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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 2002 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre
| location = [[Amarnath Temple]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| date = 2002
| partof = the [[Kashmir conflict]]
| map = {{pushpin map|Jammu and Kashmir}}
| coordinates = {{coord|34|0|7.2|N|75|19|1.2|E|display=title}}
| victims = Hindu pilgrims
| perpetrators = [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
| motive = [[Islamist Terrorism]]
}}

On 30 July and 6 August 2002, in the month of [[Shraavana]], 11 people were killed and 30 injured in a terror attack by Islamic extremists from [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]'s front group of ''al-Mansuriyan'', on Nunwan base camp at [[Pahalgam]] of the [[Amarnath Temple#Yatra (pilgrimage)|Amarnath Hindu pilgrimage]] (Yatra) to [[Amarnath Temple]] glacial cave shrine in [[Kashmir Valley]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]].<ref name="oneind1" /><ref name="kh1">2003, [http://www.kashmirherald.com/apr2003/jkmassacres.html Chronology of Major Killings in Jammu and Kashmir], [http://www.kashmirherald.com/ Kashmir herald], Volume 2, No. 11.]</ref> In the spate of attacks on Yatra in the third consecutive year, 2 pilgrims were killed and 3 injured on 30 July when terrorists threw grenades at a civilian taxi of pilgrims in Srinagar. Further, 9 people were killed and 27 injured on 6 August by [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] (LeT) terrorists' hail of bullets at Nunwan base camp at [[Pahalgam]].<ref name="fp1" />

{{Violence against Hindus in independent India}}

==Background==
The 48-days July–August annual Hindu pilgrimage, undertaken by up to 600,000 or more pilgrims to {{convert|130|ft}} high glacial Amarnath cave shrine of [[stalagmite|iced stalagmite]] [[Lingam|Shiv linga]] e at {{convert|12,756|ft}} in [[Himalayas]], is called ''[[Amarnath Temple#Yatra (pilgrimage)|Amarnath Yatra]]''.<ref name=amarn1>[http://www.amarnathyatra.org/yatra.htm Amarnath Yatra explained], [http://www.amarnathyatra.org/yatra.htm Amarnath Yatra organisation].</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oneindiaonline.com/amarnath-yatra-tourism.php|title=Amarnath Yatra Tourism Information|website=www.oneindiaonline.com}}</ref><ref name=boston1>[http://archive.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/07/amarnath_journey_to_the_shrine.html Amarnath: Journey to the shrine of a Hindu god], [http://archive.boston.com Boston.Com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329172255/http://archive.boston.com/ |date=29 March 2016 }}, 13 July 20112.</ref> It begins with a {{convert|43|km}} mountainous trek from the Nunwan and Chandanwari base camp at [[Pahalgam]] and reaches cave-shine after night halts at [[Sheshnag Lake]] and [[Panchtarni]] camps.<ref name=camps1>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Amarnath-yatra-ends-least-number-of-pilgrims-in-decade/article14576514.ece Amarnath yatra ends, least number of pilgrims in decade], [[The Hindu]], 18 August 2016.</ref> The yatra is both a way of earning revenue by the state government by imposing tax on pilgrims,<ref name=bjp1>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Remove-entry-fee-on-buses-to-Vaishno-Devi-Amarnath-BJP/articleshow/6064803.cms BJP demands removal of Amarnath yatra entry fee], [[Times of India]].</ref><ref name=oib1>[http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=65397 No Additional Tax Levied on Vehicles Going to Amarnath and Vaishno Devi], [http://pib.nic.in Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Finance of Government of India], 2010.</ref> and making living by the local [[Bakarwal|Shia Muslim Bakarwal-Gujjars]] by taking a portion of revenue and by offering services to the Hindu pilgrims, and this source of income has been threatened by the Islamist Kashmiri Sunni militant groups who have banned and attacked the yatra numerous times,<ref name=mus1>Carl W. Ernst, 2016, [https://books.google.com/books?id=AzzUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT211&dq=muslim+earn+a+living+to+amarnath+pilgrims&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-__mWgIPVAhVKvY8KHQHuAbAQ6AEIMDAD#v=onepage&q=muslim%20earn%20a%20living%20to%20amarnath%20pilgrims&f=false Refractions of Islam in India: Situating Sufism and Yoga], [[SAGE Publications]], {{ISBN|9351509648}}.</ref><ref name=SufiShia>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Muslim-group-asks-for-reviving-Amarnath-Yatra/articleshow/53247175.cms Muslim group asks for reviving Amarnath Yatra], [[Times of India]], 17 July 2016.</ref><ref name=bakar>[http://www.orfonline.org/expert-speaks/kashmir-no-algorithm-for-azadi Expert Speak on Kashmir: No algorithm for Azadi], [http://www.orfonline.org Observer Research Foundation], August 2016.</ref><ref name=harkatban>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/1998/jul/09kash.htm |title=Rediff On The NeT: Harkatul Mujaheedin 'bans' Amarnath Yatra |work=Rediff.com |date=9 July 1998 |accessdate=2013-04-15}}</ref><ref>[http://rajyasabha.gov.in/journals/178/26081996.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150510211911/http://rajyasabha.gov.in/journals/178/26081996.htm |date=10 May 2015 }}</ref> as well as have [[wikt:massacre|massacred]] at least 43 people in [[2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre|Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2000)]] and [[Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2001)]] causing death of mostly unarmed Hindu pilgrims and 10 Muslim civilians.<ref name=oneind1>Vicky Nanjappa, [http://www.oneindia.com/india/amarnath-yatra-has-been-attacked-thrice-the-past-2491675.html Amarnath yatra has been attacked thrice in the past], [http://www.oneindia.com One India News]. 11 July 2017.</ref><ref name=shesh2>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20010722/main1.htm 6 pilgrims among 13 killed in 2 blasts], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 11 July 2017.</ref>

On 2 August 2000, pro-Pakistan<ref name="auto">Sati Sahni, [http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/jul/31hizb.htm 10,000 The birth of the Hizbul Mujahideen], Rediff News, July 2000</ref> Islamic terrorists from [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] (designated a terrorist organisation by [[India]],<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292|title=::Ministry of Home Affairs:: BANNED ORGANISATIONS|date=2013-01-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129051543/http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?id_pk=292|archive-date=2013-01-29|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-05-15}}</ref> [[European Union]]<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CELEX:32015D2430|title=COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2015/2430 of 21 December 2015|last=|first=|date=|website=eur-lex.europa.eu|access-date=2017-05-15}}</ref> and [[United States]],<ref name="auto3">{{cite news|title=US adds 4 Indian outfits to terror list|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2004/apr/30us1.htm|accessdate=13 May 2015|publisher=Rediff|date=30 April 2004}}</ref><ref name="auto4">{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2002/html/19990.htm|title=L – Appendix A: Chronology of Significant Terrorist Incidents, 2002|access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref><ref name="auto5">{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2002/html/19992.htm|title=N – Appendix C: Background Information on Other Terrorist Groups|access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref><ref name="auto6">{{Cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/j/ct/rls/crt/2003/31759.htm|title=Appendix C – Background Information on Other Terrorist Groups|access-date=2016-08-22}}</ref><ref name="auto7">{{Cite book|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/documents/organization/20120.pdf|title=Background Information on Other Terrorist Groups|last=|first=|publisher=|year=|isbn=|location=|pages=|via=State Department of the United States of America}}</ref>) [[2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre#2000 Amarnath pilgrim massacre at Pahalgam base camp|massacred at least 32 people and injured at least 60 people]] in a two hour long indiscriminate shoot out at Nunwan base camp in [[Anantnag district]], causing the death of 21 unarmed Hindu pilgrims and 7 unarmed Muslim shopkeepers, and 3 security force officers.<ref name=oneind1/> This attack on Amarnath yatra was part of the larger [[2000 Amarnath pilgrimage massacre|1st and 2nd August 2000 Kashmir massacre]] in 5 separate coordinated terrorist attacks that killed at least 89 (official count) to 105 people (as reported by [[Press Trust of India|PTI]]), and injured at least 62 more.<ref name=tribjk1>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000803/main1.htm#1 "Night of massacres leaves 105 dead in valley"], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 3 August 2000.</ref>

On 20 July 2001, a terrorist threw a grenade on a pilgrim night camp at Sheshnag near the Amarnath shrine in which at least 13 persons, including 3 women, were killed in two explosions and firing by militants, 2 were security officials and 3 of the killed person were Muslim civilians.<ref name=oneind1/><ref name=shesh2/> 15 other were also injured in the attack.<ref name=fp1>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/amarnath-yatra-devotees-have-faced-repeated-terror-attacks-heres-the-blood-soaked-history-of-pilgrimage-3799091.html "Amarnath Yatra devotees have faced repeated terror attacks: Here's the blood-soaked history of pilgrimage"], [[First Post]], 11 July 2017.</ref>

== Aftermath ==
Earlier attacks on Amarnath yatra and [[Bin Laden]]'s [[September 11 attacks]] on [[United States of America|USA]], were some of the incidents that forced the change in global response to the Islamic terror attacks from aloof and sporadic to united and coordinated.<ref name=USArep1>[http://indianexpress.com/article/research/911-anniversary-how-the-world-changed-in-15-years-3025632/ 9/11 anniversary: How the world changed in 15 years], [[Indian Express]], 11 September 2016.</ref> ''Pakistan-backed'' Islamic terrorist organizations,<ref name="auto"/> [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]<ref name=Basset>{{cite book|last=Basset|first=Donna|title=Encyclopedia of Terrorism|year=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0313308956|page=12|editor=Peter Chalk}}</ref><ref name=cfrprofile>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/17882/ |title=Profile: Lashkar-e-Taiba (Army of the Pure) (a.k.a. Lashkar e-Tayyiba, Lashkar e-Toiba; Lashkar-i-Taiba) |author=Jayshree Bajoria |date=14 January 2010 |publisher=Council on Foreign Relations |accessdate=11 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100605151918/http://www.cfr.org/publication/17882/ |archivedate=5 June 2010 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref name=cronin>{{cite journal| first=Audrey| last=Kurth Cronin|author2=Huda Aden |author3=Adam Frost |author4=Benjamin Jones |title=Foreign Terrorist Organizations| publisher=Congressional Research Service| date=6 February 2004| url=https://fas.org/irp/crs/RL32223.pdf| accessdate=4 March 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai Terror Attacks Fast Facts|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/18/world/asia/mumbai-terror-attacks/|publisher=CNN}}</ref> founded by [[Hafiz Muhammad Saeed|Hafiz Saeed]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of Global Jihad |url=http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0118_pakistan_america.aspx |publisher=Brookings.edu |accessdate=28 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127080018/http://www.brookings.edu/events/2011/0118_pakistan_america.aspx |archivedate=27 January 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America and the Future of Global Jihad, transcript |url=http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2011/0118_pakistan/20110118_deadly_embrace.pdf |archive-url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20111029182345/http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/events/2011/0118_pakistan/20110118_deadly_embrace.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 October 2011 |publisher=Brookings.edu |accessdate=28 October 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The 9/11 Attacks' Spiritual Father |url=http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0911_riedel.aspx |publisher=Brookings.edu |accessdate=28 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120127015845/http://www.brookings.edu/opinions/2011/0911_riedel.aspx |archivedate=27 January 2012 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/news/2005/sep/02sld15.htm |title=The 15 faces of terror|work=Rediff.com|accessdate=28 October 2012}}</ref><ref name="Stephen E. Atkins">{{cite book|last1=E. Atkins|first1=Stephen|title=Encyclopedia of Modern Worldwide Extremists and Extremist Groups|date=2004|publisher=Greenwood Press|isbn=978-0313324857|page=[https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000atki/page/173 173]|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofmo0000atki|url-access=registration}}</ref><ref name="tellis2010">{{cite news| title=Bad Company – Lashkar-e-Tayyiba and the Growing Ambition of Islamist Mujahidein in Pakistan| url=http://carnegieendowment.org/files/0311_testimony_tellis.pdf| date=11 March 2010| author=Ashley J. Tellis| publisher=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace| quote=The group's earliest operations were focused on the Kunar and Paktia provinces in Afghanistan, where LeT had set up several training camps in support of the jihad against the Soviet occupation.}}</ref> and [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] were designated terrorist organisations by [[India]],<ref name="auto1"/> [[European Union]]<ref name="auto2"/> and [[United States]].<ref name="auto3"/><ref name="auto4"/><ref name="auto5"/><ref name="auto6"/><ref name="auto7"/>

== See also ==
* [[Kanwar Yatra]]
* [[Islamic terrorism]]
* [[2003 Nadimarg massacre|Nandimarg terrorist-attack massacre (2003)]]
* [[Terrorist attack on Amarnath Yatra (2017)|Amarnath pilgrimage terrorist-attack massacre (2017)]]
* [[Amarnath land transfer controversy]]
* [[List of terrorist incidents in India]]
* [[List of Islamist terrorist attacks]]

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== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com}}
* [http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/07/amarnath_journey_to_the_shrine.html Amarnath: Journey to the shrine of a Hindu god], ''[[Boston Globe]]'' news story in pictures, 13 July 2012.
* [http://www.kashmirherald.com/apr2003/jkmassacres.html Chronology of major killings of Hindus by Islamic terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, up to year 2003.]
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