Dukhtaran-e-Millat

Daughters of the Nation
Dukhtaran-e-Millat
Also known as	Daughters of the Faith
Leader	Asiya Andrabi
Dates of operation	1993 – present
Motives	Imposition of Islamic law in Kashmir, secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India
Active regions	Jammu and Kashmir
Ideology	Islamism Jihadism Separatism
Political position	Far-right
Status	Active designated as a terrorist organisation by:  India

Dukhtaran-e-Millat (transl. Daughters of the Nation; abbreviated as DeM) is an all-women outfit that advocates for jihad to establish Islamic law in Kashmir and for the secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India.[1] It is a front organisation of the Hizbul Mujahideen, a jihadist militant group.[2][3]

The group was founded in 1987, and is headed by Asiya Andrabi, an "Islamic feminist".[4] During the Kashmir militancy in the early 1990s, the group issued threats to women not wearing a face veil and burqa, some of whom became victims of acid attacks.[5]

The Government of India designated it a terrorist organisation and banned it in 2018. [6]

References

1. Dukhtaran-e-Millat. satp.org
2. Behera, Navnita Chadha (2006), Demystifying Kashmir, Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, p. 154, ISBN 978-0-8157-0860-5
3. Swami, Praveen (13 March 1999). "The revival of communalism". Frontline, The Hindu. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
4. An Islamic Feminist: Asiya Andrabi and the Dukhtaran-e-Millat of Kashmir Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Francesca Marino, Journal of South Asia Women Studies, Vol. 12 Nº. 1 (3 December 2010)
5. Schofield, Victoria (2003) [2000], Kashmir in Conflict, London and New York: I. B. Taurus & Co, pp. 173–174, ISBN 978-1860648984
6. "List of Banned Organisations". Ministry of Home Affairs, GoI. Government of India. Archived from the original on 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.