Although very little is known about the origin or nature of Lashkar-e-Jabbar (LeJ), the group has been highly publicized.  The existence of LeJ was first reported by the local media in Jammu and Kashmir when the group committed two attacks in Srinigar in August 2001.  On August 7, two unidentified youths poured diluted acid on two school teachers. The next day, an armed terrorist threatened the students and teachers of a girls school with violence unless they adopted 'Islamic' dress codes.  An unidentified individual later claimed that Lashkar-e-Jabbar was responsible for the attacks. He added that the group meant "business in implementing the Islamic dress code in Kashmir."  According to LeJ, Muslim women must always wear the burqa in public.  News reports have claimed that LeJ was active before the August incidents and that the group was responsible for attacks on unveiled women in south Kashmir in June and July of 2001 which left three women injured.  LeJ reportedly set September 1 as the deadline for acceptance of its dress codes.  The media attention focused on LeJ prompted an older group, Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) to join the 'movement'.  The DeM expressed support for LeJ's goals but appealed to the LeJ to postpone its deadline.  The LeJ promptly agreed to change the deadline to September 10.  The organization also released a statement on September 8, asking non-Muslim women to wear clothing or jewelry that identified them as non-Muslims: 'bindis' on their foreheads, saffron duppatas, or yellow clothes.

LeJ continues to attempt to enforce the Islamic dress code in Kashmir. They also issued an edict mandating that men and women be separated on buses, and told a well-known female correspondent working for an Indian TV channel that she could no longer enter Pakistan to do her reporting.  Most terrorist outfits active in the Kashmir, including the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) and the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), have condemned LeJ.  The LeT claimed that the aim of those involved in such activities is to turn public opinion against separatist groups.  The HM initially asserted that there was no terrorist group named Lashkar-e-Jabbar and that the activities being carried out in their name were part of a conspiracy against the 'Kashmiri freedom movement'. HM later released a statement saying that the LeJ would be deemed a 'suspect group' until it had proven itself to be a part of the 'Jihadi movement' in Jammu and Kashmir and suggested that individuals should capture and punish anyone found harassing women.  The Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen (JuM), another terrorist group which was initially critical of the LeJ, changed its stance and welcomed the group's activities.