Azam Tariq ( ur, اعظم طارق March 1962 – 6 October 2003) was the leader of the politico-religious organisation
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a
Deobandi organization, which was officially banned by the government of
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 ...
in August 2001. On 26 June 2018, Pakistan lifted the ban.
After his assassination in 2003,
Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi
Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi ( ur, ) is the current Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ), a proscribed group in Pakistan. Ludhianvi became the head of ASWJ (then knows as Sipah-e Sahaba) upon the death of the previous chief, Ali ...
was selected as the president of
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP, , Guardians of the Prophet's Companions), renamed to Millat-e-Islamia, is a Islamist organisation in Pakistan, which also functioned as a political party. It broke away from the main Deobandi Sunni organisation ...
.
Early life and education
Tariq was born to a poor
Arain
Arain (also known as Raeen) are a large Punjabi agricultural tribe with strong political identity and organisation, found mainly in the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh with a small population in parts of Indian Punjab, Uttar Pradesh ...
farmer Mohammad Fateh in village, Chak No 111/7R,
Chichawatni. The family is originally from
Nakodar
Nakodar is a town and a municipal council in Jalandhar district in the Indian state of Punjab.
The city is almost 365 km from Delhi, 25 km from Jalandhar, 49 km from Ludhiana, and about 101 km from Amritsar. Surrounding vill ...
,
Jalandhar
Jalandhar is the third most-populous city in the Indian state of Punjab and the largest city in Doaba region. Jalandhar lies alongside the Grand Trunk Road and is a well-connected rail and road junction. Jalandhar is northwest of the state ...
.
He studied at a local madrassa and then enrolled in the
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia ( ur, , ''Jāmi‘ah ‘Ulūm-i Islāmīyah'' / , ''Jāmi‘atul-‘Ulūmul-Islāmīyah'') is an Islamic University in Banoori Town, Karachi, Pakistan. The university continues the tradition of the Darul Uloom system i ...
in
Banuri Town,
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 ...
.
Career
In August 2001, Pakistani president
Pervez Musharraf
General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...
banned seven alleged Islamic organizations, including Sipah-e-Sahaba, and Azam Tariq was arrested and jailed on charges of terrorism.
Azam Tariq was elected three times to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Jhang Sadr, even though his constituency was a predominantly Shi'a region. He contested again in the 2002 elections, while in custody, and was again elected. He was released in November 2002.
Assassination
Tariq was shot and killed in an attack on 6 October 2003 alongside
Islamabad
Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital ...
as he left the
M-2 Motorway to enter the city. his funeral was led by
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Abdul Rashid Ghazi ( ur, عبد الرشید غازی; – 10 July 2007) was a Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist who served as the vice-chancellor of Faridia University. Prior to his radicalisation, he served as a diplomat for UNESCO. He was ...
inside
Lal Masjid.
The assassination was part of a growing wave of violent incidents in Pakistan between the sectarian Sunni and the Shiah Muslims. Violence peaked in July 2003 with the
Quetta mosque attack and the massacre of more than 50 people.
On 11 May 2017, the
Federal Investigation Agency
The Federal Investigation Agency ( ur, ; reporting name: FIA) is a border control, criminal investigation, counter-intelligence and security agency under the control of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan, tasked with investigative jurisdi ...
(FIA) arrested a proclaimed offender after 13 years who murdered him.
Bibliography
Books by Tariq
*''Rūdād-i ʻishq o vafā'', Jhang : Markazī Daftar-i Sipāh-i Ṣaḥābah, 1999-2004, around 1000 pages (in 2 volumes).
Author's memoirs.
*''Ahammīyat-i ḥadīs̲ dar dīn'', Kābul : Mayvand ; Peshawar : Kitābkhānah-ʼi Sabā, 2005, 298 p.
Importance of Hadith
Ḥadīth ( or ; ar, حديث, , , , , , , literally "talk" or "discourse") or Athar ( ar, أثر, , literally "remnant"/"effect") refers to what the majority of Muslims believe to be a record of the words, actions, and the silent approva ...
for Islam, in Persian.
*''K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i jarnail, al-maʻrūf, K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i jel'', Jhang : Markazī Daftar-i Sipāh-i Ṣaḥābah, 2001.
Collection of speeches written in jail (1998-1999) collected by Abū Usāmah Z̤iyāurraḥmān Nāṣir.
Books about Tariq
*Muḥammad Nadīm Qāsimī, ''Ḥayāt-i Aʻẓam T̤āriq'', Faiṣalābād : Ishāʻatulmaʻārif, 1998, 413 p.
*Muḥammad Nadīm Muʻāviyah, ''Pārlīmanṭ kā londa : S̲ānī-i jarnail-i Sipāh-yi Ṣaḥābah ... Ḥaz̤rat Maulānā Muḥammad Aʻẓam T̤āriq shahīd ke mufaṣṣal ḥālāt-i zindagī aur Pārlīmant kī taqārīr'', Karāchī : Maktabah-yi K̲h̲ilāfat-i Rāshidah, 2005, 376 p.
See also
*
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi ( ur, حق نواز جھنگوی, ''Ḥaq Nawāz Jhangvī''; 1952 – 23 February 1990) was a Pakistani cleric who founded the Anjumane Sipahe Sahaba on 6 September 1986.
Biography
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi was born in 1952 i ...
*
Isar-ul-Haq Qasmi
Isar ul Haq Qasmi (who died in 1991) was a Pakistani Islamic cleric, preacher and a member of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. He had been member of the National Assembly of Pakistan between 1990 and 1993 representing Jhang constituency.
Born in 1964 t ...
References
External links
Shia News a partisan account of Azam Tariq's release in 2001, with a background of the history of Sunni-Shia violence in Pakistan
Pakistan ''Daily Times'' 7 October 2004Shia News report of Azam Tariq's assassinationAzam Tariq's assassination news by Newsline (Pakistan).
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