New Delhi, Oct 22: Just days after reports emerged about the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) forming a women’s brigade called Jamat ul-Muminat, Reports revealing that the UN-designated terrorist outfit is launching an online training course for women recruits.
The course, named Tufat al-Muminat, aims to collect funds for the terror group and recruit and train as many women as possible. According to the document, women family members of JeM leaders, including relatives of chief Masood Azhar and his commanders, will teach recruits their duties from the perspectives of jihad, religion, and Islam.
The recruitment drive, delivered via online live lectures, is scheduled to begin on November 8. Masood Azhar’s sisters, Sadiya Azhar and Samaira Azhar, are set to conduct classes, each lasting 40 minutes per day, to encourage women to join Jamat ul-Muminat.
Women willing to enroll in the course are required to pay a donation of 500 PKR per head and complete an online information form.
Earlier this month, on October 8, Masood Azhar announced the formation of the women’s brigade and handed command to his younger sister Sadiya Azhar, whose husband Yusuf Azhar was killed in Operation Sindoor. The Shura also included his younger sister Safia and Afreera Farooq, wife of Umar Farooq, who carried out the Pulwama terror attack and was later killed in a security forces encounter.
On October 19, JeM held an event called Dukhtaran-e-Islam in Rawalkot to induct women recruits into the group.
Sources say that extremist social norms in Pakistan often discourage women from going out alone, prompting JeM to use online platforms for recruitment. The group plans to form women’s terror brigades modeled after ISIS, Hamas, and LTTE, potentially using them for suicide/fidayeen attacks.
The JeM’s practice of charging donations from recruits also highlights Pakistan’s hypocrisy. While the country claims to enforce Financial Action Task Force (FATF) regulations, JeM openly collects donations under the guise of markaz (centres) and now online classes, undermining its stated commitments. (Agencies)
