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Ehsan Elahi Zaheer

Ehsan Elahi Zaheer
Born 31 May 1945
Ahmedpura, Sialkot, British Raj, now Punjab, Pakistan
Died 30 March 1987 (aged 41)
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Other names Allama, Ihsan Ilahi Zahir; Ehsaan.
Era Modern era
Religion Islam
Creed Ahl-e-Hadith
Main interest(s) Salafism

Ehsan Elahi Zaheer (Urdu: احسان الہی ظہیر‎) (31 May 1945 – 30 March 1987) was a Pakistani Islamic theologian and leader of the Ahl-e-Hadith movement. He died from an assassin's bomb blast in 1987.

Zaheer believed that Shi'ites were Israeli agents and infidels.

While Zaheer was giving a speech, a bomb which had been planted on the stage exploded, killing him.


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