#Thread on Asiya Andrabi

Asiya Andrabi is one of the famous #Kashmiri separatists in the valley. She is senior to #SyedAliShahGeelani in this field & also the most notorious of them all given what she has done over the past 38 years of her career in making lives of ...(1/26)

..locals miserable in #Kashmir .A Biochemistry graduate, PG in Arabic frm Kashmir University, she dreamt to make a career. When her brother stopped her from pursuing studies any further, she turned to #Islam & started studying #Quran to understand why this happened to her? (2/26

..& a couple of years later when she came out all armed with religious knowledge, it turned out to be a waste as she had got it all WRONG. From here began her career in #Terrorism in 1982. .(3/26)

A self-proclaimed Islamic Scholar, she opened a religious school in 1982 & propagated her own version of #Islam to young women. She brainwashed them very meticulously, put hatred in their minds, raised an all women militia called Dukhtaran-e-Millat(DeM) & justified...(4/26)

...it all to them citing the Holy Quran. DeM was a key catalyst in transforming a once semi-liberal society of Kashmir to highly orthodox one. The members in DeM, clad in Burkhas, dreamt of establishing #sharia in #Kashmir They started issuing diktats & commenced...(5/26)

..aggressive campaigning to further their vile agendas. The intoxicity in her mind was to such an extent, that she even dreamt of marrying a #terrorist t. She fulfilled her dream when she married #terrorist Qasim Faktoo who killed an activist Hriday Nath Wanchoo in 1992...(6/26)

...when the exodus of #KashmiriPandits from valley was at its peak. Her husband is rotting in Srinagar Central Jail for past 26 years. (7/26)

#cinema halls which were once flourishing in Valley, were forcefully closed in 1990 as a result of extensive propaganda by DeM. Asiya found cinema against the tenets of Islam. She campaigned so ferociously against the movie culture with pamphlets & posters...(8/26)

..that #Kashmiris actually 'accepted' this sudden curb to their freedom as against their religious beliefs. Surprisingly, one may still find them in #Jammu Cinema Halls enjoying their favorite movie but they will never allow one to be opened in Kashmir...(9/26)

At the same time, DeM started moral policing of women on streets, directing them to dress in a certain manner. She accused beauty parlors of promoting obscenity, describing them as dens of prostitution. She curtailed the freedom of #Kashmiri women & tried to impose...(10/26)

..Wahabbism & #sharia taking away the openness associated with #Sufism & #Kashmiriyat
When the wave of #terrorism hit #Kashmir in early 1990s, DeM spearheaded by Asiya started participating in anti-India protests. She delivered highly charged speeches to thousands...(11/26)

..of young men & women & instigated them to pelt stones during these protests. At the same time, when #Pakistan was actively training anti-India cadres & recruiting Kashmiri men for #terrorism, the hate speeches by Asiya further fueled the passion of these men...(12/26)

Her talent was recognized by LeT founder #HafizSaeed , who exploited it to mobilize #Kashmiri youth to join terrorist ranks. Asiya started receiving money for recruiting in #Kashmir through hawala channels from #Pakistan & #GULF ..(13/26)

While she was busy destroying future of #Kashmiri youth with full rigour, as a responsible woman (sister & mother both) she ensured her family got the best education. Out of truckloads of money she received from Saeed bhaiya (He claims Asiya to be her sister)...(14/26)

.she set aside a chunk of it for her family. Her family accomplishments in education,duly funded by Govt of #Pakistan is as follows.
1. Elder Son Md Bin Qasim - Pursuing Masters in #Australia
2. Younger Son Ahmad – attended private school in Srinagar(No Madrassa for him?).(15/26)

3. 1st Nephew Zulqarnain – Captain in #PakistanArmy (Her link to Hafeez & ISI)
4. 2nd Nephew Irtiyaz-un-Nabi– Aeronautical Engineer & Lecturer in #Islamabad
5. 3rd Nephew Mujahid Gilani – Pediatric Surgeon in #Pakistan
6. Elder Sister – Settled in #Malaysia .(16/26)

A doting mother herself, she ensured the well being of her sons. For decades she advocated for ‘jihad’ by every #Kashmiri EXCEPT her sons. Both her sons safely run her campaign on ‘Social Media’ from the comforts of their home...(17/26)

..leaving the ‘picking up of weapons & getting killed’ part for the rest of their #Kashmiri brethren.
The funds received from #Pakistan bolstered her spirits to such an extent that she started pushing an agenda of #Kashmir getting merged with #Pakistan ..(18/26)

..This idea is against the wishes of #Kashmiris but who cares as long as timely payments are being received from across the border.
On the directions of #HafeezSaeed & #SyedSalahuddin (Head of Hizbul Mujahideen), DeM members were involved in several stonepelting incidents(19/26)

Most noteworthy were the protests in 2010 & #BurhanWani killing protests in 2016. They often assembled in thousands to pelt stones & for anti-India sloganeering. Any retaliation by forces was carefully videographed & propagated world over to show them in poor light..(20/26)

The #valley was kept on boil by them for months which resulted in scores of civilian & forces personnel losing their lives...(21/26)

#beef ban across in the country was opposed by many. But protest against it in J&K was rather a bloody one. Asiya crossed all limits of humanity & showed her true colors when she got a #cow slaughtered on camera, openly challenging Govt’s decision..(22/26)

Asiya Andrabi through decades of protests & campaigning in #Kashmir ensured constant unrest & violence in Kashmir. She, in the name of #Islam, took away the little privileges enjoyed by #Kashmiris & then made their lives hell by playing in the hands of #Pakistan ISI...(23/26)

...& its sponsored #terrorist organizations for money & vested interests. She secured the future of her own sons, at the same time pushed many sons of #Kashmir on the path of hopelessness & misery. She snatched their childhood, introducing them to radicalization..(24/26)

..& instigating them to join #terrorist ranks for an agenda which has only benefited #Pakistan & her partners in separatism..(25/26)

DeM is now a banned terrorist organization by the GOI. NIA attached her house in July last year for representing proceeds of terrorism & furtherance of terrorist activities. She is currently lodged in Tihar Jail for her involvement in terror activities..

..it is the onus of the authorities that she remains there forever & duly punished for her crimes