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Jamaat al-Mu’minaat: Inside JeM's new women wing for psychological operations, grassroots recruitment

The move aims to expand JeM's reach through encrypted networks in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and several southern states, the report said.

October 09, 2025 / 02:01 IST
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Masood Azhar, JeM chief (Centre)
Masood Azhar, JeM chief (Centre)

Jaish-e-Mohammed has launched a women front through a new circular titled 'Jamaat al-Mu’minaat', reported News18. Citing officials, it is reported that the measure is aimed at psychological operations and grassroots recruitment by Jamaat al-Mu’minaat -- the JeM’s female front organisation -- in tandem with its post-2024 shift towards female outreach.

Officials told News18 the women’s cells are being positioned primarily for information warfare: online dawa, misinformation and fundraising that keep male operatives at arm’s length while expanding the group's reach through encrypted networks in Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh and several southern states.

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Intelligence sources told News18 the material leans devotional -- invoking "Bismillah", Quranic phrases and imagery of Makkah and Madina -- to give the group's messaging a religious seal and to draw in educated, urban Muslim women by framing the work as moral renewal.

The document, according to those sources of News18, is a stage-one indoctrination pamphlet: it shepherds women from spiritual discussion groups into wider jihadi-support roles -- cyber activity, moving funds, and disseminating propaganda -- while masking those pathways as pious engagement.