Maulana Muhammad Abdullah
| Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi محمد عبد اللہ غازی |
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June 1, 1935 Basti-Abdullah, British India |
| Died | October 17, 1998 (aged 63) Lal Masjid, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Cause of death | Assassination (multiple gunshots) |
| Resting place | Islamabad, pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistan |
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Abdul Aziz Ghazi Abdul Rashid Ghazi |
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Maulana Muhammad Abdullah Ghazi (Urdu:محمد عبد اللہ غازی)Son of (Ghazi Muhammad), was born on June 1, 1935 in far-flung village Rajanpur, Basti-Abdullah into the family of farmer but his father was socially active that got him in trouble many times and was arrested by British and sentenced to 8 years. In jail he became religious and motivated Abdullah to enrolled into a local madrassa at the age of 7 and later he moved to Karachi for further study. In accordance with his father's wish, he dedicated himself to study and graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia in Banori-town Karachi.he was appointed as the first Imam of the Lal Masjid in 1966. He created many seminaries in Pakistan and first time in Pakistan, he introduced a female madrassa education system and created Pakistan's first female seminary jamia hafsa. In 1997 he was appointed as Chairman of Ruet-e-Hilal committee till his assassination 1998. He had good relations with other sects and non-Muslims. He was considered to be a patriotic and had good ties with the military and many politicians He was very close with Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq.
During the Soviet war in Afghanistan (1979–1989), the Red Mosque played a major role in recruiting and training Mujahideen to fight alongside the Afghan Mujahideen against Soviet troops. A few months before his assassination, he had met Osama bin Laden in Kandahar.
Moulana had a routine every day whereby he would walk to a seminary for giving lectures (7 km away from the Red-Mosque). On the day of his assassination he walked to his madrassa jamia faradia and returned by car at noon. As he got out of the car, his elder son moulana Abdul-aziz approached him and spoke to him. When Moulana approached his house, a man standing in front of the door walked towards him and pulled out a gun and opened fire until the magazine was empty, badly injuring Moulana. Afterwards, he fired at Abdul-aziz, who barely escaped death. The assassin escaped with the help of an accomplice waiting outside in a car. Moulana Abdullah died of his injuries on the way to the hospital.
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