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Hafiz Muhammad Saeed
Born1950
Sargodha

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed (Urdu: حافظ محمد سعید) is the amir (leader) of the Jama'at-ud-Da'wah[1]widely considered to be a organization originating in Pakistan. He is one of the India's most wanted terrorists.[2] According to Hafiz Saeed he has no links with Lashkar-e-Taiba.[3]

Background

He was an Islamic Studies teacher at the University of Engineering and Technology (Lahore),Pakistan. He was sent to Saudi Arabia in the early 1980s by the university for higher studies where he met some Saudi Sheikhs who were taking part in the Afghan jihad[citation needed]. They inspired him to join his colleague, Professor Zafar Iqbal, in taking an active role supporting the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. There he met some youth who later became his companions. In 1987 Hafiz Muhammad Saeed along with some Salafi Muslims founded Markaz Dawa-Wal-Irshad, which can be grouped with the Ahle Hadith. This is a puritanical interpretation of Islam that has drawn great financial support from Saudi Arabia. This organization spawned the jihadist group Lashkar-e-Taiba in 1990[4], with the help of Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence officers.[5] It was based in Pakistan before 9/11 and was transferred to Kashmir after that[citation needed]. Lashkar's primary target is the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir although Saeed has spoken of "liberating" Hyderabad State and Junagadh from Indian rule as well.[6]

Detentions in 2006

After the 11 July 2006 Mumbai train bombings, the provincial government of Punjab, Pakistan arrested him on August 9, 2006 and kept him under house arrest but he was released on August 28, 2006 after a Lahore High Court order. He was arrested again on the same day by the provincial government and was kept in the Canal Rest House in Sheikhupura. He was finally released after the Lahore High Court order on October 17, 2006.[7][8]

Sanctions in 2008

Since the November 2008 Mumbai attacks, India has submitted a formal request to the U.N. Security Council to put the group Jamaat-ud-Dawa and Saeed on the list of individuals and organizations sanctioned by the United Nations for being associated with terrorism.

It accuses the organization and its leader, Saeed, of being virtually interchangeable with Lashkar-e-Taiba. India says that the close links between the organizations, as well as the 2,500 offices and 11 seminaries that Jamaat-ud-Dawa maintains in Pakistan, "are of immediate concern with regard to their efforts to mobilize and orchestrate terrorist activities."[9] On December 10, 2008 Saeed denied a link between LeT and JuD in an interview with Pakistan's Geo television stating that "no Lashkar-e-Taiba man is in Jamaat-ud-Dawa and I have never been a chief of Lashkar-e-Taiba."[10]

On Thursday 11th December Hafiz Mohammed Saeed was again placed under house arrest as he is accused of having links to the Mumbai attacks which killed at least 170 people.

Hafiz Muhammad Saeed is listed as one of the most wanted persons in India according to several sources [11], because of his ties with Lashkar-e-Toiba and his alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks of November 2008. Hafiz Muhammad Saeed has said that, this is another attack against Islam.

Personal life

Saeed was in born in 1950 in Sargodha,[12] he is married to Maimoona.[13]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Jamaat-ud-Dawah website-Organization".
  2. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1902/19020180.htm
  3. ^ http://e.jamatdawa.org/pages.php?. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ Swami, Praveen (December 9, 2008). "Pakistan and the Lashkar's jihad in India". The Hindu.
  5. ^ Schmitt, Eric (December 7, 2008). "Pakistan's Spies Aided Group Tied to Mumbai Siege". The New York Times.
  6. ^ Rahman, Maseeh (2008-12-01). "Rumours abound as inquiry begins its search for truth". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-12-01. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ "LHC orders release of Hafiz Saeed". Dawn. October 18, 2006.
  8. ^ Subramanian, Nirupama (October 18, 2006). "Court orders Hafiz Saeed's release". The Hindu.
  9. ^ India wants Pakistani group added to UN's terrorism list, NYT, 09-Dec-2008
  10. ^ "Third Mumbai Terrorist Suspect Placed Under House Arrest; Charity a Front Group For Terrorist Organization". Fox News. 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2008-12-11.
  11. ^ http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1902/19020180.htm
  12. ^ Noose tightens around Hafiz Saeed, LT and Jamaatud Daawa
  13. ^ LHC seeks reply from Punjab, Centre>
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