Maulana Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi is one of the founders of the

Pakistani Shia Shia Islam was brought to the Indian subcontinent during the final years of the Rashidun Caliphate. The Indian subcontinent also served as a refuge for some Shias escaping persecution from Umayyad Caliphate, Umayyads, Abbasids, Ayyubid dynasty, ...

vigilante movement

Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan ) , ideology = Protection of Muslim community , foundation = 1994 (officially) , religion = Shia Islam , colorcode = #FFFF00 , seats1_title = Parliament of Pakistan , seats1 = , colors = Black and Yellow , headquarters = Thoka ...

(SMP), in the early 1990s (1994 in some sources), formed to counter and respond to

Deobandi Deobandi is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam, adhering to the Hanafi school of law, formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the name derives, by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi, R ...

Sunni Muslim attacks. Naqvi was educated in a Shia seminary in

Najaf Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...

. He died whilst on a pilgrimage to the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, on March 7, 2016.

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