During the eruption of militancy in the 1990s, following persecution and threats by radical Islamists and militants, the native Kashmiri Hindus were forced into an exodus from Kashmir, a Muslim-majority region in Northern India.[259][260] Mosques issued warnings, telling them to leave Kashmir, convert to Islam or be killed.[261] Approximately 300,000–350,000 pandits left the valley during the mid-80s and the 90s.[262] Many of them have been living in abject conditions in refugee camps of Jammu.[263]