Al-Umar-Mujahideen

Al-Umar-Mujahideen
Urdu: العمر مجاہدین
Hindi: अल उमर मुजाहिदीन
FounderMushtaq Ahmed Zargar
Dates of operation1989-Present
Split from Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front
Ideology
  • Jihadism
  • Kashmiri Separatism
  • Anti-Indian sentiment
Allies
  • Jaish-e-Mohammed
  • Harkat-ul-Mujahideen
  • Al-Qaeda[1]

Al-Umar-Mujahideen (Urdu: العمر مجاہدین, Hindi: अल उमर मुजाहिदीन) is an Indian & Pakistani Islamic militant group created by Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar in 1989.[2]

History

Zargar formed the group in 1989 in the area of Jammu and Kashmir to separate the area from Indian control into mainly Muslim control through war and "armed struggle".[3] The group was a split from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front which then gained members from JKLF, Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen, and Al-Madad.[4] After inter-conflict with the group, Zargar stole weapons from Al-Umar-Mujahideen and established the Al-Umar Commando Force.[5][4]

In 1992, the leader of the group, Zargar, was arrested on multiple murder counts in Srinagar before being released for the passengers in Kandahar, Afghanistan from the hijacked IC 814 flight.[6]

In 2018, the group refused to abide by a proposed cease-fire agreement between them and India, saying that they will continue to be active in the area of Jammu and Kashmir until India withdrawals or until India is defeated.[7]

In March 2023, the Indian government declared the groups' founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar an officially designated terrorist and the group Al-Umar-Mujahideen as a terrorist organization.[8]

References

  1. ^ "NIA ने आतंकवादी मुश्ताक अहमद जरगर की संपत्ति की कुर्क, जम्मू कश्मीर लिबरेशन फ्रंट से था संबंध" [Terrorist Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar Property Attached By NIA In Srinagar]. Jagran Prakashan (in Hindi). 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  2. ^ "al Umar Mujahideen". TRAC. 2012. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  3. ^ "Al Umar Mujahideen (AuM)". satp.org. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  4. ^ a b Staniland, Paul (2014-04-18). Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse. Cornell University Press. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-8014-7102-5.
  5. ^ "al Umar Commando Force". TRAC. 2012. Retrieved 2024-01-18.
  6. ^ Shah, Giriraj (2002-01-01). Hijacking And Terror In Sky. Anmol Publications. pp. 105 and 117. ISBN 978-81-261-1090-2.
  7. ^ "Al-Umar Mujahideen rejects Ramzan ceasefire proposal". Free Press Kashmir. 2018-05-14. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  8. ^ "NIA attaches property of Pak-based terrorist Mushtaq Zargar in India". WION. 2023-03-02. Retrieved 2024-01-19.