Tag: Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir

Srinagar, March 1: For Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Jammu and Kashmir the ban imposed on the socio-political religious organisation by the union government is not the first and perhaps not the last. The government on Thursday declared the JI Jammu and Kashmir as "an unlawful association whose activities have the potential of disrupting the unity and integrity of India". Before imposing the five-year-long ban, more than 250 leaders and cadres of the organisation were picked up by police during nocturnal raids throughout the Valley. After lodging them in local police stations, many senior leaders of...