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Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P) ( ur, سپاہ محمد پاکستان; ar, سباه محمد الباكستانيه;

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Shia Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, mo ...

organisation and a former political party in Pakistan that was formed in 1993 by Allama Mureed Abbas Yazdani and now after his shahdat and long period of time again his nephew Malik Muhammad Wasi Ul Baqar is looking forward to take responsibility of running Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

History

Shia leader Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani formed Sipa-e-Muhammad Pakistan in 1993; it is believed to be armed wing of ''Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan''. Its headquarters is in

and its leader was

Ghulam Raza Naqvi Maulana Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi is one of the founders of the Pakistani Shia vigilante movement Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP), in the early 1990s (1994 in some sources), formed to counter and respond to Deobandi Sunni Muslim attacks. Naqvi was e ...

who was imprisoned in 1996 and released in 2014. Since his death in 2016, it is unclear who leads the group.

Activities

Sipah-e-Muhammad's primary aim was to target the sectarian leadership of the banned terrorist Deobandi militia ''Sipah-e-Sahaba'' or ''Lashkar-e-Jhangvi''. However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shia Muslims, it was thought to be reforming. The movement was strong in various Shia communities in Pakistan, and in the majority Shia town of Thokar Niaz Beg of Lahore, ran a "virtual state within a state" in the 1990s.

Affiliations

Sipah-e-Muhammad is alleged to have ties with Iran.

Designation as a terrorist organization

The Government of Pakistan designated Sipah-e-Muhammad a terrorist organization in 2002; it is classified as a

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under U.S. law, and its finances are blocked worldwide by the U.S government.

References

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History

Activities

Affiliations

Designation as a terrorist organization

See also

References