Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan

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Movements

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Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is a Deobandi Pakistani organization, and a formerly registered Pakistani political party. Established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, its stated goal is to primarily to deter major Shiite influence in Pakistan in the wake of the Iranian Revolution.[1][2] The organization was banned by President Pervez Musharraf in 2002 as a terrorist organization under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.[1][2] Currently the organization's official name is Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat, but it is still widely referred to as Sipah-e-Sahaba by its own members.[3] In March 2012 the government of Pakistan banned Sipah-e-Sahaba.[4]

Ideology

The SSP follows the Deobandi.It wishes for Pakistan to be a Deobandi state and has declared Shiites non-Muslims.[5] The organization also calls for a restoration of the Khilafat.[2]

History

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Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Maulana Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi, Maulana Eesar-ul-Haq Qasmi and Maulana MuhammadAzam Tariq, formed the SSP in 1985 originally under the name of Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba (ASSP), or Army of the Friends of the Prophet.[5] Head of the antagonist Shia Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan, mockingly referred to the ASSP as Sipah-e-Yazid, comparing them to the historical archenemy of the Shia.[6]

An SSP leader was a minister in the Coalition Government in Punjab in 1993 and the group has held seats in the Pakistan National Assembly.[2][5]

When Jhangvi was killed in 1990, Zia-ur Rehman Farooqi assumed leadership of the group. Farooqi died in a bomb explosion on January 19, 1997 at the Lahore Sessions Court.[5] After his death, Azam Tariq led the group until October 2003 when he was killed along with gunmen.[2][5]

In January 2002, the SSP was among five groups banned under the Anti-Terrorism Act of 1997.[1]

In 2003, the organization was reestablished under the Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan but was again banned in November of that year.[2]

In August 2009 Maulana Ali Sher Hyderi, the fourth chief of SSP, was killed by Tehreek-e-Jafaria extremists while traveling by car through Khairpur district in Sindh province en route to Hyderabad.[3]

Another leader Abdul Rauf was killed by extremists in February or March 2010.[7]

Sipah-e-Sahaba currently operates openly under the adopted name of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat.[3]

Links to other groups

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  • In 1996 elements within the SSP who did not believe the organization violent enough left to form the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ).[5] In February 2003, Azam Tariq denied accusations that LJ was its armed militant branch and emphasized that the SSP "had nothing to do" with the LJ.[2]
  • In October 2000 Maulana Masood Azhar, founder of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), was quoted as saying that "Sipah-e-Sahaba stands shoulder to shoulder with Jaish-e-Muhammad in Jehad."[5] A leaked U.S. diplomatic cable described JeM as "another SSP breakaway Deobandi organization."[8]
  • A diplomatic cable, originally dated October 23, 2009 and later leaked to the media, from the U.S. embassy in Islamabad indicated that Qari Hussain, a leading militant of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), had roots in the SSP and that "many of the TTP’s foot soldiers are from SSP ranks."[8] molana ludhyani is the current leader of ssp and he has been running the organisation with the name of ahl e sunnat wal jmaat after ban on ssp

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b c B. Raman, "Musharraf's Ban: An Analysis", South Asia Analysis Group , Paper no. 395, 18 January 2002
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Pakistan: The Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), including its activities and status", Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, 26 July 2005
  3. ^ a b c Pakistan 'extremist' is shot dead, BBC News Online, 17 August 2009
  4. ^ Hasan, Syed Shoaib (2012-03-09). "Pakistan bans Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat Islamist group". BBC News. Retrieved March 10, 2012. 
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan". 
  6. ^ Sohail Mahmood (1995). Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan, Egypt and Iran. Vanguard. p. 434. Retrieved 11 September 2012. 
  7. ^ "Forces claim killing two militant commanders". The News International. 2010-03-03. Archived from the original on 2010-03-04. Retrieved 2010-03-01. "He along with two other leaders was said to be missing for long time. Officially, nothing could be confirmed about the death of Abdul Rauf." 
  8. ^ a b "2009: Southern Punjab extremism battle between haves and have-nots". Dawn.com (Dawn Media Group). 2011-05-22. Retrieved 2011-05-25. 
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