Pasban e Islam
Encyclopedia
Pasban-e-Islam is an outlawed Pakistani
Shi'a extremist group. It was linked with two bombings in Multan
on 7 October 2004, in which 40 people died. Other sources linked Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
with the bombing. Pasban e Islam traces its origins to the Tehrik-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria (Movement for the Implementation of Jafaria Religious Law).Pasban e islam has a branch called Hizb Ul momineen which were active in Kashmir in 1990-1996.Their aim was to establish the govt that whas in the perioad of Imam Ali,son of Abu Talib.They were supported by Pakistan and Iran.Their main aim was Freedom from India but they stressed on Unity of muslims i.e the two sects shia and sunni should first unite and outrage war against zionists ,they gave the example of Palestine shia sunni brotherhood.Their prominent leader was "Gulshan ABBAS" who now lives in Khanda Budgam and works for a secondry school as urdu teacher.He is now poet also.His poems on freedom are published even now. The aim now of Hizb Ul Momineen is the revocation of ban on Muharram processions in Kashmir and they are still engaged in resistance struggle.Their slogan is
Shia sunni itehad (shia sunni unity)
Al Jihad Al Jihad (THEN DO JIHAD)
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
Shi'a extremist group. It was linked with two bombings in Multan
Multan
Multan , is a city in the Punjab Province of Pakistan and capital of Multan District. It is located in the southern part of the province on the east bank of the Chenab River, more or less in the geographic centre of the country and about from Islamabad, from Lahore and from Karachi...
on 7 October 2004, in which 40 people died. Other sources linked Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan is a militant Sunni Deobandi organization, and a formerly registered Pakistani political party, established in the early 1980s in Jhang by Maulana Haq Nawaz Jhangvi its stated goal is to primarily to deter major Shia influence in Pakistan in the wake of the Iranian...
with the bombing. Pasban e Islam traces its origins to the Tehrik-Nifaz-e-Fiqh-e-Jafaria (Movement for the Implementation of Jafaria Religious Law).Pasban e islam has a branch called Hizb Ul momineen which were active in Kashmir in 1990-1996.Their aim was to establish the govt that whas in the perioad of Imam Ali,son of Abu Talib.They were supported by Pakistan and Iran.Their main aim was Freedom from India but they stressed on Unity of muslims i.e the two sects shia and sunni should first unite and outrage war against zionists ,they gave the example of Palestine shia sunni brotherhood.Their prominent leader was "Gulshan ABBAS" who now lives in Khanda Budgam and works for a secondry school as urdu teacher.He is now poet also.His poems on freedom are published even now. The aim now of Hizb Ul Momineen is the revocation of ban on Muharram processions in Kashmir and they are still engaged in resistance struggle.Their slogan is
Shia sunni itehad (shia sunni unity)
Al Jihad Al Jihad (THEN DO JIHAD)
External links
- Terrorism Monitor (27 January 2005) (published by The Jamestown FoundationThe Jamestown FoundationThe Jamestown Foundation is a Washington, D.C.-based institute for research and analysis, founded in 1984 as a platform to support Soviet dissidents. Today its stated mission is to "inform and educate" policy makers about events and trends, which it regards as being of current "strategic"...
) - Report linking Pasban-e-Islam to the Multan Bombings in The News InternationalThe News InternationalThe News International , published in tabloid size, is the largest English language newspaper in Pakistan. The News has an ABC certified circulation of 140,000. It is published from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad...
(22 October 2004)