Shia Ulema Council Pakistan
شیعہ علماء کونسل پاکستان |
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Patron-in-Chief | Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi |
Electoral Alliance | Pakistan Peoples Party |
Political position | Centre-left |
Religion | Shiite Islam |
Colors |
Red and Black |
Slogan | "God is greatest." (Arabic: الله أكبر) |
National Assembly of Pakistan |
44 / 342
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Senate of Pakistan |
41 / 104
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Election symbol | |
Shia Ulema Council (S.U.C) (Urdu: شیعہ علماء کونسل; English: Council of Shiite Muslim clergy) is a Shiite Muslim religio-political organization in Pakistan and a board of Shiite Muslim clergy affiliated with the Islamic council of Iran. Its goal was to introduce Twelver Shiite Islam as personal law for the Shiite Muslims of Pakistan, so that no other school of thought may be forcefully imposed on them to follow. It is also known as Islami Tehreek or Tehrik-e-Jafaria in Pakistan.
Shia Ulema Council is being led by Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi. The main objective of this party is to create an Islamic rule in the country according to the wishes of all factions of Islamic society of Pakistan.
The Shiite Muslim body of scholars, describes the scholarly education provided for Shiite Muslims clergy in the schools around the center of Shiite Islamic theology in Najaf, Iraq.
The main objective of this organisation was to protect the rights of Shia Muslims of Pakistan and give them a voice in the Parliament of Pakistan, they do not advocate a Shia Islamic state and have cordial relations with Sunni organization including Sunni Ittehad Council that is why they joined coalition of religious political parties i.e. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal that won 53 out of 272 elected members in legislative elections held on October 20, 2002.