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By Shujaat Bukhari
Reports reaching here said the threat was carried on a poster issued by the pan-Islamic Harkat-e-Jehad-e-Islami (HUJI), pasted at a mosque in Shahdra Sharief in Rajouri district. It said that all Muslim girls should get married after they turn 15 and should desist from taking bath in the open in the rivulets. The poster, issued by the 313 HUJI brigade, based in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, "directed" the Imams to make an announcement to "implement the order effectively". It reminded the Muslim women serving in the police of the "orders" issued by a lesser-known outfit, Lashkar-e-Jabbar, asking them to quit their jobs by January 10. "If they fail to resign by January 25, the responsibility of the consequences will lie on them." Even as the posters caused panic among the Muslim population in the area, their authenticity is being questioned since the Al Badr had disowned a similar poster a few weeks ago which had asked Muslim girls above 14 not to go to school. Three girls were beheaded in December and it was attributed to the militant diktat of asking women to observe "purdah". A senior police official said: "it (the poster) could be fake also, but we are investigating". The HUJI, which was a formidable outfit, was merged with the Harkat-ul-Mujahideen to form the Harkat-ul-Ansar in 1994, the outfit responsible for the kidnapping of the four foreign tourists from Pahalgam in 1995. After Moulana Masood Azhar was released in exchange for abducted Indian Airlines passengers in December 2000, it was rechristened the Jaish-e-Mohammad. The resurgence of the HUJI has baffled the security agencies. What is significant is that no such statement had come from Srinagar, where most of the organisations have their headquarters. Sources say this could be the handiwork of mischievous elements.
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