Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam

Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam
Dates of operation	1996–present
Motives	Jihad against non-Muslims, especially the Indian government, in Assam.
Active region(s)	India, Pakistan, Bangladesh
Ideology	Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Pan-Islamism

Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA) is an Islamist extremist organization founded around 1996 in the eastern Indian state of Assam. The South Asia Terrorism Portal (satp.org) describes it as part of the All Muslim United Liberation Forum of Assam (AMULFA), and that Muslim United Liberation Front of Assam (MULFA) is a sister organization under the AMULFA umbrella.^[1] It is alleged that MULTA is supported by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. The BSF troops of the Assam and Meghalaya frontier killed four militants of ULFA and Military Council of the KLNLF, arrested 17 militants belonging to the Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council, KLNLF, People’s Liberation Army, Military Council faction of the Kangleipak Communist Party, United National Liberation Front, Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam and Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami among also got nine militants of ULFA, NDFB and All Adivasi National Liberation Army to surrender along with arms and ammunition.” On December 16th 2009 “A MULTA cadre, Kashim Ali (45), is arrested by the Border Security Force personnel along India-Bangladesh border. One pistol and five live ammunitions were recovered from his possession.

According to Indian authorities, the organization is tied to terrorist operations and criminal activity throughout Assam, primarily in Dhubri district, but also in Nagaon, Morigaon and Darrang districts. It sells weapons illegally, and conducts kidnapping and extortion to fund its activities.

It operates in conjunction with other extremist organizations, such as a 20 April 2009 gun battle near Lokra against Indian police, in which the Indian Red Horns division killed three members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) along with two MULTA members, Baul Ali and Yunis Ali.^[2]

It is also asserted by SATP.org to cooperate with the Maoist National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Isak Muivah (NSCM-IM)^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 "Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam (MULTA)". South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
↑ "5 Policemen Among Twelve Killed in Assam". OutlookIndia.com. 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2009-08-14.
↑ "National Socialist Council of Nagaland - Isak-Muivah". South Asia Terrorism Portal. Retrieved 2009-08-14.

Separatist movements in India

Movements	Assam separatist movements Dravida Nadu Kashmir conflict Khalistan movement Naxalite–Maoist insurgency

Separatist organisations	All Tripura Tiger Force Babbar Khalsa Bhindranwala Tigers Force of Khalistan Bodo Liberation Tigers Force Dal Khalsa Dashmesh Regiment International Sikh Youth Federation Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (Yasin Malik) Kamtapur Liberation Organization Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup Khalistan Liberation Army Karbi Longri N.C. Hills Liberation Front Khalistan Zindabad Force Mizo National Front Muslim United Liberation Tigers of Assam National Democratic Front of Bodoland People's Liberation Army of Manipur People's Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak Tamil Nadu Liberation Army Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Tripura National Volunteers United Liberation Front of Asom United National Liberation Front United People's Democratic Solidarity

Political parties	All-India Muslim League Bodoland People's Front All Parties Hurriyat Conference All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party Jammu Kashmir Democratic Liberation Party United Kashmir People's National Party

People	Abhizeet Asom Amanullah Khan Angami Zapu Phizo Anup Chetia Arabinda Rajkhowa Ayub Thakur Biswamohan Debbarma Fateh Singh Hashim Qureshi Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale Lakhbir Singh Brar Rode Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Mohammad Abbas Ansari Muppala Lakshmana Rao Paresh Baruah Ranjit Debbarma Sheikh Abdul Aziz Syed Ali Shah Geelani Sukhdev Singh Babbar Talwinder Singh Parmar

Nationalism	Assamese nationalism Bodo nationalism Kashmiriyat Naga nationalism Sikh nationalism Tamil nationalism Tripuri nationalism

Controversies	1984 Sikh Massacre Hashimpura massacre Human rights abuses in Assam Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir Human rights abuses in Manipur Human rights issues in Northeast India Human rights abuses in Punjab Persecution of Chinese Indians

Islamism

Ideology	Islamic democracy Islamic fundamentalism Islamic Modernism Islamic response to modernity Pan-Islamism Islamic socialism Wahhabism Salafism Islamic state Islamic monarchy Islamic republic Deobandi Two-nation theory Qutbism Jihadism Islamization of knowledge Islam Hadhari Turkish model Madkhalism Ahl-i Hadith Political Islam Modern Islamic philosophy Islamism and slavery Sharia Jihad Caliphate Guardianship of the Islamic Jurists Human rights in Islam

Political parties	Al Asalah Hezbollah Hizb ut-Tahrir Jamaat-e-Islami Muslim Brotherhood National Congress (Sudan) Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party United Malays National Organisation Al Wefaq Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan Welfare Party National Islamic Front Islamic Salvation Front

Theorists and political leaders	Alija Izetbegović Ata Abu Rashta Haji Shariatullah Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī Muhammad Abduh Rashid Rida Muhammad Iqbal Muhammad Asad Abul Ala Maududi Taqiuddin al-Nabhani Hasan al-Banna Sayyid Qutb Muhammad Nasiruddin al-Albani Yusuf al-Qaradawi Hassan al-Turabi Safwat al-Shwadify Mahathir Mohamad Ahmad Yassin Ali Shariati Navvab Safavi Muammar Gaddafi Ali Khamenei Ruhollah Khomeini Zia-ul-Haq Qazi Hussain Ahmad Rached Ghannouchi Necmettin Erbakan Tariq Ramadan

Jihadist groups	Abu Sayyaf Ansar Dine Armed Islamic Group Egyptian Islamic Jihad Fatah al-Islam al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya Hamas Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Lashkar-e-Taiba Mahdi Army Palestinian Islamic Jihad al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula in Iraq in North Africa al-Shabaab Taliban

Jihadist leaders	Abdullah Yusuf Azzam Anwar al-Awlaki Mohammed Omar Osama bin Laden Omar Abdel-Rahman Juhayman al-Otaybi Ayman al-Zawahiri Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Historical events	Islamic revival Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization Iranian Revolution Grand Mosque seizure Iranian hostage crisis Soviet invasion of Afghanistan Islamization of the Gaza Strip September 11 attacks War on Terror Fatwa on Terrorism Arab Spring

Texts	Reconstruction (Iqbal, 1930s) Principles (Asad, 1961) Milestones (Qutb, 1964) Islamic Government (Khomeini, 1970) Islamic Declaration (Izetbegović, 1969-1970) The Green Book (Gaddafi, 1975)

War on Terror

War in Afghanistan • Iraq War • War in North-West Pakistan • Symbolism of terrorism

Participants

Operational	ISAF Operation Enduring Freedom participants Afghanistan Northern Alliance Iraq (Iraqi Armed Forces) NATO Pakistan United Kingdom United States European Union Philippines Ethiopia

Targets	al-Qaeda Osama bin Laden al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Nusra Front Khorasan Abu Sayyaf Anwar al-Awlaki Al-Shabaab Hamas Harkat-ul-Jihad al-Islami Hezbollah Hizbul Mujahideen Islamic Courts Union Jaish-e-Mohammed Jemaah Islamiyah Lashkar-e-Taiba Taliban Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan

Conflicts

Operation Enduring Freedom	War in Afghanistan OEF – Philippines Georgia Train and Equip Program Georgia Sustainment and Stability OEF – Horn of Africa OEF – Trans Sahara Drone strikes in Pakistan

Other	Operation Active Endeavour Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) Insurgency in the North Caucasus Moro conflict in the Philippines Iraq War Iraqi insurgency Operation Linda Nchi Terrorism in Saudi Arabia War in North-West Pakistan War in Somalia (2006–09) 2007 Lebanon conflict al-Qaeda insurgency in Yemen Military intervention against ISIL Operation Inherent Resolve War in Afghanistan (2015–present) Operation Resolute Support