Thread by @RadioChinar

Jamaat-e-Islami J&K. A #thread.

The Jamaat-i-Islami is, by far, one of the most influential #Islamic movements in the #world today, particularly strong in the countries of #SouthAsia. Its influence extends far beyond the confines of the #Indo-#Pakistan subcontinent.
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Jamaat-e-Islami J&K (#JIJK)was formed in 1945 as a chapter of the Jamaat-e-Islami Hind & separated in 1953 due to differences over #political ideology with the parent body.
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JIJK was banned in 1975 for 2 years during #Emergency, in 1990 for 5 years for fostering #Terrorism in #Kashmir.
It was handed a 3rd 5 year ban in Feb 2019 2 weeks after #Pulwama attack for its close links with #terror outfits & its involvement in #secessionist activities.
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The JIJK’s ideology is based on the writings of Abul A'la Maududi, he saw #Islam as a complete ideology & code of life, covering all aspects of a #Muslim's personal & collective existence. For Islam to be enforced in its entirety, it is necessary for Muslims to struggle..
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..for the establishment of an #Islamic State, ruled by the Islamic law. #Democracy is seen as un-Islamic, for it is said to go against the Islamic understanding of #God as the #sovereign authority & law-maker. For the same reason Western-style #secularism is condemned.
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During the Partition in 1947 Jamaat activists in #Kashmir ardently advocated the state's accession to #Pakistan, but in the face of the National Conference and #India's overwhelming military power, could do little.
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JIJK opposed prevalent #Sufism(which was more accommodating & tolerant) in J&K, hence was constantly accused of spreading #Wahhabism. This was the primary reason Jamaat could not gain a #political stronghold in #Kashmir in its earlier days..
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..this was reflected in its #election #campaigns. It participated in election between 1969 -87, but hardly ever won any significant seats. Its best performance was in 1972 #StateAssembly #election where it won a meager 5 seats.
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#Jamaat expanded its base in 1970, it established a number of schools. Part of the reason JIJK felt a need to establish its own schools was the feeling that the #Indian educational system was threatening #Kashmir's #Islamic #culture.
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In 1979 JIJK suffered a major setback, in April 1979 General Zia ul Haq seized power & hanged Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Common perception was that the Jamaat-i-Islami of #Pakistan was behind this event. Consequently, there were massive anti-Jamaat agitations all over Kashmir.
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1987 was the last time JIJK contested in #elections. Soon it took the path of #Armed violence in 1990. The primary reason was the realization that if it did not join in the struggle, it would be marginalized by the sweeping popularity of the #JKLF.
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The subsequent assistance provided to JIJK by #Pakistan helped in the displacing #JKLF in the armed struggle. Scores of JKLF men were killed by the #IndianForces & by rival pro-#Pakistan groups. Pakistan now diverted its support to pro-Pakistan #Islamist outfits like HM.
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Thus by 1995, #JKLF was no longer a force to seriously reckon with. #Pakistani support ensured that #Islamist groups like #JIJK, #HM advocating #Kashmir's merger with Pakistan gained the upper hand, at least at the military level, a fact that still holds today
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Students from #JIJK schools were often recruited for arms training in #Pakistan & infiltrated back to carry on subversive activities. In 1989 #HizbulMujahideen was adopted as its "militant wing" by JIJK under the influence of #Pakistan's #ISI.
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Jamaat lost hundreds of its cadre to #Counter-Insurgency operations by the #SecurityForces and the Ikhwan. This compelled Jamaat to openly distanced itself from #terrorist organisations by 1997.
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Jamaat was an influential founder member of the undivided #HurriyatConference from its inception in 1993 till 2003, when the amalgam suffered a vertical split led by #Geelani over alleged proxy participation in 2002 Polls by some leaders of the People's Conference.
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JIJK have undertaken major #protests in the 1990s, 2008, 2010 and 2014. The children of prominent Jamaat leaders have also joined the #terror outfits and were killed, like sons of former emirs Hakeem Ghulam Nabi & Sheikh Hassan
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Former Jamaat member and Chairman Tehreek-I-Hurriyat Ashraf Sehrai's son Junaid Ashraf joined #HM & was killed later in an #encounter.
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Maududi believed that #Muslims can't live an Islamic life under an un-Islamic regime. Jamaat has always condemned Indianization & #secularism in Kashmir. It has pushed generations of Kashmiri youth into the dark abyss of militancy bringing death & destruction to #Kashmir
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