Sipah-e-Muhammad_Pakistan

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

Political party in Pakistan

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P) (Urdu: سپاہ محمد پاکستان; Arabic: سباه محمد الباكستانيه; English: Soldiers of Muhammad) was a Shia organisation and a former political party in Pakistan that was formed in 1993 by Allama Mureed Abbas Yazdani and now after his shahdat and long period of time again his nephew Malik Muhammad Wasi Ul Baqar is looking forward to take responsibility of running Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

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History

Shia leader Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani formed Sipa-e-Muhammad Pakistan in 1993; it is believed to be armed wing of Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan. Its headquarters is in Thokar Niaz Beg, Lahore and its leader was Ghulam Raza Naqvi who was imprisoned in 1996 and released in 2014.[citation needed] Since his death in 2016, it is unclear who leads the group.

Activities

Sipah-e-Muhammad's primary aim was to target the sectarian leadership of the banned terrorist Deobandi militia Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shia Muslims, it was thought to be reforming.[clarification needed][1]

The movement was strong in various Shia communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shia town of Thokar Niaz Beg of Lahore, ran a "virtual state within a state" in the 1990s.[2]

Affiliations

Sipah-e-Muhammad is alleged to have ties with Iran.[3]

Designation as a terrorist organization

The Government of Pakistan designated Sipah-e-Muhammad a terrorist organization in 2002;[citation needed] it is classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law, [citation needed] and its finances are blocked worldwide by the U.S government.[citation needed]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    Daily Times.com Vengeance, frictions reviving LJ and Sipah-e-Muhammad. April 7th, 2004
  2. [2]
    Ravinder Kaur (5 November 2005). Religion, Violence and Political Mobilisation in South Asia. SAGE Publications. pp. 154–. ISBN 978-0-7619-3431-8.
  3. [3]
    "'200 Iranian-trained Sipah-e-Muhammad activists hunting down ASWJ workers'". www.pakistantoday.com.pk. Retrieved 2018-07-26.
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