Tehrik-e-Jafria

Tehrik-e-Jafria

Tehrik-e-Jafria or Tehrik-e-Jafria-e-Pakistan (TJP, literally "Movement for Shia Law") was a Shia militant group in Pakistan. It was formerly known as Tehrik-e Nefaz-e Fiqh-e Jafria. The organization was founded in 1979. Its leader, Allama Arif Hussain al-Hussaini was a student of the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/1758534.stm Pakistan's militant Islamic groups] "BBC News", 13 January, 2002]

On October 19, 2001, TJP leader Allama Nazir Ahmed Abbas was shot and killed in his shop in Vehari. On January 12, 2002, Tehrik-e-Jafria was one of four militant organizations banned by the government of Pakistan. [Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor [http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2002/14026.htm International Religious Freedom Report 2002] U.S. Department of State]

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