Jaish-e-Mohammed
Terrorist organisation
Jaish e-Mohammed is a militant group active in Kashmir.[15][16][17] The group's goal is to put Indian controlled Kashmir into the control of Pakistan. The group has also been allegedly supported by the Pakistani government in its efforts to take control of Indian controlled Kashmir.[18][19]
| Jaish-e-Mohammed | |
|---|---|
| جيشِ محمدؐ | |
 The flag of Jaish-e-Mohammed | |
| Leader | Maulana Masood Azhar |
| Supreme Commander | Abdul Rauf Azhar |
| Dates of operation | 2000–present |
| Group(s) | Lashkar-e-Mustafa (Active In Kashmir)[1] |
| Headquarters | Bahawalpur, Pakistan |
| Ideology | Deobandi Islamism[2] Jihadism[3] Islamic fundamentalism[2] |
| Notable attacks | 2016 Uri attack
2019 Pulwama attack |
| Part of | United Jihad Council Operation Tupac[4] |
| Allies | State allies Non-State allies |
| Opponents | State opponents |
| Battles and wars | |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | |
References
change- ↑ "Kashmir Tigers: Another militant outfit emerges, fourth in two years". 23 January 2021. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Jaish-e-Mohammad: A profile". BBC News. 2002-02-06. Archived from the original on 28 April 2022. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Moj, Deoband Madrassah Movement (2015), p. 98: "Deobandis like Masood Azhar, a graduate of Jamia Binouria who later set up a jihadist outfit named Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) in 2000, reportedly at the behest of Pakistan's military establishment."
- ↑ John Pike (25 July 2002). "Directorate for Inter-Services Intelligence". Federation of American Scientists. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008.
- ↑ Jaffrelot, The Pakistan Paradox (2015), p. 520: "as soon as he was freed, Masood Azhar was back in Pakistan where he founded a new jihadist movement, Jaish-e-Mohammed, which became one of the jihadist groups the ISI used in Kashmir and elsewhere."
- ↑ "Taliban's Kashmir policy: Rhetoric, ideology, and interests". Observer Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 5 April 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2022.
Essentially, JeM maintains eight camps in Afghanistan's Nangahar—three of which are under the direct control of the Taliban.
- ↑ Popovic, The Perils of Weak Organization (2015), pp. 921, 925, 926.
- ↑ Riedel, Deadly Embrace (2012): "The answer is JeM's friend and ally, Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda." (p. 69) "Or as Pakistan's interior minister Rehman Malik has put it, "They—Lashkar-e-Janghvi, the Sipah-e-Sohaba Pakistan, and Jaish-e-Mohammad—are allies of the Taliban and al Qaeda" and do indeed pursue many of the same goals." (p. 100)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Pakistan Archived 19 March 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Mapping Militants. Stanford University.
- ↑ Indian Mujahideen Archived 9 September 2022 at the Wayback Machine. Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism.
- ↑ "People's Anti-Fascist Front (PAFF) – Jammu & Kashmir". Tracking Terrorism. Archived from the original on 4 October 2022. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ↑ "Currently listed entities". Public Safety Canada. Government of Canada. 21 December 2018. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ↑ Freedman, Benjamin (May 2010). "Officially Blacklisted Extremist/Terrorist (Support) Organizations: a Comparison of Lists from six Countries and two International Organizations" (PDF). Perspectives on Terrorism. 4 (2): 46–52. JSTOR 26298448. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
- ↑ "BRICS declaration names Pakistan-based terror groups in diplomatic victory for India". Mint.com. 4 September 2017. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
- ↑ Cronin et al., Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) (2004), p. 40: "The JEM is a Pakistan-based, militant Islamic group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in March 2000."
- ↑ Cronin et al., Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) (2004), pp. 40–43
- ↑ Cronin et al., Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) (2004), pp. 40–43
- ↑ MARTUSCIELLO, Fulvio. "Parliamentary question | VP/HR - Pakistan's support to Jaish-e-Mohammad terrorists who attacked Pathankot | E-001720/2016 | European Parliament". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2024-03-10.
- ↑ "India slams Pakistan support to Jaish-e-Mohammed". The Economic Times. 2019-02-15. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 2024-03-10.