Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

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Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P) (Template:Langx; Template:Langx; English: Soldiers of Muhammad) was a Shia organisation and political party in Pakistan which turned into an assassination/militant organization it has claimed credit for a series of target Killings of the leaders of Anti-Shia groups Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.[1][2] It was founded by Pakistani Shia cleric Allama Syed Mureed Abbas Yazdani in 1993 to counter the anti-Shia violence in Pakistan and Its headquartered in Thokar Niaz Beg, Lahore.[3]

History

Maulana Syed Mureed Abbas Yazdani with his colleagues separated from Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan and formed the Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan in 1993 or 1994 in order to protect Shia Muslim community of Pakistan and to counter sectarian violence against the Pakistani Shia Muslims orchestrated by Takfiri deobandi groups such as Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi It is involved in assassination of sectarian clerics, activist's and other figures that are responsible for the anti-Shia violence in Pakistan.[4][5] It is believed to be the armed wing of Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan. Its leader was Ghulam Raza Naqvi who was imprisoned in 1996 and released in 2014.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Since his death in 2016, it is unclear who leads the group.

Yazdani's nephew Malik Muhammad Wasi Ul Baqar was attempting to take control of Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan.

Activities

Aim

Sipah-e-Muhammad's primary aim was to target the sectarian leadership of the banned Deobandi terrorist organizations Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi in retaliatory actions for targeting Shia Muslim community.[6] However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shia Muslims, it was claimed to be reforming.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[7]

The movement has strong presence in the Shia communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shia town of Lahore, Thokar Niaz Beg , the party ran a "virtual state within a state" mainly in the 1990s it was a stronghold of it.[3]

Target killings and militancy

According to Stanford University "Mapping Militant Organizations writing the "primary methods" of Sipah-e-Muhammad are targeted killings of prominent Anti-Shia figures – the notable targets of such killings of Sipah-e-Muhammad are Zia ur Rehman Farooqi, Azam Tariq, Riaz Basra and Ali Sher Hyderi. The top leaders of Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were targeted by the Sipah-e-Muhammad for their beliefs and activities against the Shia Muslim community of Pakistan.[8]

Affiliations

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Designation

The Government of Pakistan designated Sipah-e-Muhammad a terrorist organization in 2002;Script error: No such module "Unsubst". it is classified as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under U.S. law, Script error: No such module "Unsubst". and its finances are blocked worldwide by the US government.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

See also

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References

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  4. ↑ Jamestown Foundation Sipah-e-Sahaba: Fomenting Sectarian Violence in Pakistan. Jamestown Foundation
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  7. ↑ Daily Times.com Vengeance, frictions reviving LJ and Sipah-e-Muhammad. April 7th, 2004
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  10. ↑ Jamestown Foundation Sipah-e-Sahaba: Fomenting Sectarian Violence in Pakistan. Jamestown Foundation
  11. ↑ Alex Vatanka, Influence of iranian revolution in Pakistan: Security, Diplomacy Islamist Influence, I.B.Tauris (1989), pp. 148 & 155
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