Asiya Andrabi, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), is a female Islamist, who believes the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. // Asiya Andrabi Asiya Andrabi, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), is a female Islamist, who believes the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmirs accession to Pakistan. ... Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... Jammu and Kashmir   (IPA: , Kashmiri: جۄم تٕہ کٔشِیر ज्वम त॒ कॅशीर, Urdu:جموں Ùˆ کشمیر, Hindi:जम्मू और कश्मीर) (often abbreviated as Kashmir), is the northern-most state of Republic of India, lying mostly in the Himalayan mountains. ...

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Origin of Andrabi

Andrabi is the surname of a Sayyid muslim dynasty in Kashmir. Most of the dynasty's members live at Ratnipora in the Pulwama District,Malaratta area of Srinagar and Kanthapora, Lolab valley in the Kupwara district. The ancestors of these people came from a place in Afghanistan called Andarab [1], meaning "surrounded by water" -- a reference to the river of the same name winding through the valley named Andarab. A family name, or surname, is that part of a persons name that indicates to what family he or she belongs. ... Sayyid (Arabic: ‎ ) (plu. ... For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ... For the dispute concerning this region, see History of the Kashmir conflict Shown in green is the region under Pakistani administration. ... Pulwama is a district in Jammu and Kashmir, India. ... Srinagar (Hindi: श्रीनगर, Urdu: سرینگر, Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر सिरीनगर) , is the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and is situated in the valley of Kashmir. ... Kupwara is a town and a notified area committee in Kupwara District in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. ...

Background

Asiya Andrabi was born in 1963 in Srinagar, India. A daughter of a physician, she wanted to become a scientist. After graduating in Biology, she wanted to pursue further studies, but her parents were against her studying further. Srinagar (Hindi: श्रीनगर, Urdu: سرینگر, Kashmiri: سِرېنَگَر सिरीनगर) , is the summer capital of the state of Jammu and Kashmir in India, and is situated in the valley of Kashmir. ... Physician examining a child A physician is a person who practices medicine. ... Biology (from Greek βίος λόγος, see below) is the branch of science dealing with the study of life. ...

During her time at home, she started reading Islamic books and started to become influenced by the concept of militant Islam. For other uses, including people named Islam, see Islam (disambiguation). ...

Dukhtaran-e-Millat

In 1981, Andrabi decided to form a female only exclusive Islamist organisation called the Dukhtaran-e-Millat. This organisation first started as an Islamic awareness organisation for women. Later on, it started to stage anti-pornography demonstrations in 1987, by defacing scantily dressed women and actresses on posters and advertisements. Islamism is a political ideology derived from the conservative religious views of Muslim fundamentalism. ... // Asiya Andrabi Asiya Andrabi, the leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Nation), is a female Islamist, who believes the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmirs accession to Pakistan. ... Pornographic movies Pornography (from Greek πόρνη (porni) prostitute and γραφή (grafi) writing), more informally referred to as porn or porno, is the representation of the human body or sexual activity with the goal of sexual arousal. ...

In 1990, when the Islamic militancy started rolling in the Kashmir Valley, the organisation became banned and went underground. In the early 1990's, she married an Islamic militant named Mohammed Qasim Faktu and produced several children along the way. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Activities

Her organisation is rumoured to be numbered around a couple of hundred members to a thousand. She has sent burqa clad activists to burn Valentines Day cards and posters nearly every year. In the early 1990's, the organisation threw acid or paint on women, who did not veil themselves. She collaborated with an Islamic group called the Lashkar-e-Jabbar in 2001, to enforce strict Islamic dress on the population. However this has not been very successful so far. Woman in an Afghan burqa For the traditional coat that may be worn by men of the Caucasus region, see burka. ... Valentines Day postcard, c. ...

Asiya Andrabi has been arrested and sent to prison on many occasions. The last occasion happened in 2004, when she beat up a woman, who was sitting next to her husband in a restaurant. She publically wanted liquor shops and restaurants boasting special seating arrangement for couples to be closed.

Much of her activites involve helping Islamic terrorist groups in Kashmir in providing food, houses, and logistics.

Quotations

I don't believe in Kashmiriyat, I don't believe in nationalism. I believe there are two nations - Muslims and non-Muslims[2] Kashmiriyat (Kashmiri: Kashmiri-ness) is the ethno-national and social consciousness and cultural values of the Kashmiri people. ...

I'm Andrabi, I'm from the Syed dynasty. I'm not actually Kashmiri, I'm Arab, my ancestors had come from Arabia to Central Asia.[3]

I do not call myself a Pakistani but a Muslim[4]

I would be more than glad to share my house with other wives of Qasim (her husband)[5]

Women look after the kitchen and men are supposed to work[6]

References

Interview with Asiya Andrabi [7]

Profile of Asiya Andrabi[8]

Dukhtaran-e-Millat raid on liquor store[9]