Lashkar-e-Taiba

Lashkar-e-Taiba is a Pakistani Islamist Jihadist militant organization driven by a Salafi jihadist ideology. The organisation's primary stated objective is to merge the whole of Kashmir with Pakistan. It... Wikipedia

  • Active:  1985/1986-present
  • Ideology:  Ahl-e-Hadith, Salafi jihadism, Sunni Islamism, Pan-Islamism, Sunni–Shia unity, Islamic fundamentalism, Ghazwa-e-Hind, Anti-Hindu, Anti-Communism, Anti-Sovietism, Anti-Zionism, Antisemitism, Pakistani nationalism
  • Groups:  The Resistance Front, Virginia jihad network, Jamaat-ud-Dawa, Milli Muslim League, Jamaat al-Dawah ila al-Quran wal-Sunnah (negated), Tehreek-e-Azaadi Jammu and Kashmir
  • Founders:  Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, Zafar Iqbal Shehbaz, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Amir Hamza, Abdul Rehman Makki, Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi
  • Ameer:  Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
  • Naib Ameer:  Zafar Iqbal (co-founder of Jamaat-ud-Dawa)
  • Headquarters:  Muridke, Punjab, Pakistan
  • Area of operations:  Worldwide, predominantly in the Indian subcontinent, Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Australia, United States, Bangladesh, Nepal
  • Part of:  United Jihad Council
  • Allies:  Non-state allies, Jaish-e-Mohammed, Pakistani Taliban, Hizbul Mujahideen, Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami, Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, Al-Badr, Al Rashid Trust, Indian Mujahideen, People's Anti-Fascist Front, Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam, Al-Qaeda, AQIS, AGH State allies, (politically)
  • Opponents:  State opponents, Formerly, Soviet Union (1987–1989), Republic of Afghanistan (1987–1992), Northern Alliance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan (until 2021)
  • Data source:  DuckDuckGo
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