India banned a Kashmir-based Islamist political party called Jamaat-e-Islami (Je...
FILE PHOTO: Indian Central Reserve Police Force personnel stand guard in front of closed shops in Srinagar, February 25, 2019. REUTERS/Danish Ismail/File Photo
A police officer said Indian authorities arrested about 300 JeI leaders and activists in recent days in a crackdown on militancy in the state after a suicide bomber killed 40 paramilitary police on Feb. 14 in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Created in 1942, JeI participated in Indian elections for more than two decades before becoming engaged with separatist politics following the onset of militancy in Kashmir in 1989.
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