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| Dukhtaran-e-Millat is banned |
| 2002-06-28 |
| The Union Home Ministry on Thursday banned the Dukhtaran-e-Millat, a women's militant outfit operating in Jammu and Kashmir, under POTA [the Prevention of Terrorism Act]. According to Home Ministry sources, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) has "deep nexus" with several terrorist outfits. Its chief Asiya Andrabi was recently found by Indian security agencies to be a key conduit for funds for terrorist organisations. She was in touch with a London-based Kashmiri expatriate, Dr Ayub Thakur, who was a key conduit for funds to terror machine in Kashmir. Home Ministry sources said that Andrabi, who is still at large, was closely associated with former Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani, now under arrest. An official notification imposing the ban on the DeM was issued by North Block on Thursday said that the organisation "is involved in terrorist activities and banned under the POTA with immediate effect." Dukhtaran is the ladies' auxilliary of Jamaat-i-Islami, a bunch of women who run around demanding to be Islamic breeding stock. Even in Kashmir, people roll their eyes. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |