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1996
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How to Cite

Crenshaw, M., & Robinson, K. (2025). Mapping Militants Project. Rice University. https://doi.org/10.25613/G0K4-WF70
Mapping Militants Project. “Al Rashid Trust.” Last modified . https://mappingmilitants.org/node/315/

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Narrative

Narrative of the Organization's History

Organization

Leadership, Name Changes, Size Estimates, Resources, Geographic Locations

Strategy

Ideology, Aims, Political Activities, Targets, and Tactics

Interactions

Foreign Designations and Listings, Community Relations, Relations with Other Groups, State Sponsors and External Influences

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Overview
Formed: 
January 1, 1996
Disbanded: 
January 1, 2001

Al Rashid Trust (ART) was founded in 1996 by Mufti Mohammad Rashid as a charity, and was subsequently linked to the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). It merged into Al Akhtar Trust in 2001, and was deemed a terrorist support group by the US Department of Treasury in the same year. ART operated twenty-one branches across Pakistan, actively raised funds for jihadi activities in Chechnya, Kosovo, and Afghanistan, and published English and Urdu newspapers, Dharb-e-Momin and Zarb-e-Momin, respectively. As of 2010, the United Nations, Government of Pakistan, United States Department of Treasury and Interpol list ART as a terrorist group.

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