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{{Short description|Kashmiri militant organisation}}
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{{Infobox militant organization
| name = Al-Umar-Mujahideen
| native_name = [[Urdu]]: العمر مجاہدین
| native_name_lang = ur, hi
| logo = Flag of Al-Umar-Mujahideen.svg
| founder = [[Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar]]
| leader = [[Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar]]<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|date= 27 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 28 September 2008|access-date= 4 August 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| active = 1989-2006
| split = {{flagicon image|Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front flag.svg}} [[Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]]
| split_from =
| clans = Al-Umar Commando Force<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|date= 27 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 28 September 2008|access-date= 4 August 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref>
| motives = Secession of [[Kashmir Valley]] from India.
| ideology = Kashmiri Separatism<br />[[Jihadism]]<br />[[Anti-Indian sentiment]]
| allies = * {{flagicon image|Jaishi-e-Mohammed.svg|20px}} [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Lashkar-e-Taiba.svg}} [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen.svg}} [[Harkat-ul-Mujahideen]]
* {{flagicon image|Flag of Jihad.svg}} [[Al-Qaeda]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=NIA ने आतंकवादी मुश्ताक अहमद जरगर की संपत्ति की कुर्क, जम्मू कश्मीर लिबरेशन फ्रंट से था संबंध |trans-title=Terrorist Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar Property Attached By NIA In Srinagar |url=https://www.jagran.com/jammu-and-kashmir/srinagar-terrorist-mushtaq-ahmed-zargar-property-attached-by-nia-in-srinagar-23345054.html |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=[[Jagran Prakashan]] |language=hi}}</ref>
*{{flagicon image|Flag of the Muslim Brotherhood.png}} [[Muslim Brotherhood|Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Staniland |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E75fAwAAQBAJ |title=Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse |date=2014-04-18 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-7102-5 |pages=93 |language=en}}</ref>
| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{flag|India}}
|battles= [[Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir]]
}}
'''Al-Umar-Mujahideen''' ({{Langx|ur|العمر مجاہدین}}) was a [[Islamic]] [[Jihadist]] militant organisation operating in the Indian state of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. It was founded in 1989 by a Kashmiri militant, named [[Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar]].<ref>{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=al Umar Mujahideen |url=https://trackingterrorism.org/group/al-umar-mujahideen/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=TRAC}}</ref>

== History ==
Zargar formed the group in 1989 in the area of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] to separate the area from Indian control into mainly [[Pakistan]]i Muslim control through war and "armed struggle" (''[[jihad]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Al Umar Mujahideen (AuM) |url=https://www.satp.org/satporgtp/countries/india/states/jandk/terrorist_outfits/al_umar.htm |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=satp.org}}</ref> The group was a split from the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front]] which then gained members from JKLF, [[Muslim Brotherhood|Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen]], and Al-Madad.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Staniland |first=Paul |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E75fAwAAQBAJ |title=Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse |date=2014-04-18 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-0-8014-7102-5 |pages=93 |language=en}}</ref>

After inter-conflict within the group, Zargar stole weapons from Al-Umar-Mujahideen and established a new organization named Al-Umar Commando Force.<ref>{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=al Umar Commando Force |url=https://trackingterrorism.org/group/al-umar-commando-force/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-01-18 |website=TRAC}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

In 1992, the leader of the group, Zargar, was arrested on multiple murder counts in [[Srinagar]] before being released for the passengers in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] from the [[Indian Airlines Flight 814|hijacked IC 814 flight]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shah |first=Giriraj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC |title=Hijacking And Terror In Sky |date=2002-01-01 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-1090-2 |pages=105 and 117 |language=en}}</ref> over the years, at least three dozen murder cases were registered against Zargar in Srinagar, including for alleged killings of high-ranking Indian officers. Zargar was arrested on 15 May 1992 and imprisoned.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2-p117">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi|year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA117|page= 117}}</ref> He was released from jail on 31 December 1999 as part of the Indian Airlines Flight 814 hostage deal and provided safe passage to Pakistan.<ref name="isbn81-261-1090-2">{{cite book |author=Giriraj Shah |title=Hijacking and terror in sky |publisher=Anmol |location=New Delhi |year=2002 |isbn=81-261-1090-2 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=G7vLJpEDztYC&q=%22Mushtaq+Ahmed+Zargar%22&pg=PA105|page= 105}}</ref> Shortly after Zargar again revived the Al-Umar Mujahideen in [[Muzaffarabad]].<ref name="url">{{cite web|url= http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|title= India's Response To Terrorism - Are We Losing The War?|author= Abhinandan Mishra|date= 27 July 2008|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080928221117/http://desicritics.org/2008/07/27/132626.php|archive-date= 28 September 2008|access-date= 4 August 2008|url-status= dead}}</ref>

In 2018, the group refused to abide by a proposed cease-fire agreement between them and India, saying that they will continue to be active in the area of Jammu and Kashmir until India completely withdraws from Kashmir.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-14 |title=Al-Umar Mujahideen rejects Ramzan ceasefire proposal |url=https://freepresskashmir.news/2018/05/14/al-umar-mujahideen-rejects-ramzan-ceasefire-proposal/ |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=[[Free Press Kashmir]]}}</ref>

In March 2023, the Indian government declared the groups' founder Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar an officially designated terrorist and the group Al-Umar-Mujahideen as a terrorist organization.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-02 |title=NIA attaches property of Pak-based terrorist Mushtaq Zargar in India |url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/nia-attaches-property-of-pak-based-terrorist-mushtaq-zargar-in-india-567588 |access-date=2024-01-19 |website=[[WION]] |language=en-us}}</ref>

The operational militancy of the group have seemed to have ended in early 2000s and the last incident involving the group was in 2006, when three of its top commanders were arrested in Kashmir. Since then the group haven't done any attacks or militant activities though they continue its propaganda online.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Jammu & Kashmir: Incidents and Statements involving Al Umar Mujahideen (AuM)|url=https://www.satp.org/terrorist-incident-text/india-jammukashmir/al-umar-mujahideen-aum_May-2006|access-date=2025-05-05|website=SATP}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1989 establishments in India]]
[[Category:1989 establishments in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Jihadist groups in India]]
[[Category:Jihadist groups in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Separatism in India]]

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