Many jihadists, building on the Palestinian model, increasingly see Kashmir as prime land to conquer: the next great cause for global jihad.
Hamas leaders themselves have explicitly framed the Palestinian and Kashmiri causes as one struggle. High-ranking Hamas envoys who traveled to Kashmir in 2025 to headline the “Kashmir Solidarity and Hamas Operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ Conference.” The message stressed at the conference was “The mujahideen of Kashmir and Palestine have become united.”
