Haq Nawaz Jhangvi

Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (حق نواز جھنگوی), Ḥaq Nawāz Jhangvī; 1952 – 22 February 1990) was a Pakistani Deobandi Sunni Scholar who founded a organization Sipah-e-Sahaba in the 1980s.[1]

Haq Nawaz was born, in 1952 in Chela, a village in the Jhang District of Punjab, Pakistan. He graduated from the Jamia Khair al-Madaris in Multan in 1971. Haq Nawaz joined the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam and started teaching at a madrasah in Toba Tek Singh in 1972. In 1973 he became the imam and khatib of a Deobandi mosque in mohalla Piplianwala in the city of Jhang Saddar. Before he began focusing his preaching against Shia, he was active in the Khatm-i Nabuwwat movement against Ahmadis and also spoke out against practices of Barelvis.[2]

After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Jhangvi began attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran because he was allegedly funded by Saudi Arab, accusing it of exporting its revolution. He directed his attacks against Shia beliefs and rituals, as well as against Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader. Locally, he targeted the Shah Jewna family and the district administration.[2]

Jhangvi also began preaching intolerence and extremism, becoming extremely popular among some Deobandis, who were willing to support him in his cause. He became extremely vocal against local Shias[2] Jhangvi founded Anjuman-i Sipah-i Sahabah in Jhang on 6 September 1985.[2] and was influenced by Wahhabism.[3]

On 23 February 1990, Jhangvi was killed by alleged Shia militants.[4] Former Sipah-e-Sahaba members Riaz Basra and Akram Lahori formed their own organization in 1996, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which was named after Haq Nawaz Jhangvi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Pakistan's Islamic groups". BBC News. 13 January 2002. Retrieved 11 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Abou-Zahab, Mariam (2004). "The Sunni-Shia Conflict in Jhang (Pakistan)". In Ahmad, Imtiaz; Reifeld, Helmut. Lived Islam in South Asia: Adaptation, Accommodation & Conflict. Jor Bagh, New Delhi: Social Science Press. ISBN 8187358157.
  3. ↑ Murphy, Eamon (2013). The Making of Terrorism in Pakistan: Historical and Social Roots of Extremism. Routledge. pp. 129, 131. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ allegedly Shia terrorists/countries/pakistan/terroristoutfits/Ssp.htm "Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan" Check |url= value (help). South Asia Terrorism Portal.
  5. ↑ "Lashkar-e-Jhangvi,Group of Pakistan". South Asia Terrorism Portal.

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