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Aug262018 by News DeskNo Comments

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...

Aug242018 by News DeskNo Comments

Search Lights Installed, Door to Door Search Operation Continues in Shopian Area

SHOPIAN

August 24 The Government Forces on Friday jointly launched a cordon and search operation in the the Moolu Chitragam area of South Kashmir's Shopian District. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that the forces including 44 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police sealed all the entry and exit points to the Moolu Chitragam area. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that a heavy contingent of forces reached this Moolu Chitragam locality and are conducting a search operation in the area. The forces installed LED Lights as a massive door to door search operation is underway. Pertinently Moolu Chitragam is the native to Mufti Tariq of Hizb ul Mujahideen. (The Kashmiriyat)

Aug242018 by News DeskNo Comments

Hajj Selfies Gain Prominence, Islamic Scholars Aghast

INTERNATIONAL

August 24 Selfie fever has taken the world and it has taken a toll on the Hajj pilgrims and visitors to the Two Holy Mosques, much to the chagrin of scholars who condemn such ‘touristy behavior’. “I saw pilgrims at Kaa'ba taking selfies with it in the background and this selfie is then posted on Facebook, Instagram, making the Hajj a social media event and ruining their act of ibadah by ‘bragging’,” a pilgrim, Mohammed Shafi who visited the Hajj last year told The Kashmiriyat. The trend of documenting every move at the holy mosques of Mecca and Medina by the pilgrims, and later share these precious moments with friends and families on social media has only resulted in more pilgrims using their phones inside the holy mosques. Many people including some prominent Islamic Scholars...

Aug222018 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiris will do Everything Possible to help Flood Hit Kerala, Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir

INDIA

August 22 The Chairman of Ummat e Islami and the Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir today addressed people at Eid Gah in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) on the occasion of Eid ul Adha. Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir in his speech called the dialogue a mere rhetoric and said that people of Kashmir are being used as a fodder to politics of BJP at the center. He also said that people of Kashmir stand by the flood hit people of Kerala and announced that he will collect relief and donations for the people of Kerala. "There are people in India who celebrate the death of Kashmiris, who rejoice when Kashmiri blood falls down, but we will show the world, we have been humane and are not enemies of a common Indian, even though we have been busy with protecting the special status of Jammu...

Aug182018 by News DeskNo Comments

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...

Aug182018 by News DeskNo Comments

A Night of Fear in Kulgam Village

KULGAM

August 18 Shah Shahid The Locals of the Bhan area in Quimoh tehsil of South Kashmir's Kulgam District have accused the Indian Army of committing excesses against the local populace of the area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat the locals said that the forces barged into the village after a minor stone throwing incident nearby and smashed everything that met their eye. "Four Load carriers, Two Tractors, Four Cars, One passenger bus, one JCB was damaged in the action of the forces before they started smashing the window panes of at least a fifty houses," a Local Shahid Ahmed told The Kashmiriyat. He said that three shops were looted in the area and almost doors of half of the households in the village were broken by the forces. The Locals alleged that the troops also barged into...

Aug162018 by News DeskNo Comments

CASO Launched in Pahalgam Area

ISLAMABAD

August 16 A Cordon and Search Operation has been launched in the Yaned area of Pahalgam in South Kashmir's Islamabad (Anantnag) District on Thursday. Sources told The Kashmiriyat that Government Forces including 3 RR of Indian Army and Jammu Kashmir Police launched a joint Anti Militancy operation in the area following specific input about Militant presence in the yaned area. Locals said that a heavy contingent of Forces have reached the area and are conducting a search operation in the area. The search operation was going on when this report was filed. yaned is the native of Arif Ahmed Mir, the slain Militant who was recently killed in the Kiloora Shopian encounter.

Aug152018 by News DeskNo Comments

Grenade Attack at Police Station Pulwama

PULWAMA

August 15 Unknown persons lobbed a grenade on Police Station in main town of South Kashmir's Pulwama District on Wednesday night. ALSO READ: Shocked at Gallantry Award for Major who killed our Sons- Ganopora Families Sources told The Kashmiriyat that unknown persons hurled a grenade on Police Station in Pulwama District, however the Police personnel deployed in the Police Station fired shots forcing the attackers to flee from the spot. As per Officials reports nobody was injured in the attack, later confirmed by officials to The Kashmiriyat. A Local informed The Kashmiriyat that a massive explosion followed by gunshots was heard creating panic among locals in the area. They said that the grenade missed the target and exploded outside the gate of the Police Station. Th...

Aug132018 by News DeskNo Comments

Basit Mir- The Militant and his Two Best Friends

REGIONAL

August 13 MURTAZA GULL The Uprising of 2016 is one of the most memorable events of the recent past, Hundreds killed, thousands injured and of course for the pellet horror. In August that year, the Government Forces raided the houses of three friends in Islamabad township, one was the house of Yawar Nisar, a resident of Shirpora Islamabad (Anantnag), Majid Khan, a resident of Lazibal in Islamabad (Anantnag) and Basit Mir of Pushwara locality of the same township in South Kashmir. Yawar Nisar was constantly harassed by the state. He was profiled in the Police stations, then arrested, harrased both physically and mentally. On July 13, last year he went missing from his home, his parents looked for him everywhere till 04 August, when his bullet ridden body reached his wailing mother. ...

Aug132018 by News DeskNo Comments

Hizb Issues Poster Asking Students to Stay Away from August 15 Events

REGIONAL

August 13 The Militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has issued a poster in Kashmir saying that people living in Kashmir should not be involved in any program related to Indian Independence Day. All the parents have been appealed in the poster to prevent their children from participating in parades and events on August 15, the poster reads. ALSO READ: Students being Forced to Participate in 15 August Function, Allege Schools It has also been threatened in the poster that if the things written in the poster were not considered, then the consequences would be very bad. A Police official said that they are checking the authenticity of the poster. Earlier private as well as Government Schools in District Islamabad (Anantnag) of South Kashmir had leveled allegations against the Di...