Posts Tagged ‘Sipah-e-Sahaba’

The floods are devastating. They have been called the most unprecedented disaster due to natural causes in recent years. Although there are some analysts who argue that this is not a natural disaster but a man-made one since the natural flood area of the Indus was encroached upon, this discussion perhaps needs to be postponed for now. [...]

Sayyed Raza Haider, MQM parliamentarian and member of Shia Community was killed with his gunmen in a mosque when he was doing Wuzu(ablution) to participate in a funeral of his friend's mother. The attackers shouted "Allah O Akbar" when started firing from sub machine guns and pistol. Raza tried to go inside the mosque for rescue but was brutally [...]

Find: Laila Ebadi Here is an evidence of how extremist Deobandis (terrorists of the Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba) are now attacking the very institution, i.e., the ISI, which once groomed and nurtured them. Yet, Generals Kayani and Pasha are unable to liberate themselves from the God forsaken good Taliban and strategic depth theories. In the [...]

Source: The Express Tribune Scenic Parachinar belies an undeclared human rights free zone where they have no legal protection. Years ago, when in my hometown Parachinar and in other tribal areas, malicious actions were initiated by inhuman terrorists against innocent and peace-loving people, I had written an article titled “Let think for [...]

Source: View Point ‘Data Darbar had to be destroyed because of Ibn Taymiyya' Sunni-Sunni war was much earlier and it reached a peak in 2006 at Nishtar Park, the year the ISI allowed Sipah-e-Sahaba to stage its show of power in Islamabad Mazhar Jadoon The Sunni-Sunni war reached a peak in 2006 at Nishtar Park, the year the ISI allowed [...]

Source: View Point Iranian- Saudi war spills over to Pakistan: Unloading the entire blame on a foreign pedestal would be unfair. The sectarian strife in Pakistan, to a larger extent, is a Frankenstein's monster of its making. However, the Saudi-Iranian rivalry aggravated the Shia-Sunni conflict "During my frequent visits to Pakistan in the [...]

Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan The Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) was formed in 1985 in Jhang mainly by four anti-Shia clerics: Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Maulana Zia-ur-Rehman Faruqi, Maulana Easar-ul-Haq Qasmi and Maulana Azam Tariq. The group had grown out of the Anjuman-e-Sipah-e-Sahaba, and was supported by the Zia regime to deal with what was [...]

Bowing to intense public pressure, Pakistan's largest province has finally moved against some local militant groups. The Punjab government, which had until now preferred to look away, last week ordered a crackdown after a series of vicious terrorist attacks on religious groups branded by the militants as heretics, apostates or infidels. Over 40 [...]

Photo source: Newsline On more than one occasion the PML-N has demonstrated sympathy, and even outright links, with the forces that are considered to be part of the Pakistani Taliban It was Dante who said: “The hottest place in Hell is reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.” The attack during Friday prayers in [...]

Adapted from Pakistan Christian Post Children of General Zia-ul-Haq, i.e., terrorists of the Sipah-e-Sahaba, under the patronage of Pakistan's ISI and Shahbaz Sharif's government in the Punjab province, are back in action once again. Today (19 July 2010), Muslim extremists belonging to the Sipah-e-Sahaba (an affiliate terrorist organisation [...]

Before you read this post, you may wish to read: Parachinar: Pakistan’s Gaza Strip remains under siege by Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba and LUBP Archive on Parachinar In the eastern Afghanistan province of Paktia, Taliban terrorists opened fire on a minibus carrying Pakistani Shia tribal people who had crossed into Afghanistan to buy [...]

لبرل ووٹرز ،تنگ نظر قیادت پنجاب اور لاہور میں بریلوی مکتبہ فکر رکھنے والوں کی اکثریت ہے ،پر وہاں کے لوگوں نے کبھی مذہبی جماعت کو ووٹ نہیں دیے ،مطلب یہ کہ لوگ سیاست اور مذہب کو الگ رکھنا چاہتے [...]

انتقام مگر پیار سے....قلم کمان …حامد میر یہ بہت ہی بُری خبر تھی لیکن یہ بُری خبر مجھ گناہ گار کو ایک بہت پاکیزہ اور مقدس مقام پر موصول ہوئی۔ جس رات میں مکّہ مکرمہ میں عمرہ ادا کرکے مدینہ پہنچا [...]

Source: Daily Times The Deoband philosophy is a rejectionist philosophy, which rejected modernity and saw the British as the embodiment of western irreligious thought and materialism The attack on Hazrat Ali Hajvery’s shrine has struck at the root of Lahore’s religious and cultural ethos. For 1,000 years, this city has been sustained by [...]

Source: Sri Lanka Guardian An unidentified Barelvi group of Pakistan has disseminated the following through the Internet after the twin suicide explosions in the Data Darbar sufi shrine of Lahore on the evening of July 1,2010, resulting in the death of 42 worshippers, the majority of them reportedly followers of the tolerant Barelvi sect which [...]

While terrorist organisations such as Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Taiba are "officially" banned in Pakistan, their official mentors and promoters in Pakistan's "sensitive agencies" have made sure that useful literature is available not only in print form but also on internet so that it could be used to brainwash and convert ill-informed [...]

All Things Pakistan (ATP) is no doubt one of the most popular and oldest blogs on Pakistan founded and maintained by Adil Najam. Here is an excerpt from Adil Najam's profile at Wikipedia: Adil Najam is an academic and writer of Pakistani origin based in Boston. He is a leading expert on issues related to developing country environmental [...]

Addressing a charged protest demonstration outside the Data Darbar on Friday, with over 3,000 emotional participants, the leaders of the Sunni (Barelvi) Ittehad Council (SIC) openly advocated violent revenge. Several SIC members vowed to ‘seek revenge’ for ‘the attack on Sunni honour’ and urged violence against those responsible. [...]

Picture source: BBC Urdu First Deoband Madrassa was established in 1866 in India. If we look at the history, Deoband is fairly new sect of Islam. Deoband sect slowly worked to make it stronger and they were very active during Pakistan movement. Jamat e Islami (India) had more of a Deoband influence rather than Barelvi. (That is why they openly [...]

The sad incident of terror attacks on Data Darbar has brought out the true faces of the people claiming to be defenders of the democratic system, such as Shahbaz Sharif and especially Rana Sanaullah. Apparently, Shahbaz Sharif and Rana Sanaullah are themselves Deobandis (also hosted and patronized by the Wahhabi Kindgom of Saudi Arabia) and [...]

The ongoing series of target killing of Shia citizens by extremist Deobandi (wrongly labelled as Wahhabi) terrorists of the Sipah-e-Sahaba / Taliban continues unabated. In the latest episode of this series, two Shia men were target killed in Karachi and Quetta. It may be noted that Pakistan Army (ISI) have historically mentored and protected [...]

گنج بخش فیضِ عالم مظہر نورِ خُدا ناقصاں راپیرِ کامل، کاملاں را رہنما Extremist Deobandis of the Sipah-e-Sahaba have once again attacked the Data Di Nagri (Data's city), Lahore. This time their target was the sacred shrine of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri, a Persian Sufi and scholar [...]

Photo source: Shaheed Foundation Four Shia men laid to rest: Riots erupt during funeral processions By Atif Raza Source: Daily Times KARACHI: Riots were reported in various areas of the city on Sunday during the funeral processions of four members of the Shia community - two men killed on Saturday and two victims of the Ashura [...]

Some important points: 1. Ahmed Ludhianvi accuses 25 PPP MNAs including Qamar Zaman Kaira, Faisal Karim Kundi and Jamshed Dasti of taking the support of Sipah-e-Sahaba in their election campaigns. According to him, there is an equally long list of PML-Q and PML-N politicians who have accepted support from Sipah-e-Sahaba. 2. Ahmed Ludhianvi [...]

Picture source: Samaa TV June 20, 2010 In a yet another incident of target killings of Shia in Pakistan, two brothers were killed and their cousin critically injured in a terrorist attack in Quetta. Hassan and Hasnain (aged between 25 to 28 years), son of Mehmood Ali known as Mehmood Leather, along with their cousin Nawaz were attacked at [...]

Abdolmalek Rigi, head of Jundullah, a sectarian terrorist group (Iranian version of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan) was today executed in Iran for his involvement in terrorist acts against the state and people of Iran. He was hanged at dawn at Tehran's Evin prison in the presence of the families of his victims. While this news has been widely [...]

LUBP Editor's note: At long last, someone in Pakistan's mainstream newspapers has written on this topic, i.e., target killings of Shia doctors in Karachi and elsewhere. Is it mere coincidence that the majority of Pakistani journalists as well as bloggers are silent on this extremely important (but sensitive) topic, i.e., target killings of Shia [...]

Cross posted from Mystified Justice blog “It was around 8am when Mr Jafri parked his car and walked to enter the hospital. Two men riding motorbikes came close to him. One of them pulled out a 9mm pistol and fired multiple shots at him. He received three bullets and died on the spot.” Naseer Hussain Jafri, 34, was a Shia Muslim, married [...]

Hear the precious words of political and ideological affiliation straight from the horse's mouth. We are proud to publish a rare interview with Mullah Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi, head of the notorious terrorist organisation Sipah-e-Sahaba. There are three segments of this interview. In the first segment, Mullah Ludhianvi shows his hatred for [...]

What about thousands of Shia and Ahmedi Muslim families? By Omar Khattab in Islamabad Ali Raza was killed during the ethnic violence in Kyrgyzstan. The government of Pakistan did well by bringing his body to Pakistan and then taking it to his hometown Shorkot where he was buried. That should have been the end of the matter. But things [...]

While the ISI's connections with the terrorists of Taliban and Sipah-e-Sahaba are known to every one, it is now becoming abundantly clear that recent wave of Shia killings in Karachi too is a handiwork of the ISI. What is the motive behind the recent wave of sectarian killings? You can glean some information from the following news [...]

In yet another incident of sectarian target killing, terrorists of Taliban / Sipah-e-Sahaba killed Ayub Naqvi, a prominent publisher, writer and journalist in Karachi. Given that the Shia massacre continues to be ignored by not only mainstream Pakistani media but also by the majority of "intellectual" Pakistani bloggers, the LUBP will continue [...]

The LUBP has previously published a number of news reports and articles highlighting the questionable links between Rana Sanullah (PML-N's law minister in Punjab) and the terrorists of Sipah-e-Sahaba. This issue was also echoed at the annual death anniversary of Dr Sarfaraz Naeemi in Lahore (who was martyred by terrorists of Taliban and [...]

Shia Muslims hold a banner through the streets of Karachi, condemning recent target killings. - Photo by Reuters; Source: Dawn Killing of Shia doctors continues unabated in Karachi. There is ample evidence of the state's institutional involvement in crimes against Shias and other religious minorities in Pakistan. Here is how it works: 1. [...]

.... Update 12 June 2010: Shia and Barelvi leaders in Karachi point towards the Sipah-e-Sahaba terrorists for sectarian terrorism in Karachi: Shia cleric Allama Abbas Komaili, heading the Jaffaria Alliance Pakistan rally at Kharadar, condemned the attacks and said at least nine members of his sect have been killed during the last 15 [...]

Many international and national analysts, scholars and journalist usually do not take into account some important distinctions between various jihadi and sectarian groups operating in Pakistan. In his op-ed (in daily Express, 7 June 2010), Muhammad Amir Hashim Khakwani points towards some important distinctions between the deobandi jihadis [...]

Shiites comprise of about 17-25% of Pakistani population and have an immense role in shaping our religion, society, economy and politics for centuries. They have always been a vital source of inspiration of love, harmony , mutual respect and peaceful coexistence. They have been part and parcel of our national society through thick and thin of our [...]

جھگڑا ’پنجابی طالبان‘ کا اعجاز مہر بی بی سی اردو ڈاٹ کام، اسلام آباد پاکستان کی نصف آبادی والے صوبے پنجاب میں دہشت گردی کے حالیہ خوفناک واقعات کے بعد مرکزی اور پنجاب کی صوبائی حکومتوں کے [...]

This is no rocket science. The turmoil and societal decay in Pakistan can undoubtedly be traced back to the fall of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Government in 1977. Renowned scholar Tarek Fatah in his elaborate research “Chasing a Mirage’ writes, “In killing the Bhuttos, father and daughter, Islamists targeted two politicians who wanted to build a [...]

Rana Sanaullah. — APP Photo HYDERABAD: A large number of civil society activists staged a rally from Sindh University’s old campus to the press club here on Tuesday to condemn Friday’s attacks on worship places of Ahmadis in Lahore and the resultant loss of precious lives. They raised slogans against Taliban and urged the Punjab [...]