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And also the east. Uzay Bulut describes how the Indian regions of Jammu and Kashmir were for a long time Muslim-dominated, which'll hopefully someday be reversed, and in recent years, the government's made efforts to improve the situation in those areas:

Despite historical persecution, ethnic cleansing campaigns, as well as ongoing pressure at the hands of jihadists supported by Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir remains part of India, whose sovereignty in the region helps improve the civil rights of the residents, enables it to battle the Islamist threat, and enhances stability in South Asia.

Today, Jammu and Kashmir is demographically majority-Muslim, but it is within the borders of India, which has millennia-long historic and spiritual ties with the region.

Indigenous Hindus are the original inhabitants of Kashmir and possess a unique ethno-religious culture existing for more than 5,000 years. Kashmir had a majority Hindu population ruled by Hindu kings until the 14th century when Muslims from Central Asia invaded the region.

Under Islamic rule, Hindus in Kashmir were subjected to persecution. In the early 1800s, Sikh rulers controlled the region, and then a Hindu dynasty from the mid-1800s through 1947.

In 1947, the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir became part of the secular Republic of India. Shortly thereafter, Pakistani Armed Forces invaded the area. In response, Indian Forces deployed to counter Pakistan’s attacks. In Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the areas of Kashmir which remained outside of India, thousands of Hindu families were forced to flee for their lives.

In 1948, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 47 urging the Pakistani military to withdraw. Pakistan, however, refused.

Since then, Pakistan has increased its military presence and fomented unrest and terrorism in the region. Thousands of civilians have been killed in terrorist acts carried out by militant groups supported by Pakistan.

In more modern times:

Meanwhile, Pakistan-aided terror groups are still active in the region, such as Lashkar-e Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations by the United States. LeT was responsible for the November 2008 Mumbai attacks that left 166 people dead, and JeM carried out the September 18, 2016 attack on an Indian army base that killed 19 Indian soldiers. The same terror groups also threaten the West and Israel.

I remember the reports of those terrible incidents some 15 years ago. Jewish community centers in the area experienced a horror story along with the rest of the city. More recently, there's signs things are beginning to improve:

Despite provocations, in 2019, the Indian government legally abrogated Articles 370 and 35A of India’s Constitution, temporary provisions that conferred special status on the state of Jammu and Kashmir. This move tremendously improved the security situation and civil rights of the residents of Jammu and Kashmir – particularly of women, children, and minority groups.

Since this legal change, women in Jammu and Kashmir have more rights in terms of property ownership, marriage, divorce, protection from domestic violence, and access to education and economic opportunities.

Meanwhile, according to the data provided by the South Asia Terrorism Portal (SATP) of the Institute for Conflict Management, local support for the insurgency in Kashmir keeps waning and the region has become more secure overall. The improvement in the security situation has also led to a boom in tourism. On May 22 and 23, 2023, for instance, India hosted a key G20 tourism conference in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

Although India has an undeniable and well-documented historic, cultural, and spiritual bond with Kashmir, Pakistan occupies approximately 30,000 square miles, known as Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) and the Northern Areas. And there are no Hindus remaining in POK due to killings and forced conversions though it is still home to ancient Hindu sacred sites.

Hence, the Islamist violence in Kashmir is not a struggle for democracy or independence against the government of India. It is a campaign of jihad to destabilize, oppress and Islamize Kashmir in its entirety. This jihadist war is carried out by the government of Pakistan and its hardline Islamist allied groups that aim to establish an Islamic state in Kashmir that will be free of Hindu people and where women and minorities will have an inferior status.

Well this is exactly why something must be done to put an end to Islamic dominance in those areas, and let's hope the Indian forces can be united and dedicated to stopping the Religion of Peace's dominance in those areas, along with Pakistan's. Vigilance is most vital for defeating Islamofascism.

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