| Sipah-e-Sahaba | |
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| سپاہِ صحابہ | |
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| Founders | Haq Nawaz Jhangvi X Isar ul Haq Qasmi X Zia ur Rehman Farooqi X Azam Tariq X |
| Political leader | Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi Ali Sher Haideri X |
| President | Awrangzib Faruqi |
| Split from | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) |
| Split to | Lashkar-e-Jhangvi |
| Active regions | Pakistan |
| Ideology | |
| Status | Active (Banned) |
| Organization(s) | Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party |
| Colors | Black, White, Red, green |
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The Sipah-e-Sahaba (SS),[a] also known as the Millat-e-Islamiyya (MI),[b] is a Sunni Islamist banned Deobandi organisation in Pakistan.[1] Founded by Pakistani cleric Haq Nawaz Jhangvi in 1989 after breaking away from Sunni Deobandi party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F), it was based in Jhang, Punjab, but had offices in all of Pakistan's provinces and territories.[2][3] It operated as a federal and provincial political party until it was banned and outlawed as a terrorist organization by Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf in 2002. Even though it has been banned by the Pakistani government on numerous occasions, the Sipah-e-Sahaba has continued to operate under a different name throughout the country;[4][5] it has significant underground support in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The organization was also banned by the United Kingdom, where there is a significant Pakistani diaspora population, in 2001.[6]
On 26 June 2018, before that year's election, the Pakistani government lifted a 2012 ban on the Sipah-e-Sahaba and removed the terrorist designation for certain Sipah-e-Sahaba officials.[7][8][9]
The organization's current political front is the Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party, under which they contested the 2018 general election and the 2020 Gilgit–Baltistan Assembly election.[10]
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- ^ "Pakistan: The Sipah-e-Sahaba (SSP), including its activities and status (January 2003 – July 2005)". Refworld. Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada. 26 July 2005. PAK100060.E. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Hasan, Syed Shoaib (9 March 2012). "Pakistan bans Ahle Sunnah Wal Jamaat Islamist group". BBC News. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
- ^ "Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan". SATP. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
- ^ "Police probe Scottish mosque figures' links to banned sectarian group". BBC News Online. 31 March 2016.
- ^ "Govt lifts ban on ASWJ, unfreezes assets of its chief Ahmed Ludhianvi". The Express Tribune. 27 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan removes ASWJ leader Ahmed Ludhianvi from terrorist watchlist". Samaa TV. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Pakistan removes radical Sunni leader Maulana Ludhianvi from terrorist watchlist ahead of election". Hindustan Times. 28 June 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
- ^ "Ominous signs: the rise of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party". Ominous signs: the rise of Pakistan Rah-e-Haq Party. The News International. Retrieved 31 October 2020.