Al-Umar-Mujahideen


Al-Umar-Mujahideen was a Jihadist Islamic terrorist militant organisation that operated in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was founded in 1989 by a Kashmiri Muslim separatist-militant, named Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar.

History

Zargar formed the group in 1989 in the area of Jammu and Kashmir to separate the area from secular Indian administration into mainly Pakistani Muslim occupation through war and "armed Islamic struggle", i.e., jihad. The group was a split from the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front which then gained members from JKLF, Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen, and Al-Madad. After inter-conflict with the group, Zargar stole weapons from Al-Umar-Mujahideen and established the Al-Umar Commando Force.
In 1992, the leader of the group, Zargar, was arrested on multiple murder counts in Srinagar before being released for the passengers in Kandahar, Afghanistan from the hijacked Indian Airlines IC 814 flight. over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned. He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan. Shortly after Zargar again revived the Al-Umar Mujahideen in Muzaffarabad.
In 2018, the group refused to abide by a proposed cease-fire agreement between them and India, saying that they will continue to be active in the area of India's Jammu and Kashmir until India completely withdraws troops from the territory.
In March 2023, the Indian government declared the groups' founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar an officially designated terrorist and the group Al-Umar-Mujahideen as a terrorist organization.
The operational militancy of the group have seemed to have ended in early 2000s and the last incident involving the group was in 2006, when three of its top commanders were arrested in India's Kashmir. Since then the group haven't done any attacks or militant activities though they continue its propaganda online.