No matter what the reasons, no matter who has approved or disapproved, the ceasefire offer will give a new turn to the insurgency in Kashmir, says Arif Jamal, a Pakistani who is writing a book about jihad (holy war) in Kashmir.
So, for now at least, the schools at Muridke remain free to teach what Mr Saeed has preached for two decades: jihad against Hindu India, especially to drive it from the contested region of Kashmir.
First came howls of outrage and betrayal from the United Jihad Council, the umbrella grouping of militant factions that is based in Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir.