Kashmir is NOT one entity.
It has the Valley - predominantly Sunni Muslim.
Leh - Buddhists, who want a separate State.
Kargil - Shias who hate the Sunnis of the Valley.
Jammu - Hindu.
It is a misconception that J&K is a Muslim State.
Historically, the Muslims of Kashmir were the highest caste of Hindus - Brahmins!
They were coerced and tortured by the Afghans and the Chak of Central Asia to become Muslim.
The Sufi Muslim saints quoted Hindu Gods in their scriptures and poems.
Read the book, if you can lay your hands on - The valley of Kashmir (1895), by Lawrence, who was a British administrator in J&K.
https://archive.org/details/valleyofkashmir00lawruoft
The Kashmiri Muslims don't eat beef which is a Hindu religious taboo!
It is just this pan Islamic wave and Saudi money through Pakistan that has incited the people.
Money speaks it appears.
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