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Lashkar men seek donation, under Dawa banner

Staff Report

PESHAWAR: Banned jihadi organisations have begun to collect donations again but this time to help families of martyrs and Kashmiri refugees.

Lashkar-e-Taiba (LT) has set up a donation camp in Fowara Chowk in the cantonment area’s main shopping centre, asking people to donate handsomely. To raise money for this purpose, posters, stickers, books and audiocassettes containing materials on jihad are available for sale at the stalls set up since the start of Ramazan.

The Quranic verses written on posters and banners attract passers-by who either donate in cash or buy stickers, cassettes and books from the stalls set up in the name of Al Dawa. “No government agency has stopped us from setting up the camp because we have been allowed by the government to collect donations for Kashmiri refugees and the families of the martyrs,” 16-year-old Naveed at the stall said. He said the organisation had also placed donation boxes in shops in the cantonment area. Women also take an interest in the stalls.

Previously, it was a common practice for jihadi organisations to place boxes in busy shops requesting donations for Kashmiri mujahideen before the government imposed a ban. Even non-jihadi organisations removed their donation boxes from shops.

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