JeM Goes Digital: Azhar Sisters Lead Online Radicalisation Of Women

Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), the Pakistan-based terror group responsible for multiple attacks in India, has taken a disturbing new turn by launching its first women’s wing, Jamaat-ul-Mominaat, and initiating an online jihadi course targeting female recruits.

The course, Tufat al-Muminat, is being led by Sadiya and Samaira Azhar, sisters of the group’s chief, Masood Azhar.

Starting 8 November, the online radicalisation initiative aims to recruit women into JeM through daily 40-minute digital lectures.

The training will reportedly cover the duties of women from a jihadist interpretation of Islam and religion.

Sadiya Azhar, whose husband Yusuf Azhar was killed during India’s Operation Sindoor, is heading the campaign with her sister.

Fundraising Behind the Veil of Religion

Alongside indoctrination, JeM has introduced a fundraising drive under the pretext of religious education.

Each woman enrolling in the course must contribute PKR 500 and submit a personal information form.

The move is part of JeM’s broader financial mobilisation efforts, following an earlier appeal by Masood Azhar in Bahawalpur for donations to rebuild terror infrastructure.

The initiative comes after Indian forces dealt significant blows to JeM and other terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen by targeting their bases in retaliatory airstrikes.

In response, many of these groups have shifted operations to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region to avoid future strikes.

Event Highlights: Recruitment Drive

A recent event held in Rawalakot, PoK, titled Dukhtaran-e-Islam (Daughters of Islam), was aimed at mobilising women for JeM’s cause.

The event marks a strategic shift, as JeM had previously avoided the use of women in active operations, unlike groups such as ISIS or Boko Haram.

Intelligence sources suggest this new initiative could pave the way for training female suicide bombers.

Despite Pakistan’s repeated claims of compliance with global anti-terror financing norms, the open operation of such groups on its soil paints a different picture.

While presenting itself as a terrorism victim on international platforms, Pakistan continues to harbour and enable extremist elements like JeM.

JeM’s digital fundraising campaign, launched via platforms like EasyPaisa, reportedly aims to collect nearly PKR 3.91 billion to establish 313 new terror ‘markaz’ (centres) across the country, underlining the scale of their operations.

This digital indoctrination drive highlights how terrorist groups are increasingly targeting women for recruitment — not just for ideological support but also for active involvement in future attacks.

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