India’s federal counterterrorism agency has busted an Islamic terrorism financing network in the Muslim-dominated region of Kashmir. India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) raided properties linked to a Kashmir-based charity accused of raising funds for terrorist organizations that are waging jihad against the country, local news reports suggest. The non-governmental organization (NGO) was reportedly receiving money […]
India: As police question jihad terrorist, another opens fire, murdering two police officers
“Kill the idolaters wherever you find them” (Qur’an 9:5, cf. 2:191 and 4:89). “Shopian gunfight: Two soldiers, terrorist killed,” Hindustan Times, February 19, 2022 (thanks to The Religion of Peace): Two soldiers and a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist were killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday. The […]
Jammu and Kashmir: Four Muslims in communication with jihad groups held in narco-terrorism case
Jihadists have used drugs to fund their efforts for years. Years ago, in his study of the Taliban, journalist Ahmed Rashid reported: “Abdul Rashid, the head of the Taliban’s anti-drugs control force in Kandahar, spelt out the nature of his unique job. He is authorized to impose a strict ban on the growing of hashish, […]
India: Three madrassa teachers arrested in Jammu and Kashmir after 13 students join jihad terror group
What? How can this be? How could it possibly have happened that an Islamic school would be teaching students to view Islam in a way that would lead them to join jihad terror groups? Don’t they know that jihad terror groups have nothing whatsoever to do with Islam? Pope Francis, call your office! “3 Madrassa […]
Jammu and Kashmir: 800+ Muslims defy lockdown to attend jihadi’s funeral, jihad murderer hailed as hero
This report, “Weekend Carnage in Kashmir Casts Grim Light on Renewed Recruitment by Hizb-ul-Mujahideen,” gives the impression that the jihad is losing ground in Jammu and Kashmir, but not so. What’s more, the jihadis there are connected to a broader, more worrisome global network. The Director General of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Dilbag Singh, […]