Overview
- Media reports say the 40-minute daily online sessions, titled Tufat al-Muminat, are tied to JeM’s new women’s wing, Jamat ul-Muminat.
- Sadiya and Samaira Azhar are slated to lead instruction, with the wing’s leadership also reported to include Safia Azhar and Afreera Farooq, widow of Pulwama conspirator Umar Farooq.
- Each participant is being asked to pay a 500-rupee “donation,” which sources say raises fresh questions about fundraising and FATF compliance.
- Recruitment is reportedly focused on wives of JeM commanders and economically vulnerable women at centers in Bahawalpur, Karachi, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, Haripur and Mansehra, using online platforms to reach them.
- Following an Oct. 19 mobilization event in Rawalkot, intelligence assessments and a senior counter-terror official say JeM leadership recently approved integrating women into its operational framework after recent security operations.