According to persons familiar with the situation, the Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) has started an online course called "Tufat al-Muminat" in an attempt to increase recruitment and generate money for its recently established women's wing, Jamat ul-Muminat.The aforementioned individuals claim that the online course uses lectures focused on religion and jihad in an effort to "indoctrinate and recruit" women into JeM's female brigade. JeM head Masood Azhar's sisters, Sadiya and Samaira Azhar, will lead the 40-minute daily sessions, which are set to start on November 8, through online channels. They claimed that each participant is being requested to make a "donation" of ₹500 (500 Pakistani rupees).According to one of the officials, "participants will learn about their responsibilities from the perspective of jihad and Islam from women family members of JeM leaders, including relatives of Masood Azhar and other commanders."
This comes weeks after UN-designated terrorist Azhar declared on October 8 at Markaz Usman-o-Ali in Bahawalpur that the women's wing, Jamat ul-Muminat, had been formed. In order to rally women for the new unit, the group also organised an event called Dukhtaran-e-Islam in Rawalkot, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, on October 19.
According to the sources, the JeM has turned to internet recruitment because of Pakistan's restrictive social standards, which frequently limit women's freedom of movement.
According to insiders, the 500 course fee also reveals how terror organisations based in Pakistan continue to generate money under different guises, even though Islamabad claims to be following the guidelines set forth by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF).
Masood Azhar has named Sadiya Azhar, his younger sister, to head Jamat ul-Muminat. Sadiya's husband, JeM commander Yusuf Azhar, was killed during India's Operation Sindoor.
According to reports, Afreera Farooq, the widow of Pulwama attack conspirator Umar Farooq, who was killed in a confrontation with Indian security forces, and his sister Safia are also members of the leadership council.
According to those keeping tabs on JeM's operations, the organisation is concentrating its recruitment efforts on the wives of its leaders as well as on economically disadvantaged women enrolled in its centres in Bahawalpur, Karachi, Muzaffarabad, Kotli, and Haripur.