New York: Pakistan-based militant outfit Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM) has again started collecting money in Pakistan under a new name, Jamiat-ul-Ansar (JuA), for carrying out subversive activities in Jammu and Kashmir, media reports said.

HuM had re-christened itself after the US had declared it as a terrorist outfit after the infamous 9/11 attacks in America. Its chief Fazalur Rehman Khalil had dissolved HuM and formed JuA.

According to the 'New York Times', the militant outfit under the new name was again at the front. Khalil, whose name first figured during the al-Faran kidnapping of five foreign hostages in 1995, had delivered a sermon at the Red Mosque in Islamabad on September 5 asking people to participate in 'jihad' and observe the orders of "Allah" and not America.

"Our salvation lies in obeying the orders of Allah, not America," Khalil was quoted as saying. "If we don't do 'jihad', our prayers and fasting will not be accepted. This is a sacred duty."

Immediately, after the prayer meeting, two members of the group started collecting money from worshipers on the pretext of carrying "jihad in Kashmir".

Khalil has also been associated with the al-Qaida terror outfit since its inception and has supported Osama bin Laden's call for attacks on the United States and Western interests.

A predominantly anti-US, Khalil was the only militant leader who had criticised America when they attacked Khost with missiles.

PTI