Ayub Shah Bukhari was a
Sufi master in
Gulshan-e-Maymar Gulshan-e-Maymar () is one of the neighbourhoods of Gadap Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.
The concept of Gulshan-e-Maymar originated in the late 1970s – the venture was formally launched in 1980. The core philosophy driving the establishment of ...
neighbourhood of
Gadap Town
Gadap Town ( sd, گڏاپ ٽائون , ur, ) is a town in the northwestern part of Karachi with the Hub River on its western limits also forming the provincial border between Sindh and Balochistan, while to the north and east are Jamshoro Dist ...
in
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...
,
Sindh,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
. The Sufi shrine of Ayub Shah Bukhari is also located in Gulshan-e-Maymar.
On January 6, 2014, six corpses were recovered near the shrine of Ayub Shah Bukhari on the outskirts of Karachi. Bukhari is revered as a saint by followers of Sufism. The
Tehrik-e-Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban (), formally called the Tehreek-e-Taliban-e-Pakistan (Urdu/ ps, , lit=Student Movement of Pakistan, TTP), is an umbrella organization of various Islamist armed militant groups operating along the Afghan–Pakistani bor ...
, who follow a very strict interpretation of
Islam, consider shrine worshipping and
Grave worshiping
The veneration of the dead, including one's ancestors, is based on love and respect for the deceased. In some cultures, it is related to beliefs that the dead have a continued existence, and may possess the ability to influence the fortune of t ...
as un-Islamic and have mounted attacks on Sufi shrines and pilgrims who visit these shrines. Talibans claimed responsibility for slaying the six people in a note found by police near the bodies. Three of the dead were custodians of the Sufi saint Ayub Shah Shrine, while the remaining three came from various parts of Karachi.
Six men found with dead near Sufi shrine in Karachi
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See also
* Islam in Karachi
Nearly 97% of the population of Karachi is Muslim. There is also a small number of Qadiyyani Non-Muslims. The Sunni Islam, Sunnis follow Hanafi fiqh while Shia Islam, Shi'ites are predominantly Twelver, Ithnā‘Ashariyyah in fiqh, with significa ...
* Sufism in Karachi
Sufism known as Tasawwuf in the Arabic-speaking world, is a form of Islamic mysticism that emphasizes introspection and spiritual closeness with the God. It is a mystical form of Islam, a school of practice that emphasizes the inward sear ...
* Abdullah Shah Ghazi
:''See also Ghazi and Gazi (disambiguation)''
Abdullah Shah Ghazi ( ar, عبد الله شاه غازي, ʿAbd Allāh Shāh Ghāzī) (c. 720 - c. 768) was a Muslim Sufism, mystic and Sufism, Sufi whose shrine is located in Clifton, Karachi, C ...
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People from Karachi
Sufis of Sindh