Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan
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Sipah-e-Muhammad
سپاہ محمد صلی الله علیہ وآلہ وسلم |
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| Leader | Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi (imprisoned 1996, freed 2014) |
| Founded | 1994 (officially) |
| Headquarters | Thokar Niaz Beg, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Ideology | Protection of Shi'a community, armed resistance to Wahhabi/Takfiri terrorism and target killing |
| Religion | Shia, Shiite |
| Colors |
Black and Yellow |
| Slogan | "Humiliation of us is impossible." (Arabic: هيهات منا الذلة) |
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Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (S.M.P) (Urdu: سپاہ محمد پاکستان; Arabic: سباه محمد الباكستانيه; English: Soldiers of Muhammad) is a Shiite terrorist group and a former political party based in Pakistan that was formed in the early 1990s (the exact date of formation is not known) as a response to sectarian violence against Pakistani Shiite Muslims orchestrated by Deobandi militant movement such as Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (also known Lashkar-e-Jhangvi). On August 14, 2001, it was banned by President Pervez Musharraf as a terrorist organisation. However, its influence is also supposed to be in India.
Shia Terrorist Leader Maulana Mureed Abbas Yazdani formed Sipa-e-Muhammad Pakistan in 1993. It is believed to be armed wing of Tehreek-e-Jafria Pakistan. It is involved in assassination of Ulama of the Sunni and violence against Sunnis in the country. It was banned in Pakistan by President Musharraf in 2002. It is accused of killing of central leadership of Sipa-e-Sahabah starting from Haq Nawaz Jhangvi to recent assassinations in Karachi and Rawalpinid. Its headquarters is in Thokar Niaz Baig Lahore and its leader is renowned Terrorist Syyed Ghulam Raza Naqvi who was imprisoned in 1996 and released in 2014.
Pakistani security agencies have accused the group of active support and funding from Iran which is proved in many cases.
Sipah-e-Muhammad's primary aim was to target the leaders of the banned Deobandi militia Sipah-e-Sahaba or Lashkar-e-Jhangvi. However, with the subsequent rise in the violence against Shiite Muslims, it was thought to be reforming.
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