Azam Tariq (religious leader)

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.

Azam Tariq
Born(1962-07-10)July 10, 1962
Chichawatni, West Pakistan
DiedOctober 6, 2003(2003-10-06) (aged 41)
near Islamabad
AllegianceSipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
ChildrenMoavia Azam Tariq

After his death 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 farmer Mohammad Fateh in Chichawatni.[1] He studied at a local madrassa and then enrolled in the Jamia Uloom Islamia in Binori Town, Karachi.[1]

Career

Tariq was elected three times to the National Assembly of Pakistan in Jhang.[2]

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.

Assassination

Tariq was shot and killed in an attack on October 6, 2003 alongside Islamabad[3] as he left the M2 Motorway to enter the city.[4]

The assassination was part of a growing wave of violent incidents in Pakistan between the sectarian Sunni dominance and the smaller community of the Shiah Muslims. Violence peaked in July 2003 with the Quetta mosque attack and the massacre of more than 50 people.[5]

On May 11, 2017, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested a proclaimed offender after 13 years who murdered him.[6]

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.

Books about Tariq
  • Muḥammad Nadīm Qāsimī, Ḥayāt-i Aʻẓam T̤āriq : Muḥammad Aʻẓam T̤āriq ke mufaṣṣil ḥālāt-i zindagī, Faiṣalābād : Ishāʻatulmaʻārif, 1998, 413 p.
  • Muḥammad Nadīm Muʻāviyah, Pārlīmanṭ kā shahzādah : 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
  1. http://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/in-death-as-in-life/
  2. https://www.middle-east-online.com/en/pakistan’s-sunni-shia-rift
  3. "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.
  4. "Azam Tariq gunned down in Islamabad". Dawn.com. 7 October 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  5. Imtiaz Gul (Oct 8, 2003). "Cleric murder highlights sectarianism". Aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on April 24, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
  6. "Former ASWJ leader Maulana Azam Tariq's suspected murderer arrested from Islamabad airport". The Express Tribune. 11 May 2017.
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