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Militants fighting in J&K trained even in Europe: Report
Washington, Apr 16: A number of Islamic militants trained in Europe are engaged in insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said here today.
Washington, Apr 16: A number of Islamic militants trained in Europe are engaged in insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said here today.
Two militants who received training and attended sermons
in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, were killed by Indian troops in
the state last year, 'Wall Street Journal' reported quoting
the Dutch domestic intelligence agency avid.
Al Qaeda militants linked to the September 11 attacks in the United States also attended sermons in Eindhoven, it said.
Besides the Netherlands, 'jihad' training centres also exist in Germany and France, the report said.
The most active group providing training is the al-Waqf al-Islami foundation which arranges sermons in the al-Furquan mosque in Eindhoven and is funded by wealthy Saudis, it said.
Since the 1980s, the al-Waqf sermons have drilled extremist messages into the heads of thousands of Muslim youth from across Europe, the 'Journal' said.
The most famous attendees of these sermons were six men from Hamburg, Germany, who allegedly plotted the 9/11 attacks, it said.
In France, investigators have raised concerns about the L'institut Europeen Des Sciences Humaines at the Chatau-Chinon in the burgundy region. One member of the Hamburg terrorist cell took a correspondence course offered by the institute, the daily said.
In Germany, the Hans Des Islam in the small town of Lutzelbach near Frankfurt is under observation, according to German intelligence officials. The organisation was set up in the 1980s with cash smuggled in from the middle east, they said.
Bureau Report
Al Qaeda militants linked to the September 11 attacks in the United States also attended sermons in Eindhoven, it said.
Besides the Netherlands, 'jihad' training centres also exist in Germany and France, the report said.
The most active group providing training is the al-Waqf al-Islami foundation which arranges sermons in the al-Furquan mosque in Eindhoven and is funded by wealthy Saudis, it said.
Since the 1980s, the al-Waqf sermons have drilled extremist messages into the heads of thousands of Muslim youth from across Europe, the 'Journal' said.
The most famous attendees of these sermons were six men from Hamburg, Germany, who allegedly plotted the 9/11 attacks, it said.
In France, investigators have raised concerns about the L'institut Europeen Des Sciences Humaines at the Chatau-Chinon in the burgundy region. One member of the Hamburg terrorist cell took a correspondence course offered by the institute, the daily said.
In Germany, the Hans Des Islam in the small town of Lutzelbach near Frankfurt is under observation, according to German intelligence officials. The organisation was set up in the 1980s with cash smuggled in from the middle east, they said.
Bureau Report