Arif Hussain al-Hussaini | |
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عارف حسين الحسينى | |
1st | |
In office 29 August 1983 – 5 August 1988 | |
Preceded by | Mufti Jafar Hussain |
Succeeded by | Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi |
Personal details | |
Born | Syed Arif Hussain Hussaini 25 November 1946 Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
Died | 5 August 1988 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan | (aged 41)
Manner of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Resting place | Allama Hussaini shrine, Peiwar Pass[1] |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Tehrik-e-Jafaria |
Education | Madressah-e-Jaffaria |
Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
Ethnicity | Pashtun |
Tribe | Turi |
Title | Allama Hujjat al-Islam Syed Shaheed-e-Millat-e-Jafaria |
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Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
Jurisprudence | Ja'fari |
Creed | Usuli |
Main interest(s) | Islamic philosophy, Political Islam, hadith studies, Kifayat al-Usul, Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Tafsīr, Nahj al-Balagha |
Notable idea(s) | Khomeinism, Wilayat al Faqih, Islamic Government[2] |
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Syed Arif Hussain Al Hussaini (Urdu: علامہ عارف حسين الحسينى; 25 November 1946 – 5 August 1988) was an Twelver Shīʿā Muslim scholar, Islamist ideologue, Islamic Jurist, and Islamic Revolutionist Political leader of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. He is also known as Khomanei-e-Pakistan for his activities which earned him the reputation of being one of the most prominent advocates for the Shia population of Pakistan and Islamic revival of Ja'fari school of Islamic jurisprudence in the country. He viewed the ideas of secularism, liberalism and communism as evil, which he understood to be the influence of Western and Soviet imperialism. He was assassinated in 1988 at aged 41.[6][13]
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