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Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group

Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir seized 668 books linked to Jamaat-e-Islami, acting on credible intelligence about banned literature.
Booksellers reported that the books primarily came from New Delhi's Markazi Maktaba Islami Publishers, affiliated with Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.
Jamaat-E-Islami leaders condemned the raids, calling them unjust and unconstitutional, stating that the books were legally distributed in the region.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq criticized the police operation as absurd, arguing that it is unreasonable to police thought through book seizures in an information-rich era.

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Malay Mail

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The Straits Times

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Police in disputed Kashmir raid bookstores, seizing books related to Islamic group

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir raided bookstores and seized hundreds of books linked to a major Islamic organization in the disputed region, where strict controls on the

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The Muslim Times

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