Kashmir is a territory of conflict after the partition between India and Pakistan. The conflict is not only between India and Pakistan, but also between India and religious militants. Religious militants are waging a jihad to rule according to religious law. Historically, Kashmir included Sufi Muslims and not Orthodox Muslims. Numerous international events have influenced the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in Kashmir. Jihad is not native to Kashmir but is a foreign militancy acquired during the end of the Soviet-Afghan war. Additionally, they are trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Pakistan's inter-service intelligence helped them embed themselves into organized militant groups. Pakistan helped the Jihad group with full morality, politics and diplomacy. Even though the Kashmir conflict is a territorial issue, it has also been transformed into a religious conflict by foreign militants. Traditionally jihad meant spiritual warfare and is entirely absent from any official and canonical collection. The Jihad group's mission is to regulate society according to Islamic law, and those who stand in its way use a violent approach. The Jihad group is an international organization and believes that Jihadi is historically legitimate in pursuing Allah's orders that the entire community must be governed by Islamic laws. Furthermore, jihadists believe they represent the true religion but have developed their own interpretation and scope of world politics. Twentieth-century jihadists sought to resume the wars unleashed by Islamic empires nearly fourteen centuries ago. Jihadists interpret the Quran according to the most rigid interpretations, so they are considered fundamentalists and very religious and devout practitioners. The jihadist organization considers the first events of Muha...... middle of paper....... Jihad Joe: Americans Who Go To War In The Name Of Islam. Washington, DC: Potomac Books, 2011. Academic ebook collection (EBSCOhost). Network. May 6, 2014. Bhatt, Shakti. "State Terrorism vs Jihad in Kashmir". Journal Of Contemporary Asia 33.2 (2003): 215. Academic research completed. Network. May 7, 2014.Howenstein, Nicholas. “Review essay by Ayesha Jalal, Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia and Praveen Swami, India, Pakistan and the Secret Jihad: The Secret War in Kashmir, 1947-2004.” India Review 8.4 (2009): 446-456. Academic research completed. Network. May 7, 2014.Khan, Ibrahim. "Violence in the name of God and world order." Dialogue (1819-6462) 8.4 (2013): 360-382. Academic research completed. Network. May 7, 2014. Shah, Zahid. "Jihad and terrorism: a comparative study". Dialogue (1819-6462) 4.4 (2009): 526-554. Academic research completed. Network. May 7 2014