The total population of Jammu Kashmir is known as 12.5 million. Muslims make up 68.3 percent of the population in the region, Hindus 28.4 percent, and Buddhists about 1 percent.
The Indian regime is testing the weapons it bought from the occupying Israel in Kashmir and persecuting Muslims. India and Pakistan have nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles.
For this reason, there is concern about a possible Pakistan-India tension in the region.
It is stated that there are 900 thousand Indian soldiers in the Jammu Kashmir region, and this number is called the most militarized region in the world.
These soldiers are constantly persecuting Kashmir's Muslim civilian population. It is known that the soldiers tortured the people they arrested in prison and raped women.
In addition, hundreds of missing Muslims and mass graves are other problems in Kashmir.
WHY IS AUGUST 5 IMPORTANT?
Cruel India, on 5 August 2019, abolished the 370th article of the constitution, which gave privilege to Jammu and Kashmir for more than half a century, abolishing the special status structure of the region and divided Jammu and Kashmir into two regions with the status of "Territory of Unity" connected to the center.
Since its independence from Britain in 1947, Jammu and Kashmir has been in a privileged position capable of enacting its own laws. This special status also included the citizenship law that did not allow foreigners to settle and own property in the area.
Thus, India aims to turn the population balance in the region in its favor. Following the decision, the Indian occupation forces intensified security operations and pressure on the Muslim population in Jammu and Kashmir, detaining the directors and members of all local parties in the region.
NUMEROUS OPPRESSIONS HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE EXCUSE OF PANDEMIC
India put pressure on Muslims in Kashmir, which it occupied, using the pandemic measures as an excuse.
In Kashmir, where Muslims are the majority, the Indian administration continued its extensive closure policies in various fields, especially in education.
Educational institutions were kept closed for 2 years.
HEADSCARF OPPRESSION CONTINUES IN INDIA
The repression of headscarved female students in various states of India, such as Karnataka, also extended to occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The administration of Vishu Bharti Secondary School in Srinagar, Kashmir, did not allow Muslim girls to enter the school with a headscarf.
The management stated that they took such a decision in line with "instructions from the upper level". The oppression of Muslims in India continues to increase day by day.
FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF KASHMIR: “SPECIAL STATUS SHOULD BE RETURNED”
Omar Abdullah, leader of the Jammu Kashmir National Conference Party, one of the former prime ministers of the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir region, demanded that the region's special status be restored.
Abdullah made evaluations about the political structure of the Jammu and Kashmir region and the court process in which objections were made to the decision to abolish the special status.
Noting that there was an "abnormal calm" in the region, Abdullah demanded the return of Jammu Kashmir's special status.
Abdullah pointed out that India's 2019 decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir pushed the region into a "democratic vacuum" and led to the suppression of freedoms.
"Democracy stops where the borders of Jammu and Kashmir begin," Abdullah said.
Abdullah said that there are still voters in the region who "do not agree to join India" and that he does not represent them in any way.
Abdullah said that many opposition parties in India do not openly support the demands for the return of the special status of the region, but they want the re-establishment of the state and elections.
"This may be a solo struggle for some of us, and we are prepared to do it ourselves," Abdullah added.