Shia mourners took out a large Ashura procession under the auspices of the J&K Shia Association in the interior of Zadibal in downtown Srinagar. But the referendum was never happened as Pakistan never withdrawn its troops from Kashmir region. In Mirza Waheedâs second novel The Book of Gold Leaves, we have a classic Shia-Sunni love story set against the backdrop of the conflict in Kashmir. I can share you the list of dozen Shia militant groups who were active in Kashmir for freedom since 1989. In the 1930s, Shia leaders stood next to Sunni leaders in the anti-monarchical struggle against the Dogra rulers. The Islamic State in Khorasan (ISIS-K), which operates in Afghanistan and is the Afghan Talibanâs rival, has been responsible for recent attacks in ⦠Student activism stands banned in the University of Kashmir, ⦠1.2 1987â2004. The insurgency that erupted in 1989 in Kashmir took the Indian establishment by surprise has been going on unabated. Last few days in Kashmir valley have shamed the people of Kashmir valley in the eyes of global community due to the bloody, gruesome and cowardly selective target killing of members of non-local migrant labor force from states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal etc., who have been working hard and earning their livelihood in different parts of Kashmir valley for ⦠Unlike the 1990s, when many militants in Kashmir were foreigners, mainly Pakistanis, and local insurgents were reportedly trained across the border, the new generation of Kashmiri militants is mostly homegrown. Read more from Shafaqna : This is Lahore: Hindu Temples and Islamic Mosques Director. D Suba Chandran. Shia Muslims held a mourning procession in Srinagar in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, chanting religious slogans. Kashmiri Shia Muslim women watch a Muharram procession marking Ashura from a residential building in Srinagar. Images on social media showed bodies and debris inside the mosque, used by the minority Shia Muslim community, the BBC reported. However, Pakistan continued to use its well-developed stock of Sunni militants to help forge a pro-Pakistan disposition in Afghanistan. Shia Muslims are granted freedom to worship, and maintain their mosques. Srinagar: Three Jaish-e-Mohammad militants, including a Pakistani national, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. So please stop sharing non sense here. Two police personnel were killed and at least 14 others injured when militants attacked their bus on Monday on the outskirts of Indian Kashmir's main city of Srinagar, police said, hours after police shot dead two militants at a nearby checkpoint.Kashmir police said on Twitter that militants opened fire on a police vehicle, injuring at least 16 personnel, two of ⦠The Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan has so far remained a localized conflict. The international community can no longer ignore the alarming rise in violence directed at Pakistanâs Shia ... creating these sectarian militant ⦠Shia of Kashmir. Militants opened fire on a CRPF mobile bunker in south Kashmir's Anantnag on Wednesday evening. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack. The father of one of the four people killed in a gunfight in Srinagarâs Hydepora area last month filed a plea in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on ⦠Human rights violations by militants. Part of the Shia community has stayed away from the separatist campaign, although some leaders of the separatist movement do belong to the Shias. Rouhisefat said violations of Muslim human rights in India have been condemned by the international community. At the same time, Indian mismanagement and malfeasance in Kashmir gave rise to an indigenous insurgency there. ⢠Pakistan is home to the largest concentration of Shia Muslims outside Iran, and Gilgit- Part Seven of the UAE Constitution declares Islam as the official state religion. Pakistan deployed the battle-hardened militants from the Afghan theatre to Kashmir. There is no doubt that the Kashmir struggle is dominated by the Muslim population, a majority of whom are Sunni. But Shia have always played some kind of role in Kashmirâs struggles. Terrorists fired upon a CRPF bunker of 96 battalion and there is no loss or injury reported yet,â a security official said. Muharram processions in Kashmir were banned by the establishment in 1990, a year after an armed insurgency broke out in the Valley. Answer (1 of 3): First of all, let me say with total conviction that it is not the desire of any Pakistani to support any group or individual that âdrives awayâ any community & render them homeless be it Muslim, Hindu, Christian or otherwise. In mid-August 2021, Taliban militants swept into Kabul, completing their takeover of Afghanistan and marking a new phase in what has been the worldâs most lethal conflict in recent years. Posted on August 25, 2021. They have released a video of a group of militants dressed in Indian Army fatigues. of civilians killed in year 1999 is about 9,733. Pakistan arrests 7 Shia militants, foils possible attacks 08.01.2021. After Sikhs, militants target Shias From M.L. While the State is struggling to suppress violence against Shias, the deep-rooted support for militants in society and the inadequate judicial system in Pakistan has created the situation where hardly any terrorist has been convicted of sectarian or other terrorism in Pakistan. Trained locally, they are motivated by local factors; many have never left the Valley. Historically, the flourishing of the Shia sect in the Kashmir Valley is attributed to Mir Shamsuddin Araqi, a saint and religious scholar who came to Kashmir during the reign of the Chak dynasty in the later part of the 15th century. Part Seven of the UAE Constitution declares Islam as the official state religion. It is a known fact that the ethno- ... among the groups of militants in Kashmir, and internecine clashes were reported between local and foreign militants. 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