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131 Youth Have Joined Militancy till July 31, Zakir Musa Gaining ground in Kashmir

OTHERS
August 26 Nearly 130 Youths from Jammu Kashmir have been recruited into Militancy this year, the highest since 2010, officials said here. According to figures available to The Kashmiriyat till July 31, nearly 131 youths have joined various Militant outfits with South Kashmir's Shopian district contributing the maximum of 35 so far. The number of local recruits in 2017 was 126, this despite at least 220 Militants being killed the last year. As per a report, many youngsters are joining the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group which claims support of Al-Qaeda and is headed by Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Musa, who is an engineer from Noorpora in the Tral area of South Kashmir's Pulwama district. The report further reads that, The acceptance for this group is steadily increasing among loca...

Our Struggle is Bigger than Sects and Groups- Zakir Musa Disassociates himself from ISIS Again

REGIONAL
The Rebel Hizb Commander, Zakir Rashid Bhat alias Musa has released a fresh audio clip which is almost 16 minutes long, the clip has gone viral over Social Networking. Zakir Musa in this fresh audio says he is on the same path which was started by Mir Syed Ali Hamdani, the sufi saint who brought Islam to Kashmir almost seven hundred years ago. In this fresh audio, Zakir Musa has said that the struggle of Islam should not be confined to sects, but its bigger than any sect. "People should overcome sects and fight the struggle of Islam by being united," Zakir is heard saying. ALSO READ: Zakir Musa is becoming the Moses brought up in the courtyard of Pharaoh Responding to speculations and rumours, Zakir is also heard denouncing that he is a part of ISIS. "I or my organization do no...