Azam Tariq (religious leader)
Azam Tariq | |
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Chief, Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan | |
In office 1997–2003 | |
Preceded by | Zia ur Rehman Farooqi |
Succeeded by | Ali Sher Hyderi |
Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
In office 18 November 2002 – 6 October 2003 | |
Constituency | NA-115 (Jhang-II) |
In office 16 October 1993 – 5 November 1996 | |
Constituency | NA-68 (Jhang-III) |
In office 1991 – 18 July 1993 | |
Constituency | NA-68 (Jhang-III) |
Personal details | |
Born | Chichawatni, West Pakistan, Pakistan | 10 July 1962
Died | 6 October 2003 Islamabad, Pakistan | (aged 41)
Political party | Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan |
Children | Moavia Azam Tariq |
Alma mater | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia |
Azam Tariq (Urdu: 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 in August 2001.On 26 June 2018, Pakistan lifted the ban.[1]
After his assassination in 2003, Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi was selected as the president of Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.
Early life and education[]
Tariq was born to a poor Arain farmer Mohammad Fateh in village, Chak No 111/7R, Chichawatni. The family is originally from Nakodar, Jalandhar[2] He studied at a local madrassa and then enrolled in the Jamia Uloom Islamia in Binori Town, Karachi.[2]
Career[]
Tariq was elected three times to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Jhang.[3]
In August 2001, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf banned seven alleged Islamic organizations, including Sipah-e-Sahaba, and Azam Tariq was arrested and jailed on charges of terrorism.[citation needed]
Assassination[]
Tariq was shot and killed in an attack on October 6, 2003 alongside Islamabad[4] as he left the M-2 Motorway to enter the city.[5] his funeral was led by Abdul Rashid Ghazi inside Lal Masjid.[6]
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.[7]
On May 11, 2017, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a proclaimed offender after 13 years who murdered him.[8]
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 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.
- 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[]
References[]
- ^ "Govt lifts ban on ASWJ, unfreezes assets of its chief Ahmed Ludhianvi". 27 June 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "In Death, as in Life".
- ^ https://www.middle-east-online.com/en/pakistan’s-sunni-shia-rift
- ^ "The Hammer Poised to Strike in Pakistan". archive.democrats.com. Oct 10, 2003. Archived from the original on November 27, 2005. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "Azam Tariq gunned down in Islamabad". Dawn.com. 7 October 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
- ^ "Azam Tariq's murder could have huge repercussions". gulfnews.com. Retrieved 2021-04-12.
- ^ Imtiaz Gul (Oct 8, 2003). "Cleric murder highlights sectarianism". Aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- ^ "Former ASWJ leader Maulana Azam Tariq's suspected murderer arrested from Islamabad airport". The Express Tribune. 11 May 2017.
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 October 7, 2004
- Shia News report of Azam Tariq's assassination
- An Eye for an Eye? Azam Tariq's assassination news by Newsline (Pakistan).
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