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	\| abbreviation = JKJI		\| abbreviation = JKJI
	\| colorcode = #009F3C		\| colorcode = #009F3C
	\| president = Dr Hameed Fayaz		\| president = Dr [[Hameed Fayaz]]
	\| secretary = Faheem Ramazan		\| secretary = Faheem Ramazan
	\| spokesperson = Zahid Ali		\| spokesperson = Zahid Ali
	\| foundation = 13 October 1954		\| foundation = 13 October 1954
	\| headquarters = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu & Kashmir]], India		\| headquarters = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu & Kashmir]], India
	\| ideology = * [[Kashmiri nationalism]]		\| ideology = [[Kashmiris\|Kashmiri nationalism]]<br/>[[Islamic Fundamentalism]]<br/>[[Islamic conservatism]]<br/>[[Islamic revivalism]]<br/>[[Islamic socialism]]<br/>[[Religious nationalism]]<br/>[[Pro-Pakistan]] [[Secession]]
	* [[~~Islamism~~]] [[Islamic ~~Fundamentalism\|Fundamentalism~~]]
	* [[Religious nationalism]]
	* [[~~Pakistan\|~~Pro-Pakistan]] [[Secession]]
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	~~\| Image caption = Flag, Logo and Motto of Jamaati Islami Kashmir~~}}		}}

	The '''Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir''' or '''Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir''' (JIJK) is a ~~radical islamist~~ organization in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], distinct from the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]. The organisation's stated position on the [[Kashmir conflict]] is that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory (Indian) and the issue must be sorted as per [[United Nations\|UN]] or through tripartite talks between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and the real representatives of [[Kashmir\|Jammu and Kashmir]].		The '''Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir''' or '''Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir''' (JIJK) is a cadre-based Soco-religious-political organization in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)\|Jammu and Kashmir]], distinct from the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]. The organisation's stated position on the [[Kashmir conflict]] is that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory (Indian) and the issue must be sorted as per [[United Nations\|UN]] or through tripartite talks between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and the real representatives of [[Kashmir\|Jammu and Kashmir]].

	==Origins==		==Origins==

	===Reformist roots===		===Reformist roots===
	The JIJK is rooted in [[Islam]]ic reformist activities in Kashmir which developed in the late nineteenth century when the urban Kashmiri Muslim middle class rose against [[Dogra dynasty\|Dogra rule]]. One of the pioneers during this phase was the [[Mirwaiz of Kashmir]], Maulana Rasul Shah, who formed the ''Anjuman Nusrat ul-Islam'' (The Society for the Victory of Islam) in 1899. which aimed to impart both modern and Islamic education and eradicate un-Islamic 'innovations' (bida'at) and [[superstitions]] which had slithered into popular [[Sufism\|Sufi]] practices in Kashmir. Although the Mirwaiz faced opposition from some of the custodians of Sufi shrines, his reformist efforts brought him popularity and earned him the title of the 'Sir Sayyed of Kashmir'.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=712}}		The JIJK is rooted in [[Islam\|Islamic]] reformist activities in Kashmir which developed in the late nineteenth century when the urban Kashmiri Muslim middle class rose against [[Dogra dynasty\|Dogra rule]]. One of the pioneers during this phase was the [[Mirwaiz of Kashmir]], Maulana Rasul Shah, who formed the ''Anjuman Nusrat ul-Islam'' (The Society for the Victory of Islam) in 1899. which aimed to impart both modern and Islamic education and eradicate un-Islamic 'innovations' (bida'at) and [[superstitions]] which had slithered into popular [[Sufism\|Sufi]] practices in Kashmir. Although the Mirwaiz faced opposition from some of the custodians of Sufi shrines, his reformist efforts brought him popularity and earned him the title of the 'Sir Sayyed of Kashmir'.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=712}}

	The Anjuman, in 1905, established the Islamiya High School in [[Srinagar]], which later branched out into several small Kashmiri towns. Maulana Rasul Shah's brother, Mirwaiz Ahmadullah, expanded upon the Anjuman's efforts and established the Oriental College in Srinagar. Mirwaiz Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Shah, educated at the reformist [[Darul Uloom Deoband\|Darul Uloom madrasa of Deoband]], connected the Anjuman with other Islamic reformist groups throughout India. Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah set up a local section of the [[Khilafat Movement]] to popularise the protection of the [[Ottoman Caliphate]] in Kashmir. To combat the 'un-Islamic' practices widespread among [[Kashmiri Muslims]], Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah created Kashmir's first press, the Muslim Printing Press, inaugurated two weeklies ''al-Islam'' and ''Rahnuma'', and published the first translation and commentaries of the [[Quran]] in the Kashmiri language, so that the common Kashmiris’ dependence on custodians of shrines for religious information could be diminished.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=713}}		The Anjuman, in 1905, established the Islamiya High School in [[Srinagar]], which later branched out into several small Kashmiri towns. Maulana Rasul Shah's brother, Mirwaiz Ahmadullah, expanded upon the Anjuman's efforts and established the Oriental College in Srinagar. Mirwaiz Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Shah, educated at the reformist [[Darul Uloom Deoband\|Darul Uloom madrasa of Deoband]], connected the Anjuman with other Islamic reformist groups throughout India. Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah set up a local section of the [[Khilafat Movement]] to popularise the protection of the [[Ottoman Caliphate]] in Kashmir. To combat the 'un-Islamic' practices widespread among [[Kashmiri Muslims]], Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah created Kashmir's first press, the Muslim Printing Press, inaugurated two weeklies ''al-Islam'' and ''Rahnuma'', and published the first translation and commentaries of the [[Quran]] in the Kashmiri language, so that the common Kashmiris’ dependence on custodians of shrines for religious information could be diminished.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=713}}
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	Sa'aduddin spread the work of the JIJK from Kashmir Valley, where it had until then been concentrated, to Jammu. Sa'aduddin was particularly concerned about the Muslims of Jammu as they had suffered communal violence abetted by the [[Maharaja]] during Partition and suffered from the feeling of being an insecure minority thereafter. He warned his colleagues in Kashmir that Jammu Muslims needed to be helped otherwise they could be Hinduised in terms of culture and faith.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=724}}		Sa'aduddin spread the work of the JIJK from Kashmir Valley, where it had until then been concentrated, to Jammu. Sa'aduddin was particularly concerned about the Muslims of Jammu as they had suffered communal violence abetted by the [[Maharaja]] during Partition and suffered from the feeling of being an insecure minority thereafter. He warned his colleagues in Kashmir that Jammu Muslims needed to be helped otherwise they could be Hinduised in terms of culture and faith.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=724}}
	The Jamaat expanded in size considerably in the 1950s. The National Conference's autocratic rule and the perception that it had sold Kashmir's interests to India caused a disillusion with that organisation among Kashmiri youth began enlisting as Jamaat members or came to sympathise with it. As opposition to Indian rule mounted, due to India's failure to uphold its promises to the Kashmiri people, growing [[Hindus\|Hindu]] chauvinism, threats to Kashmiri Muslim identity, rigged elections, the failure of the state to provide jobs to an increasing number of educated youth in the public sector and the continued domination of the administrative service by [[Kashmiri Pandit]]s the Jamaat found an increase in its support. However, the mounting support for the Jamaat was also contributed in part to its advocacy of piety and social [[Islamization\|Islamisation]] programs.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=725-726}}		The Jamaat expanded in size considerably in the 1950s. The National Conference's autocratic rule and the perception that it had sold Kashmir's interests to India caused a disillusion with that organisation among Kashmiri youth began enlisting as Jamaat members or came to sympathise with it. As opposition to Indian rule mounted, due to India's failure to uphold its promises to the Kashmiri people, growing [[Hindus\|Hindu]] chauvinism, threats to Kashmiri Muslim identity, rigged elections, the failure of the state to provide jobs to an increasing number of educated youth in the public sector and the continued domination of the administrative service by [[Kashmiri Pandit\|Kashmiri Pandits]] the Jamaat found an increase in its support. However, the mounting support for the Jamaat was also contributed in part to its advocacy of piety and social [[Islamization\|Islamisation]] programs.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=725-726}}

	The Jamaat in particular appealed to lower middle class young men from towns such as Srinagar, [[Baramulla district\|Baramulla]] and [[Sopore]] and were typically from the first generation of educated members of their families. This class was disillusioned with the popular Sufism of Kashmiri shrines which they came to see as 'un-Islamic' and also found in the Jamaat a medium for political assertion. The Jamaat's advocacy for both modern and religious education and its community work also appealed to sections of the new generation.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=726}} The Jamaat sought also to address contemporary political issues. The JIJK became part of debates concerning unity of Muslims, the growing spread of alcohol, increasing corruption in the state's administration, providing fertilizers to farmers, Kashmir's disputed status and the militant Hindu agitation in Jammu for the state's full integration with India.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=727-728}}		The Jamaat in particular appealed to lower middle class young men from towns such as Srinagar, [[Baramulla district\|Baramulla]] and [[Sopore]] and were typically from the first generation of educated members of their families. This class was disillusioned with the popular Sufism of Kashmiri shrines which they came to see as 'un-Islamic' and also found in the Jamaat a medium for political assertion. The Jamaat's advocacy for both modern and religious education and its community work also appealed to sections of the new generation.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=726}} The Jamaat sought also to address contemporary political issues. The JIJK became part of debates concerning unity of Muslims, the growing spread of alcohol, increasing corruption in the state's administration, providing fertilizers to farmers, Kashmir's disputed status and the militant Hindu agitation in Jammu for the state's full integration with India.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=727-728}}
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	==Views on Sufism==		==Views on Sufism==

	The Jamaat's stance to Sufism was relatively moderate compared to the [[Ahl-i Hadith\|Ahl-i-Hadith]] movement and even chose to operate within the existing [[Sufism\|Sufi]] frameworks in order to present its teachings as the true teaching of Sufism untainted by added layers of superstition. Qari Saifuddin was himself the chairman of the famous Sufi shrine at [[Khanyar]], [[Srinagar]] and translated the works of the fourteenth century Sufi saint Nuruddin Nurani. Sa'aduddin translated Mir Sayyed Ali Hamadani's works from [[Persian language\|Persian]] to [[Urdu]] and wrote works re-interpreting Sufi practices and ideas to align with the Jamaat's concerns about the proper observance of [[Sharia]]h. However, despite its relatively moderate stance towards the Sufi shrines, in contrast to the stance of the Ahl-i-Hadith movement, the Jamaat found it could not get popular acceptance due to its attitude against the shrines as it came to be charged of being '[[Wahhabism\|Wahhabi]]' and 'anti-Sufi'.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=728}}		The Jamaat's stance to Sufism was relatively moderate compared to the [[Ahl-i Hadith\|Ahl-i-Hadith]] movement and even chose to operate within the existing [[Sufism\|Sufi]] frameworks in order to present its teachings as the true teaching of Sufism untainted by added layers of superstition. Qari Saifuddin was himself the chairman of the famous Sufi shrine at [[Khanyar]], [[Srinagar]] and translated the works of the fourteenth century Sufi saint Nuruddin Nurani. Sa'aduddin translated Mir Sayyed Ali Hamadani's works from [[Persian language\|Persian]] to [[Urdu]] and wrote works re-interpreting Sufi practices and ideas to align with the Jamaat's concerns about the proper observance of [[Sharia\|Shariah]]. However, despite its relatively moderate stance towards the Sufi shrines, in contrast to the stance of the Ahl-i-Hadith movement, the Jamaat found it could not get popular acceptance due to its attitude against the shrines as it came to be charged of being '[[Wahhabism\|Wahhabi]]' and 'anti-Sufi'.{{sfn\|Sikand, Emergence and Development\|2002\|p=728}}

	==Educational works==		==Educational works==

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{{short description|Cadre-based socio-religio-political organisation in Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{About|Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir|other organisations with similar names|Jamaat-e-Islami (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir
| party_logo = Logo of Jamaati Islami Kashmir.png
| abbreviation = JKJI
| colorcode = #009F3C
| president = Dr Hameed Fayaz
| secretary = Faheem Ramazan
| spokesperson = Zahid Ali
| foundation = 13 October 1954
| headquarters = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu & Kashmir]], India
| ideology = * [[Kashmiri nationalism]]
* [[Islamism]] [[Islamic Fundamentalism|Fundamentalism]]
* [[Religious nationalism]]
* [[Pakistan|Pro-Pakistan]] [[Secession]]
| eci =
| Image skyline =
| Image caption = Flag, Logo and Motto of Jamaati Islami Kashmir}}

The '''Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir''' or '''Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir''' (JIJK) is a radical islamist organization in [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], distinct from the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]]. The organisation's stated position on the [[Kashmir conflict]] is that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory (Indian) and the issue must be sorted as per [[United Nations|UN]] or through tripartite talks between [[India]] and [[Pakistan]] and the real representatives of [[Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]].

==Origins==

===Reformist roots===
The JIJK is rooted in [[Islam]]ic reformist activities in Kashmir which developed in the late nineteenth century when the urban Kashmiri Muslim middle class rose against [[Dogra dynasty|Dogra rule]]. One of the pioneers during this phase was the [[Mirwaiz of Kashmir]], Maulana Rasul Shah, who formed the ''Anjuman Nusrat ul-Islam'' (The Society for the Victory of Islam) in 1899. which aimed to impart both modern and Islamic education and eradicate un-Islamic 'innovations' (bida'at) and [[superstitions]] which had slithered into popular [[Sufism|Sufi]] practices in Kashmir. Although the Mirwaiz faced opposition from some of the custodians of Sufi shrines, his reformist efforts brought him popularity and earned him the title of the 'Sir Sayyed of Kashmir'.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=712}}

The Anjuman, in 1905, established the Islamiya High School in [[Srinagar]], which later branched out into several small Kashmiri towns. Maulana Rasul Shah's brother, Mirwaiz Ahmadullah, expanded upon the Anjuman's efforts and established the Oriental College in Srinagar. Mirwaiz Maulana Muhammad Yusuf Shah, educated at the reformist [[Darul Uloom Deoband|Darul Uloom madrasa of Deoband]], connected the Anjuman with other Islamic reformist groups throughout India. Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah set up a local section of the [[Khilafat Movement]] to popularise the protection of the [[Ottoman Caliphate]] in Kashmir. To combat the 'un-Islamic' practices widespread among [[Kashmiri Muslims]], Mirwaiz Yusuf Shah created Kashmir's first press, the Muslim Printing Press, inaugurated two weeklies ''al-Islam'' and ''Rahnuma'', and published the first translation and commentaries of the [[Quran]] in the Kashmiri language, so that the common Kashmiris’ dependence on custodians of shrines for religious information could be diminished.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=713}}

The connections with other Indian Muslim groups brought the ''Ahl-i-Hadith'' movement to Kashmir. A Kashmiri student of an Ahl-i-Hadith madrasa in Delhi, Sayyed Hussain Shah Batku, began, upon his return to Kashmir, a campaign to eradicate innovations in Kashmiri Muslim society. Although this movement failed due to a lack of mass support, it still paved the future path for JIJK to carry forward the same reformist agenda.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=714}}

Influenced by Islamic reformism, a growing number of educated Kashmiri Muslims began their struggle against the Dogra state and the Pandit elite, during which significant recourse to the Islamic identity by Kashmiris took place, with even nationalist Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah realising the significance of religion and trying to use Sufi shrines in his struggle.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=715-716}}

===Origins of the Jamaat-e Islami Kashmir===
Jamaat e Islami Kashmir's origins lay in the Islamic reformist and anti-Dogra movements in Kashmir. Its progenitors came from middle-class families associated with Sufism and were disillusioned with both the secular politics of the National Conference and the Muslim nationalism advocated by the Muslim Conference. They chose to work for Islam as advocated in the writings of [[Abul A'la Maududi|Maulana Maududi]].{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=716-717}}

The first amir of JIJK was Sa'aduddin Tarabali, who was from a family associated with the Sufi mystic of Srinagar, Ahmad Sahib Tarabali. Sa'aduddin Tarabali influenced many Kashmiri men in Shopian, then a political hub, and these men included Maulana Ghulam Ahmad Ahrar who was a member of the Islamic reformist group [[Majlis-e-Ahrar-ul-Islam|Majlis-i-Ahrar]] and also came from a family of Sufi connections and later went on to join Tarabali as one of JIJK's earliest members. Hakim Ghulam Nabi of [[Pulwama]], who came from a family of Pirs, was another of the earliest members of JIJK.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=717}}

These men were dissatisfied with contemporary religious practices in Kashmir which they saw as un-Islamic and were also dissatisfied with secular Kashmiri leaders such as Sheikh Abdullah who would win over people's hearts with Quran recitations but would not follow Quranic teachings themselves.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=721}}

The first all-India ''[[ijtema]]'' of Jamaat e Islami was held at Pathankot in 1945 which was attended by four Kashmiris and it was then decided that the Jamaat start organising itself in Kashmir. Three personalities from Srinagar, Sa'aduddin, Qari Saifuddin and Muhammad Hussain Chishti established the Jamaat in Kashmir and thus Sa'aduddin became the amir, a position he held till 1985.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=721}}

Jamia Masjid in Srinagar became the location of Jamaat's weekly meetings as the group distributed Maududi's literature. The Jamaat expanded its presence from Srinagar to other places in the Valley as Qari Saifuddin and Ghulam Rasul Abdullah undertaking travels to spread the Jamaat's message. The Jamaat's first large ijtema was organised in Srinagar in late 1945 which was attended by between seventy and a hundred people including government servants, youth and traders.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=721-722}}

==History==
Jamaat activists, based in Srinagar, favoured the state to join [[Pakistan]] while at the time most Kashmiri Muslims appeared to have rallied around Sheikh Abdullah. The pro-Pakistan constituency provided a solid base of support for the Jamaat.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=723}}

During this time an increasing number of educated youth and low and middle-ranking government servants came to be attracted to the Jamaat which established a number of schools between 1947-1952 and an expansion of its activities in the media and mosques.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=723}}

In 1952 the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind|Jama'at-i-Islami Hind]] decided to separate its Kashmir branch because of the disputed nature of [[Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]. Under the leadership of two committed Jamaat members, Maulana Ahrar and Ghulam Rasul Abdullah, the Jamaat in Kashmir drafted its own Constitution which was passed and accepted in November 1953.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=723}} In October 1954, at a special meeting held in Barzalla, Srinagar, Sa'aduddin was elected as the President of the organisation by a large majority. The Central Advisory Committee held its first meeting two months later.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=705-751}}<ref name="JIKwebsite">{{cite web|url=http://www.jamaateislamijk.org/about-us/81-jama-at-e-islami-jammu-kashmir.html|title=Jama'at-e-Islami Jammu & Kashmir|website=Official website|access-date=1 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205173324/http://www.jamaateislamijk.org/about-us/81-jama-at-e-islami-jammu-kashmir.html|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Sa'aduddin spread the work of the JIJK from Kashmir Valley, where it had until then been concentrated, to Jammu. Sa'aduddin was particularly concerned about the Muslims of Jammu as they had suffered communal violence abetted by the [[Maharaja]] during Partition and suffered from the feeling of being an insecure minority thereafter. He warned his colleagues in Kashmir that Jammu Muslims needed to be helped otherwise they could be Hinduised in terms of culture and faith.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=724}}
The Jamaat expanded in size considerably in the 1950s. The National Conference's autocratic rule and the perception that it had sold Kashmir's interests to India caused a disillusion with that organisation among Kashmiri youth began enlisting as Jamaat members or came to sympathise with it. As opposition to Indian rule mounted, due to India's failure to uphold its promises to the Kashmiri people, growing [[Hindus|Hindu]] chauvinism, threats to Kashmiri Muslim identity, rigged elections, the failure of the state to provide jobs to an increasing number of educated youth in the public sector and the continued domination of the administrative service by [[Kashmiri Pandit]]s the Jamaat found an increase in its support. However, the mounting support for the Jamaat was also contributed in part to its advocacy of piety and social [[Islamization|Islamisation]] programs.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=725-726}}

The Jamaat in particular appealed to lower middle class young men from towns such as Srinagar, [[Baramulla district|Baramulla]] and [[Sopore]] and were typically from the first generation of educated members of their families. This class was disillusioned with the popular Sufism of Kashmiri shrines which they came to see as 'un-Islamic' and also found in the Jamaat a medium for political assertion. The Jamaat's advocacy for both modern and religious education and its community work also appealed to sections of the new generation.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=726}} The Jamaat sought also to address contemporary political issues. The JIJK became part of debates concerning unity of Muslims, the growing spread of alcohol, increasing corruption in the state's administration, providing fertilizers to farmers, Kashmir's disputed status and the militant Hindu agitation in Jammu for the state's full integration with India.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=727-728}}

Despite the organisation's growth in the 1950s the group also faced opposition from several sections of Kashmiri Muslim society. Many Sufis associated the group with the 'worldwide nexus' of Wahhabis and considered the Jamaat a threat to their own interests. Despite sharing a common background with the Ahl-i-Hadith movement, the Jamaat encountered opposition with them too as the Ahl-i-Hadith feared that the Jamaat would win over its own support base. The response of the Jamaat to its opponents was tactful.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=705-751}}

From the 1950s onwards Jamaat attempted to influence Kashmiri opinion through its extensive works in the education sphere and its participation in elections. The Jamaat received funds from donations, members' fees and properties endowed to the organisation by members and sympathisers. By the 1970s the JIJK became a powerful organisation with a membership presence all over the state, particularly in the Kashmir Valley. But the organisation has still remained a largely Kashmiri Muslim group. The JIJK's stronger presence in [[Anantnag]] district was due to the high literacy rates in the district, demonstrating the Jamaat's appeal to the educated class. The weaker presence in Srinagar was explained by the presence of the traditional Sufi leadership in that city.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=732}}

The JIJK came to conflict with the Indian state throughout the 1960s since it questioned the legality of India's administration of Jammu and Kashmir and demanded that the matter be solved by a plebiscite in accordance with [[United Nations|UN]] Resolutions.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=739}}

In December 1963 when a holy relic was stolen from the [[Hazratbal Shrine|Hazratbal shrine]] in Srinagar and the movement demanding the relic's recovery turned into a popular agitation for freedom and the demand of self-determination. During this time JIJK participated in voicing this demand and also at the same time prevented Hindu-Muslim communal violence.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=739}} The Awami Action Committee was setup, where Qari Saifuddin represented the Jamaat, to continue this struggle. The Indian authorities arrested the leaders of the Committee including the Qari.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=739}} In addition to the event of the relic's theft, corruption, unemployment and poverty in the state contributed to Kashmiri hostility to Indian rule. Due to the JIJK's strident and consistent challenge to the Indian control of the state it earned increasing support from growing numbers of Kashmiri Muslims.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=739-740}}

==Views on Sufism==

The Jamaat's stance to Sufism was relatively moderate compared to the [[Ahl-i Hadith|Ahl-i-Hadith]] movement and even chose to operate within the existing [[Sufism|Sufi]] frameworks in order to present its teachings as the true teaching of Sufism untainted by added layers of superstition. Qari Saifuddin was himself the chairman of the famous Sufi shrine at [[Khanyar]], [[Srinagar]] and translated the works of the fourteenth century Sufi saint Nuruddin Nurani. Sa'aduddin translated Mir Sayyed Ali Hamadani's works from [[Persian language|Persian]] to [[Urdu]] and wrote works re-interpreting Sufi practices and ideas to align with the Jamaat's concerns about the proper observance of [[Sharia]]h. However, despite its relatively moderate stance towards the Sufi shrines, in contrast to the stance of the Ahl-i-Hadith movement, the Jamaat found it could not get popular acceptance due to its attitude against the shrines as it came to be charged of being '[[Wahhabism|Wahhabi]]' and 'anti-Sufi'.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=728}}

==Educational works==
Sa'aduddin Tarabali realised the importance of the education sector in Kashmir and the organisation was one of the first non-governmental groups to work in this sector. The JIJK established a number of schools, including good ones where both modern and Islamic disciplines were taught. Part of the reason JIJK felt a need to establish its own schools was the feeling that the Indian educational system was threatening Kashmir's Islamic culture.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=733}}

Eventually the JIJK established a presence among teachers and students in colleges in the Kashmir Valley. In 1977 the JIJK created the Islami Jami'at-i-Tulaba (The Islamic Union of Students) for student members and sympathisers.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=736}}

==Elections and freedom struggle==

Although the JIJK questioned Indian control over the state it adopted a flexible attitude towards participating in the elections which were held under the framework of the Indian Constitution. This was a tactical compromise as JIJK wanted to employ democratic means to expand its influence and prepare for the gradual acquisition of the government machinery. JIJK justified its participation in the elections as a means to influence the Indian government to resolve the Kashmir dispute.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=740-741}}

The JIJK fielded some of its members as independent candidates in the local [[Panchayati raj|panchayat]] elections. It also sponsored some candidates for the 1969 local panchayat elections, which were held on a non-party basis, and some of the sponsored contestants managed to be elected.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=740-741}} The emergence of the JIJK as a serious oppositional force to the National Conference reflected increasing alienation of common Kashmiris from the National Conference due to its autocratism and the perception that it had collaborated with India to decrease Kashmir's autonomy.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=742}}

The JIJK participated in the 1971 general elections and expected to win some seats. But it failed to win any with charges of widespread rigging. The Central Advisory Committee then decided that JIJK would contest the 1972 elections to the State Assembly. It aimed, through participating in the elections, to challenge the notion that politics and religion are separate.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=705-751}} Initially JIJK wished to contest all the State Assembly seats but due to financial constraints contested only 22. Despite its expectation that it would do well it failed to get as many seats as it had hoped due to massive rigging. It won only five seats.<ref name="Widmalm-54">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfhQAwAAQBAJ&q=Jamaat-e-Islami+kashmir&pg=PA188|title=Kashmir in Comparative Perspective: Democracy and Violent Separatism in India|publisher=Routledge|page=54|quote=The Plebiscite Front was still not trusted enough to be allowed to compete in the State Assembly election in 1972, although, ironically, the Jamaat-e-Islami, which was to become the leading separatist organisation in the late 1980s and 1990s, was allowed to contest it and did so with some success, winning five seats.|last1=Widmalm|first1=Sten|date=8 April 2014|isbn=9781136866944|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref> The JIJK complained that some of its members were harassed after the elections.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=742}}

The JIJK still saw its electoral participation in a positive light since it expanded their message to a wider audience and successful JIJK candidates took an active role in the State Assembly by opposing proposed un-Islamic laws, arguing in favour of Islamic alternatives and raising the question of Jammu and Kashmir's disputed status, arguing that India had failed to conduct a plebiscite in Kashmir as it had promised.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=743}} In 1975 the JIJK strongly opposed the [[Indira–Sheikh Accord|Indira-Sheikh Accord]] and considered it a gross violation of UN Resolutions on the Kashmir issue.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=743}} The group won only one seat in the 1977 election.<ref name="Widmalm-57">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RfhQAwAAQBAJ&q=Jamaat-e-Islami+kashmir&pg=PA188|title=Kashmir in Comparative Perspective: Democracy and Violent Separatism in India|publisher=Routledge|page=57|last1=Widmalm|first1=Sten|date=8 April 2014|isbn=9781136866944|access-date=1 November 2014}}</ref>

Although the 1970s proved to be a phase where the Jamaat's political strength grew the organisation suffered in 1979. In April 1979 [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|General Zia ul Haq]] seized power and hanged [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto|Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]]. Common perception was that the [[Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan|Jamaat-i-Islami of Pakistan]] was behind this event. Consequently, there were massive anti-Jamaat agitations all over Kashmir. JIJK offices and its members’ houses came under attack.

These riots lasted three days and property worth 400 million rupees, belonging to the Jamaat and its members, were either destroyed or looted.

The Jamaat believed that behind these attacks on it were the leftists who were using Bhutto's hanging to discredit the Jamaat in the Kashmiri society. The Jamaat also blamed some religious leaders opposed to the Jamaat of instigating people to attack it.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=744-745}}

The Jamaat later contested the 1983 State Assembly election but failed to win a single of the 26 seats it had contested because of alleged massive rigging.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=744-745}}

Increasing anti-Indian protests took place in Kashmir in the 1980s. The Soviet-Afghan jihad and the [[Islamic Revolution in Iran]] were becoming sources of inspiration for large numbers of Kashmiri Muslim youth. The state authorities tried to talk to them on the economic demands but they resorted to violence. Both the pro-Independence [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front|Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front]] (JKLF) and the pro-Pakistan Islamist groups including JIJK mobilised the fast growing anti-Indian sentiments among the Kashmiri population.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=745}}

Although the Jamaat held the view that Kashmir was disputed territory it continued until the late 1980s to insist on using talks, rather than armed insurrection, to resolve the issue. In 1979 Qari Saifuddin said that the JIJK 'has always desired that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through constitutional means and dialogue’.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=746}}

In 1980 the [[Supreme Court of India|Indian Supreme Court]] sentenced JKLF leader [[Maqbool Bhat|Maqbool Butt]] to death and large protests took place in Kashmir against this decision. While Butt came to be considered a hero by the Kashmiri masses the JIJK urged restraint. JIJK leaders believed that Butt should be allowed to defend himself but at the same time asserted that they were bound by the Constitution and wanted to resolve issues through democratic methods. The Jamaat disapproved of Maqbool's resort to arms and did not call him a ‘[[shahid]]’ (martyr) although it did express reserved admiration for him.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=746}}

In 1986 some members of the JKLF crossed over to Pakistan to receive arms training but the JIJK, which saw Kashmiri nationalism as contradicting Islamic universalism and its own desire for merging with Pakistan, did not support the JKLF movement. As late as that year, Jamaat member [[Syed Ali Shah Geelani]], who later became a supporter of Kashmir's armed revolt, urged that the solution for the Kashmir issue be arrived at through peaceful and democratic means.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=747}}

The last time the Jamaat contested the elections was in 1987 as part of the [[Muslim United Front]] which was fought on the platform of advocating the establishment of rule by the [[Quran]] and [[Sunnah]]. These elections were rigged.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=748}}

By 1990 the JIJK and many other Kashmiri groups had changed their position of advocating peaceful struggle and joined with JKLF in advocating the route of an armed anti-Indian revolt. Reasons for this included increasing repression by the Indian state and the realisation that if it did not join the armed struggle it could lose its popularity to the JKLF. The Jamaat was banned in 1990.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=748-751}} The Falah-e-Aam Trust was created in 1988 to run JEI schools following a ban on the JIK. Students from the schools were often recruited for arms training in Pakistan and "infiltrated back to carry on their subversive activity" (according to J&K Insights quoted by Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium<ref name="TRAC">{{cite web|title=Jamaat-e-Islami-Jammu and Kashmir (JeI)|url=http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/jamaat-e-islami-jammu-and-kashmir-jei|website=Tracking Terrorism|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref>). In 1989 [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] (HM) was adopted as the group's "militant wing" allegedly under the influence of Pakistan's [[Inter-Services Intelligence]]. In 1990 a chief commander of HM pronounced HM the "sword arm of the Jammat".<ref name="networks-77">{{cite book|last1=Staniland|first1=Paul|title=Networks of Rebellion: Explaining Insurgent Cohesion and Collapse|date=2014|publisher=Cornell University Press|pages=77–79|isbn=9780801471025|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E75fAwAAQBAJ&q=jamaat+Hizbul+Mujahideen+kashmir&pg=PA78|access-date=4 November 2014}}</ref>

By the mid 1990s Pakistani support to the JKLF ceased and the Pakistani support was increasingly given to pro-Pakistan Islamist groups including the Jamaat which sidelined the Kashmiri nationalist groups. The participation in the armed struggle proved costly for the Jamaat. The organisation lost hundreds, possibly thousands, of members in counter-insurgency operations by Indian security forces. Consequently, the Jamaat is calling for a political method to resolve the Kashmir issue.{{sfn|Sikand, Emergence and Development|2002|p=751}}

The organisation as of February 2019 has been banned for a 5-year period under the [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]]. The notification in this regard said it supports [[secessionism]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/govt-bans-jamaat-e-islami-jammu-and-kashmir-for-5-years-1467656-2019-02-28 | title= Govt bans Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir for 5 years|date= 2019-02-28}}</ref>

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