Global InformationAsiya Andrabi information
Asiya Andrabi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962[1] |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Education | BSc Biochemistry, M.A Arabic |
| Alma mater | University of Kashmir |
| Political party | Dukhtaran-e-Millat |
| Board member of | Chairman of Dukhtaran-e-Millat |
| Spouse | Ashiq Hussain Faktoo |
| Children | 2 |
Asiya Andrabi is a Kashmiri separatist and founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat. This group is part of the separatist organisation All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir valley. Government of India has declared it as a "banned organization".[2] The organisation claims that it aims for the freedom of Kashmir from India.[3]
Asiya Andrabi remains one of the most important women separatists in the valley.[4] Asiya Andrabi was married to Qasim Faktoo (a founding member of the Hizbul Mujahideen) in 1990. Her husband is in jail since 1992. By then, Asiya was already the head of Kashmir's biggest network of 'women jihadis' (as she describes her 'lieutenants of Dukhtaran-e-Millat').[5][6]
Asiya Andrabi has taken part in various protests in the Kashmir valley. She is best known for supporting Masarat Alam in the 2010 Kashmir unrest across Kashmir by using her village network of Dukhtaran-e-Millat operatives for rally support.[5] She hoisted the Pakistan flag and sang the Pakistani national anthem in Kashmir on 25 March 2015.[7] Later on, she was booked for unfurling the Pakistan flag on its national day in Srinagar.[8] On 12 September 2015, she slaughtered a cow and released a video in a bid to defy the ban on sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir.[9]
On 6 July 2018 Asiya was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India's federal anti-terror organisation, for allegedly "waging war against India" and other unlawful activities.[10][11]
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- ^ "Banned Organisations | Ministry of Home Affairs | GoI". mha.gov.in. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
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- ^ "Kashmir Lit". 9 December 2019.
- ^ a b "For the first family of militancy, a troubled road – Times of India". The Times of India. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Dr Qasim Faktoo completes 22 yrs in incarceration". Greater Kashmir. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015.
- ^ TIMES NOW (24 March 2015). "I Hoisted Pakistan Flag & Sung Pakistani National Anthem – Asiya Andrabi". Archived from the original on 18 December 2021. Retrieved 25 August 2016 – via YouTube.
- ^ "J&K: Separatist Asiya Andrabi booked for unfurling Pakistan flag on its national day in Srinagar". 25 March 2015. Archived from the original on 25 March 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Hurriyat leader Asiya slaughters cow to defy ban in Srinagar". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Dukhtaran-e-Milat chief Asiya Andrabi, two others taken into NIA custody - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
- ^ "NIA arrests Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi, 2 aides in sedition case". India Today. Retrieved 6 July 2018.