Sajid Naqvi
| Ayatullah Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi آیت اللہ سید ساجد علی نقوی |
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| Religion | Islam |
| School | Twelver |
| Other names |
Arabic: السيد ساجد علي النقوي Persian: سید ساجد علی نقوی |
| Personal | |
| Born |
January 1, 1948 Attock, mallwali, Pakistan |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Pakistan |
| Title | Leader of Shias of Pakistani Twelver community (Urdu: قائد ملت جعفریہ) |
| Period in office | 1988-Present |
| Predecessor | Syed Arif Hussain Al-Hussaini |
| Religious career | |
| Post | Representative of Wilayat-e-Faqih |
Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (Urdu: آیت اللہ علامہ سید ساجد علی نقوی) is an Islamic scholar from Rawalpindi, Pakistan. He is also the head of the one of the largest Shiite organizations of Pakistan namely Tehrik-e-Jafaria (T.J.P). After a ban by Musharraf regime, it continues to work under the name of Tehrik-e-Islami. Again the Tehrik-e-Islami was banned and a new party was formed with the name Shia Ulema Council. Currently he is not only the leader of Islami Tehrik but, he is the designated leader of the Pakistani Shiite community of Pakistan by the Supreme leader Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamenei. Naqvi also heads the religious wing of Tehrik-e-Islami i.e. the Shia Ulema Council. He is often called as the representative of Wilayat-e-Faqih in Pakistan, as he religiously represents the Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatullah Ali Khamenei in the country. After the murder of Arif Hussain Hussaini in 1988, he was elected as the head of the Tehrik-e-Jafaria by the Supreme Council of Shiite clergy of Pakistan.
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