The government has banned 11 jihadi groups
that were active in Kashmir from holding public gatherings
and issuing public statements.
The government has directed the Muttahida
Mahaaz Council (MMC), an alliance of the 11 groups, not
to attend or hold public gatherings, meetings, rallies
or congregations. They have also been restrained from
issuing statements on the Kashmir issue. A source said
that the
government took exception to certain “irresponsible
statements” made by the leaders of the jihadi groups
that had embarrassed it internationally. The MMC consists
of Hizbul Mujahideen, Hizbullah, Jamiatul Mujahideen,
Muslim Janbaz Force, Hizbul Momenin, Al Fatah, Al Umer,
Tehreekul Mujahiden, Tehreekul Jihad, Al Jihad and Al
Barq. Three
other jihadi groups active in Kashmir – the Jamaatud
Dawa, Jaish-e- Muhammad and Al Badar - have not joined
the MMC.
After the government’s orders, the
MMC adopted a resolution that no jihadi group would hold
gatherings. Because of the resolution adopted by the MCC,
the chief of Hizbul Mujahiden, Syed Salahuddin, did not
attend the Jammat-e-Islami annual congregation at Azakhel
Park,
Nowshshra, in the first week of October, the source said.
Another source said that the intelligence agencies had
been monitoring the activities of Syed Salahuddin, Javed
of Hizbullah, Abdullah of Jamiatul Mujahideen, Muhammad
Usman of Muslim Janbaz Force, Usman Rizvi of Hizbul Momenin,
Mumtaz of Al Fatah, Mushtaq Zarger of Al Umer, Jamilur
Rahman of Tehreekul Mujahideen and Muhammad Tariq of Tehreekul
Jihad.
