Asiya Andrabi
| Asiya Andrabi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1962 |
| Occupation | Chairman of Dukhtaran-e-Millat |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Ethnicity | Kashmiri |
| Alma mater | Kashmir University |
| Spouse | Ashiq Hussain Faktoo |
| Children | 2 |
Asiya Andrabi, a pro-Pakistan separatist, is the founding leader of Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the nation). This Islamic group is part of the separatist All Parties Hurriyat Conference in the Kashmir valley. The main aim of the organisation is to work for separation of Kashmir from India. Asiya Andrabi remains one of the most important women separatists in the valley. The stereotypical burka and anti-state ideology has tagged her as an Islamic extremist and separatist. Her supporters call her the iron lady.
Asiya Andrabi was married to Ashiq Hussain Faktoo (a founding member of the Hizbul Mujahideen, the biggest militant organization in Kashmir) in 1990. Her husband is in jail since 1992. By then, Asiya was already a household name as the head of Kashmir's biggest network of women jihadis (as she describes her lieutenants of Dukhtaran-e-Millat), In September 2013, Asiya Andrabi’s 3 nephews were arrested in Pakistan for terror links. She hoisted the Pakistan flag and sang the Pakistani national anthem in Kashmir on March 25, 2015. Later on, she was booked for unfurling the Pakistan flag on its national day in Srinagar.
Asiya Andrabi plays a crucial role in politics of Kashmir valley. She is best known for supporting Masarat Alam in the 2010 stone-pelting rallies across Kashmir by using her village network of Dukhtaran-e-Millat operatives for rally support.
On September 12, 2015, Hurriyat leader Syeda Asiya Andrabi slaughtered a cow and released a video in a bid to defy the ban on sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir.
She was arrested on August 28, 2010 by Jammu and Kashmir Police for waging war against India and for inciting violence. She was again arrested on September 17, 2015 in connection with a couple of cases registered against her. The cases included waving Pakistani flags and addressing, via phone, a conference in Pakistan recently. Andrabi, who was not keeping well, as per DeM sources, was sent to Women's Police Station Rambagh, Srinagar. The court granted her bail, but she was arrested again, and Kashmiris protested against her rearrest.
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