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.