Nishtar Park bombing

Nishtar Park bombing

Barelvi movement
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Central figures

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi

Organizations

World Islamic Mission
Jamaat Ahle Sunnat
Sunni Tehreek
Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan
Dawat-e-Islami
Raza Academy
Sunni Dawat-e-Islami

Institutions

Al Jamiatul Ashrafia · Manzar-e-Islam
Al-Jame-atul-Islamia · Jamiatur Raza

Literature

Maulana, Andhe ki laathi

History

Indian Rebellion of 1857
Pakistan Movement
2006 Nishtar Park bombing
Asassination of Sarfraz Naeemi

Notable individuals

Mustafa Raza Khan
Qamaruzzaman Azmi
Hamid Raza Khan
Akhtar Raza
Abdul Aleem Siddiqi
Shah Ahmad Noorani
Syed Shujaat Ali Qadri
Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui

Beliefs and practices

Sunni Islam · Sufism
Taqlid · Tawassul
Mid-Sha'ban · Mawlid
Khatim an-Nabuwwah

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The Nishtar Park bombing was a bomb attack on April 11, 2006 in Karachi's Nishtar Park which killed at least 57 people and injured over 80.[1] At the time of the blast, a mawlid ceremony to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed organized by the Barelvi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat was taking place, in which tens of thousands of followers were gathered.

Among the dead were several Barelvi religious figures, including the senior leadership of the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat and the Sunni Tehreek. The notable leaders included Chief of Sunni Tehreek, Maulana Muhammad Abbas Qadri, central leaders Maulana Akram Qadri, Maulana Iftikhar Ahmad Bhatti, Dr. Qadeer Ahmad and Haji Haneef Billo, Hafiz Muhammad Taqi of other parties.[2] Three men said to belong to the Lashkar-e-Jhangvi were indicted for the crime.[3]

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