General information
Current Name: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Current Name full English: Freedom fighters group
Current Name full native language: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Original Name: Ahrar-ul-Hind
Original Name full English: The Freedom Fighters of India
Original Name full native language: Ahrar-ul-Hind
Actor Chronology
This section contains information about (if applicable) group splinters, name changes, and alliances according to the UCDP definitions of these concepts.
Name Change: From Ahrar-ul-Hind to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
On: 2014-08-01
Broke Away from Actor: TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)
On: 2014-02-01
Joined Actor: TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)
On: 2015-03-01
Joined Actor: TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan)
On: 2015-03-12
Conflict issues
Government of Pakistan - Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Conflict Goal Issues: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar was an Islamist rebel group that emerged as a splinter group from the Taleban Movement of Pakistan (TTP). During its brief existence before rejoining the TTP again in 2015, the group stated a number of conflict issues. In 2014, the year of the group’s emergence, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar called for the establishment of an Islamic state in Pakistan governed by Sharia law in order to protect the human rights and religious rights of Muslims both in Pakistan and internationally. As the group only existed for one year, no main issues were interpreted.
Conflict Dynamics Issues: Jamaat-ul-Ahrar stated two conflict dynamics during its existence, accusing the government of Pakistan of structural oppression against Muslims and calling for the continued targeting of non-believers, called infidels.
Conflict Resolution Issues: During its brief existence, Jamaat-ul-Ahrar stated a single interpreted conflict resolution issue, stating its opposition to negotiations with the government and “declaring that the group would not accept any peace agreement short of the complete enforcement of Shari`a in Pakistan.”
Type of conflict issues: Conflict Goal Issues: Change judicial system, CPS: Islamic state, Human rights, Religious rights
Conflict Dynamics Issues: Atrocities and abuses, Call for collective targeting: religious, Collective targeting: religious
Conflict Resolution Issues: Opposition to negotiations
Annual information
This section contains annual information systematically collected by the UCDP.
2014
Actor Active in Dyad(s):
Government of Pakistan - Jamaat-ul-Ahrar
Group Archive
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