IS wants Kashmir under caliphate |
Islamic State members want Kashmir under its caliphate rather than Pakistan or jihadi groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba, underlining the outfit`s dismissive view of Pakistan and groups it controls as compromised outfits that do not conform to its extreme interpretation of religious law. Web chats of IS members from different countries, including India, that are part of a chargesheet filed by the NIA against IndianOil assistant manager Mohammad Sirajuddin show the group`s belief in Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi`s caliphate as the final arbiter of Kashmir`s fate. In one of the chats, Jundhulla Minaa, a UAE-based IS operative who Sirajuddin grew close to, claimed: "Kashmir is Kashmir IS... Kashmir will be Islamic State... Inshallah!!" IS, if it chooses to launch a `Quest for caliphate` in Kashmir, will have two battle fronts — the "Indian Kuffar (apostate) Army" and the "Pakistani Jehadi groups like Lashkare-Taiba, JeM and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen etc" as these outfits will never accept a merger with IS as "their foundation is based on nationalism and patriotism".
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