Nishtar Park bombing

Barelvi movement

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 This box: view · talk · edit

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]

References

1. ^ Bomb carnage at Karachi prayers, BBC Online, 11 April 2006
2. ^ Special Coverage of Nishtar Park bombing, Jang Group Online
3. ^ Three LJ activists indicted in Nishtar Park blast case, Dawn (newspaper), 2 Sep 2009

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