1. Harakat ul-Mujahadeen (HuM): Origins, Doctrines, & Objectives
Spawned from Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
Anti-Western Sunni radicals, & Salafists
- Close ties with Osama Bin Laden
Reformation of “Pure” Islam
Pakistan-India Conflicts

2. Origins Origination: Soviet-Afghan War (December 1979 – February 1989)
- Official creation in 1985 after splitting from Harkat-ul-Jihad-al –Islami (HuJI)
Funding enabled establishment of a presence, foothold in region
U.S Pakistan’s ISI Anti-Soviet efforts

3. Doctrines Sunni extremists Madrassas Radicalized “Sharia” Law
Fazlur Rehman Khalil
Sunni extremists
Wahhabism & Deobandi Sects
Madrassas
Western denunciation
Radicalized “Sharia” Law
No unique charters
- OBL’s 1998 Fatwa ‘World Islamic Front for Combat Against the Jews and Crusaders’
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia

4. Objectives -Territorial conflict 1947: Partition of Pakistan
Secede Kashmir & Jammu into Pakistani control
Western rejection
Restoration of “Pure” Caliphate

5. Conclusions Consistent flow of recruits Overall unrealistic goals
Unlikely succession
Kashmir claimed by Pakistan, controlled by India
Indian military gradually strengthened