Pakistan's militant Islamic groups

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The militant Islamic groups banned in Pakistan include several groups which have been often blamed for a stream of sectarian violence in the country.

Tariq took charge of Sipah-e-Sahaba after the death of Jhangvi
The Islamic Sunni Sipah-e-Sahaba and the Shia Tehrik-e-Jafria have been accused of attacking followers of the rival sects.

The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is another Sunni group accused of violence.

President Pervez Musharraf says about 400 people were killed in the country in sectarian violence last year.

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Sipah-e-Sahaba

Sipah-e-Sahaba - or the Army of Prophet Mohammad's companions - is a radical group from the majority Sunni sect of Islam.

The group was founded by a Sunni cleric - Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi - in the early 1980s to block the influence of the Iranian Shia revolution in Pakistan.

The next two decades saw an explosion of sectarian violence between Shia and Sunni extremist groups and the death of hundreds of people.

Sipah-e-Sahaba wants Pakistan to be officially declared a Sunni Muslim state.

It has strongholds in southern districts of the populous central province of Punjab and the volatile port city of Karachi.

Maulana Jhangvi was assassinated in a suspected sectarian attack in 1990.

The killing led to the formation of a breakaway and more radical Jhangvi group which was banned last year.

Maulana Azam Tariq, who was assassinated on 6 October 2003, then took charge.

Maulana Tariq had been detained by the authorities a year earlier at the height of violent protests by hardline Islamic groups in support of Afghanistan's Taleban regime.

Tehrik-e-Jafria

Tehrik-e-Jafria - or the Movement of Followers of Shia - was founded in 1979.

Its creation coincided with the enforcement of controversial Islamic laws by the then military ruler of Pakistan, General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq.

The Islamic revolution in predominantly Shia Iran around the same time gave an added boost to the organisation.

Its leader, Allama Arif Hussain al-Hussaini, was a student of the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini.

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi was formed in 1996 by a faction that broke away from the Sipah-e-Sahaba after the assassination of Maulana Jhangvi.

They accused the parent group of deviating from his ideals.

Said to be even more radical than the Sipah-e-Sahaba, they were banned in 2002 and designated as a terrorist group by the US State Department in January 2003.

The Lashkar-e-Jhangvi said it carried out one of the worst sectarian attacks in recent years, when more than 50 people were gunned down in Quetta in July 2003 when they were praying in front of a Shia mosque.

The US believes it has close ties with Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda network.

They are also blamed for involvement in the murder of US journalist Daniel Pearl in Karachi in 2002.

Tanzeem-e-Nifaz

Another group banned is the Tanzeem-e-Nifaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.

This radical Sunni Muslim group was founded by Maulana Sufi Mohammad.

He was a follower of Saudi Arabia's Wahhabi school of thought.

The group has been engaged in violent agitation for the enforcement of Islamic laws in its stronghold of Malakhand in north-western Pakistan.

In the late 1980s, then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ordered paramilitary forces to crush a revolt by the group.

In October last year, Sufi Mohammad crossed into Afghanistan with thousands of his followers to help the Taleban fight US-led forces.

But he returned soon after the collapse of the Taleban.

He has since been under detention.

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Jaish-e-Muhammad
[Last Modified: 16 January 2003 ]


Terrorist Group Profile: Jaish-e-MuhammadOrganisation NameJaish-e-MuhammadAbbreviationJeMYear2000Head QuartersIslamabadStrength10000IdeologyIslamic Fundamentalism, anti-US, anti-Indian, Pakistan-supported Jihadi groupLeaderMaulana Masood AzharOperational AreasPakistan, Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir and other parts of IndiaOther LeadersMaulana Sher Ali Haidery, Maulana Khalifa Abdul Qayyum, Dr Khadim Hussain Dhilun, Maulana Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Inqilabi, Maulana Muhammad Ahmad LudhianviFinancesMost of the JEM's cadre and material resources have been drawn from the militant groups Harakat ul-Jihad al-Islami (HUJI) and the Harakat ul-Mujahideen (HUM). The JEM has close ties to Afghan Arabs and the Taliban. Osama Bin Laden is suspected of giving funding to the JEM. He is perceived to be close to Taliban chief Mullah Omar. It is politically aligned with the radical, pro-Taliban, political party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F).LinksThe JeM has close links with other fundamentalist organisations in Pakistan like Harkatul Mujahideen, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, the United Jihad Council and the Harkat-ul Jihad-i-IslamiGroup TypeIslamic fundamentalist groupNews LinksNAGroup PhotoN A Leader PhotoN A WebsiteNAHistoryThe Jaish-e-Muhammad was founded by Maulana Masood Azhar, an Islamic militant formerly belonging to the Harkat-ul Ansar in February 2000. Masood Azhar was the top motivator and fund-collector of the Harkat-ul Ansar and he was planning to set up an operational headquarters in Kashmir during the early 1990s. But in 1994, he was apprehended by Indian security forces in Anantnag in Kashmir. Since then he was lodged in a prison in Jammu. However, in December 1999, five armed terrorists hijacked an Indian Airlines flight IC-814 from Tribhuvan airport in Kathmandu and took it to Kandahar in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Azhar was released in exchange for the lives of passengers of the hijacked aircraft. Barely a month after his release, Azhar resurfaced in Karachi, addressing public rallies and vowing to intensify the 'Jihad' against India and the US. Azhar's dream was to include all the pan-Islamic outfits like the Harkatul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and Al Badr under one command. However, he did not succeed in bringing all the groups under one umbrella and founded Jaish-e-Muhammad. Azhar's violent rhetoric earned him many followers with militants from other organisations like the Harkatul Mujahideen (Harkat-ul Ansar renamed) joining the ranks of the Jaish-e-Muhammad. Almost three quarters of the HuM activists defected to JeM after its inception and its supporters are mostly Pakistanis and Kashmiris, but also include Afghans and Arab veterans of the Soviet Afghan war. JeM militants use light and heavy machine guns, assault rifles, mortars, improvised explosive devices, and rocket grenades. They are trained in camps based in Afghanistan and operate primarily in Kashmir. JeM terrorists have carried out several attacks against Indian security forces in Kashmir and other parts of India. Masood Azhar, within a short span of time, has been able to make JeM a major terrorist organisation in Pakistan. His contacts among the madrassas, or religious schools across Pakistan, and his relationship with religious leaders belonging to the Jamaat-e-Islami and the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam has resulted in a tremendous increase in the numbers of cadres of the JeM. The Maulana himself does not carry a gun, but he is the brain behind the activities of the JeM. On 12 January 2002, General Pervez Musharraf, under intense international pressure, banned the Jaish-e-Muhammad among other terrorist organisations in Pakistan in a televised address. Maulana Masood Azhar has been arrested and is now lodged in Mianwali prison in the Punjab province of Pakistan. However, other leaders of the JeM are directing its activities. Main Operations
A 17 year old suicide bomber attempted to ram a car loaded with explosives into the Indian Army's 15 Corps headquarters in Srinagar on 19 April 2000.
Rifle grenade attack on the J&K Secretariat building in Srinagar on 28 June 2000.
On 11 December 2000, JeM militants exploded an IED in Srinagar injuring five members of the Border Security Force.
On 10 December 2000, JeM militants launched grenade attacks at a bus stop in Kupwara, India, injuring 24 persons, and at a marketplace in Chadoura, India, injuring 16 persons.
On 1 October 2001, a suicide squad of three pro-Pakistani militants stormed the heavily fortified Jammu and Kashmir assembly building in a stolen car laden with explosives killing 29 people and injuring several others.
On 13 December 2001, 5 JeM militants launched an attack on the Indian Parliament in New Delhi leaving 13 people dead including the terrorists.

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Al Badr
The Jaish-e-Muhammad was founded by Maulana Masood Azhar, an Islamic militant formerly belonging to the Harkat-ul Ansar in February 2000. Masood Azhar was the top motivator and fund-collector of the Harkat-ul Ansar.

Hizb ul Mujahideen
The Hizbul Mujahideen was founded in 1989 as the militant wing of the Jamaat-e-Islami, a socio-cultural and religious organisation of Jammu and Kashmir. It was originally termed Al Badr but was soon renamed as the Hizbul Mujahideen. The Jamaat-e-Islami is reported to have set up this terrorist front at the prodding of ISI. It was to function as an Islamic counter to the JKLF that was supporting the idea of independence of Kashmir through its indigenous cadre base. Early in its history, the Hizbul Mujahideen had established contacts with Afghan mujahideen groups such as Hizb-e-Islami under which its cadre received arms training.
Do Islamist terrorists in Kashmir have ties to al-Qaeda?
Yes. Many terrorists active in Kashmir received training in the same madrasas, or Muslim seminaries, where Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters studied, and some received military training at camps in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan. Moreover, the Kashmiri terrorists’ leadership has al-Qaeda connections. The leader of the Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen group, Farooq Kashmiri Khalil, signed al-Qaeda’s 1998 declaration of holy war, which called on Muslims to attack all Americans and their allies. Maulana Masood Azhar, who founded the Jaish-e-Muhammad organization, traveled to Afghanistan several times to meet Osama bin Laden, and the group is suspected of receiving funding from al-Qaeda, U.S. and Indian officials say.

Has the nature of Kashmiri terrorism changed since September 11?
Yes, experts say. Pakistan, which used to back Islamist militants in Kashmir, changed course after September 11. After the December 2001 attack on India’s parliament, Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf promised to crack down on terrorist groups active in Kashmir. In response, members of these extremist groups have gone underground, taken other names, and formed new, ad hoc configurations. Experts say some of these militants have branched out into attacks on Shiite and Christian minorities, American facilities, and other Western targets in Pakistan.



Which Islamist terrorist groups have been active in Kashmir?
The State Department lists three Islamist groups active in Kashmir as foreign terrorist organizations: Harakat ul-Mujahedeen, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and Jaish-e-Muhammad. The first group has been listed for years, and the other two were added after the December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament. All three groups attracted Pakistani members as well as Afghan and Arab veterans who fought the 1980s Soviet occupation of nearby Afghanistan.
Harakat ul-Mujahedeen (“Islamic Freedom Fighters’ Group”) was established in the mid-1980s. Based first in Pakistan and then in Afghanistan, it had several thousand armed supporters in Pakistan and Kashmir. Harakat members have also participated in insurgent and terrorist operations in Burma, Tajikistan, and Bosnia.
Jaish-e-Muhammad (“Army of Muhammad”) was established in 2000 by Maulana Masood Azhar, a Pakistani cleric. Jaish, which attracted Harakat members, had several hundred armed supporters in Kashmir and Pakistan.
Lashkar-e-Taiba (“Army of the Pure”), active since 1993, is the military wing of the well-funded Pakistani Islamist organization Markaz-ad-Dawa-wal-Irshad, which recruited volunteers to fight alongside the Taliban.
Since Pakistan outlawed these groups, attacks in Kashmir and Pakistan have been carried out under other guises. One group calling itself al-Qanoon or Lashkar-e-Omar is thought to be a coalition of members of Jaish-e-Muhammad, Lashkar-e-Taiba, and other Pakistan-based Islamist groups, including the anti-Shiite Lashkar-e-Jhangvi organization.

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Terrorist/Insurgent/Extremist Groups proscribed under POTA

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM)
Harkat-ul-Ansar (HuA, presently known as Harkat-ul Mujahideen)
Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT)
Jaish-e-Mohammad Mujahideen E-Tanzeem (JeM)
Harkat-ul Mujahideen (HuM, previously known as Harkat-ul-Ansar)
Al Badr
Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JUM)
Harkat-ul-Jehad-i-Islami
Al Umar Mujahideen
Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM)
Front Organisations of Terrorist Groups Active in Jammu and KashInactive Terrorist/Insurgent Groups

Al Barq
Al Jehad
Jammu & Kashir National Liberation Army
Muslim Janbaz Force
Kashmir Jehad Force
Al Jehad Force (combines Muslim Janbaz Force and Kashmir Jehad Force)
Mahaz-e-Azadi
Islami Jamaat-e-Tulba
Jammu & Kashmir Students Liberation Front
Ikhwan-ul-Mujahideen
Islamic Students League
Tehrik-e-Hurriat-e-Kashmir
Al Mustafa Liberation Fighters
Tehrik-e-Jehad-e-Islami
Muslim Mujahideen
Al Mujahid Force
Tehrik-e-Jehad
Islami Inquilabi Mahazmir

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Active Terrorist/Insurgent Groups



Lashkar-e-Omar (LeO)
Lashkar-e-Jabbar (LeJ)
Tehrik-ul-Mujahideen
Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC)
Mutahida Jehad Council (MJC)

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ok. let's see a list of muslim groups opposed to these jackoffs.

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September 03, 2006




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Terrorists' training camps in Kashmir

Few months back, an intelligence input to security agencies in Jammu and Kashmir suggested that terrorist training camps have been set up in some forest areas of the state. The alert was initially taken lightly but following the electronic message intercepts and the other forms of intelligence in wake of the claim of Al-Qaeda setting up base here, some ground proofs indeed have established that at least half a dozen training camps are running in woods of Doda, Kupwara and Poonch districts.

The security agencies have already confirmed the presence of Al-Qaeda in Kashmir on the basis of authentic inputs claiming that at least 40-50 operatives of the group were functional here in close collaboration with Lashkar-e-Toiba.

Though none of the state security agencies officers are ready to officially utter a word about this, sources say that they have found substantial ground facts to accept that terrorist training was being imparted in these areas.

“We have found a record number of missing person complaints, mainly youth in these districts in past few months. Reports suggest that there were fortified training camps in the Patwan and Chatarnar forests of Bandipora in Kupwara sector”, said a senior state police officer posted in Kashmir. And it is learnt that training is being imparted by the Pakistani army regulars and top Lashkar commanders.

Many of them have crossed over from Gurez sector in Kupwara, said a source. This could be substantiated with the killing of a Pakistani Major Haider Turkey of the ninth battalion of the Baloch Regiment last month in Gurez sector along with two terrorists in an encounter with security agencies here. Though Indian army later withdrew its claim of killing Pakistani officer, sources in army still maintain, it was a truth, which however has to be hidden for political and diplomatic reasons.

Whether it was true or not is not a concern but the fact that although Pakistan wants to shift the world focus from it being a big market place for terrorism, is setting up terrorist training bases in Jammu and Kashmir itself is indeed alarming.

The seizure of several motivational CDs featuring the Al-Qaeda boss Osama Bin laden asking youth to join “Islamic terrorism” and carrying different training techniques imparted to terrorists also corroborate it. SSP Poonch S.D. Singh Jamwal said that the CDs were recovered from Gursai Nullah in Mendhar town in an encounter. “There are indeed indications of some training camps but so far nothing could be said for sure. However, the terrorists training CDs could be another pointer to it,” he said.

The state counter terrorism officials say that Lashkar had transported around 100 such CDs from its headquarters at Muridke near Lahore to Jammu and Kashmir. The CDs were then distributed to LeT commanders in Doda, Kupwara, Poonch and Udhampur districts.

Another pointer could be the discovery of an underground hideout of terrorists in the Gundladhar area of Bhaderwah in the Doda district. The hideout had large reserves of food items like rice, oil, pulses, dried meat, warm clothing and many other things, which a police officer said is must for a terrorist garrison.

An intelligence sleuth told this correspondent that recent interception of the conversation of Lashkar-e-Toiba “chief commander” Bilal alias Salahuddin and a few more on a very low frequency transmitter, a mode of communication not generally used by the terrorists did disclose some pointers towards local training camps set up by Lashkar.

The camps are held in such terrains because it is convenient to hide and many areas share proximity to Line of Control (LoC) as if any offensive is launched by Indian troopers, the top commanders and Pakistan army officials can easily cross over, “ said former Indian army Public Relations Officer, V.K Batra.

Army sources say that targeting the Lashkar’s fortress in woods will not be an easy task. Though a high intensity aerial and ground military operation was held in Hill Kaka bowl of Surnakote in Poonch in 2002 against militants, it would be difficult in Poonch and Kupwara because close proximity to LoC as there was possibility that Indian aerial attack might land in Pakistan held Kashmir calling for a military conflict in area.


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International
'Al-Qaeda training camp exists in Pakistan'
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/003200709171431.htm


New York, Sept. 17 (PTI): US authorities helped Danish security officials locate the terror suspects in an alleged bombing plot unearthed this month through an electronic intercepts from Pakistan, where one of the men had received training at an al-Qaeda camp.

The method was similar to that adopted during arrests of some suspects in a bombing plot in Germany, a media report today said quoting intelligence officials in Washington.

One of the men in the Danish case received instruction within the past 12 months in explosives, surveillance and other techniques at a terrorist training camp in Pakistan near the border with Afghanistan, The New York Times quoted officials as saying.

While much of the world's attention was focused on the arrests that took place the same day in Germany but were announced a day later, intelligence officials in Denmark and in Washington were quoted as saying that at least one suspect in the Danish group had direct ties to leading figures in Al Qaeda which has regrouped in northwestern Pakistan.

"What's coming from this is that they are now able to give military and terrorist training and able to plan and steer specific operations in Europe," Jakob Scharf, the Danish intelligence chief, told the Times, adding "al-Qaeda is back."

Scharf, the paper said, drew a clear distinction between independent or loosely affiliated groups drawing inspiration from al-Qaeda's ideology and specific control of plans for attack, saying the Danish bomb plot was clearly the latter.