Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi

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Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi
Quaid-E-Millat-E-Jaffaria Islami Tehreek Pakistan
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byPosition established
Patron-in-Chief of Shia Ulema Council
Assumed office
1988
Preceded byArif Hussain Hussaini
Personal details
Born (1940-01-01) 1 January 1940 (age 84)
Attock, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistani
Political partyIslami Tehreek Pakistan
Other political
affiliations
TJP/Islami Tehreek
Shia Ulema Council
ParentSyed Mohammad Ali Shah
Residence(s)Rawalpindi, Pakistan
OccupationIslamic scholar & Politician

Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (Urdu: سید ساجد علی نقوی) is a Pakistani Shia Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is the founder & leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan also Patron-in-Chief of Shia Ulema Council. His main objective is to create an Islamic rule in the Pakistan.[1]

Political history[edit]

Tehreek-e-Jafaria[edit]

He is also the head of one of the largest Shia Islam organizations in Pakistan the Tehreek-e-Jafaria. After a ban by 1995 regime, it continues to work under the name of Tehreek-e-Islami. Again the Tehreek-e-Islami was banned and a new party was formed with the name Shia Ulema Council. Naqvi also headed the religious wing of Tehreek-e-Islami i.e. the Shia Ulema Council. After the murder of Arif Hussain Hussaini in 1988, he was elected as the head [ Quaid e Millat e Jaffaria ] of the Tehrik-e-Jafaria by the Supreme Council of Shiite clergy of Pakistan.[2]

Islami Tehreek Pakistan[edit]

He is currently the founder and leader of Islami Tehreek Pakistan.[3]

Arrest in a Criminal Case 2003[edit]

Sajid Ali Naqvi at a press conference in Multan

in November 2003 Pervez Musharraf regime arrested the Naqvi in charge of Azam Tariq murder case the leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba, an Islamic extremist Anti-Shia Sunni Deobandi Islamist organization leader who was murdered in 2003[4] by a member of the Sipah-e-Muhammad a shia militant organization in revenge for the Quetta mosque attack and the massacre of more than 50 shia muslims by Sipah-e-Sahaba in 2003.[5] The Thousands of his supporters warned the government that they would besiege the federal capital if the government did not release Naqvi within the next few weeks. The demonstrators staged a rally in Islamabad on Sunday to protest the detention of Naqvi and the killing of Shiite leaders.[citation needed]

Naqvi was released on bail from the Adiala Jail on Saturday[when?]. The Golra Police arrested him on November 16[when?], in connection with the Azam Tariq murder case. After rejection of his bail petition in a special anti-terrorist court, Naqvi's lawyers went to the high court, which ordered his release. Naqvi's sons and the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal leaders received him and he was taken to his home under tight security.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007.
  2. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". www.dailytimes.com.pk. Archived from the original on March 19, 2007.
  3. ^ "Islami Tehreek Pakistan - ITP, Political Party Profile & Members Details". UrduPoint. Retrieved 2020-11-04.
  4. ^ Sohail Mahmood (1995). Islamic fundamentalism in Pakistan, Egypt and Iran. Vanguard. p. 434. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  5. ^ Imtiaz Gul (Oct 8, 2003). "Cleric murder highlights sectarianism". Aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  6. ^ "Sajid Naqvi released". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-04.