Govt extends ban on Jamaat-e-Islami (J&K) for 5 more years

“The organisation is found continuing its activities against the security, integrity and sovereignty of the nation. The outfit was first declared an ‘Unlawful Association’ on 28 February 2019. Anyone threatening the security of the nation will face ruthless measures,” he said in a post on X.

“The Jamaat-e-Islami, Jammu and Kashmir (hereinafter referred to as the JeI) has been indulging in activities, which are prejudicial to internal security and public order and have the potential of disrupting the unity and integrity of the country,” an MHA notification read.

Jamaat-e-Islami is a socio-religious political party founded before partition in 1942. The organisation, which has a strong cadre base in J&K, is separate from Jamaat-e-Islami Hind and is more inclined towards Pakistan. It was part of J&K’s electoral politics before 1990.

The outfit maintains that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed state and seeks its resolution through right to self-determination. At the outset of militancy, the valley’s largest indigenous outfit Hizbul Mujahideen called itself the armed wing of Jamaat.

The government sees the Jamaat ideology as a reason for inspiration of militancy in the state.

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