Tehrik-e-Jafria

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Tehrik-e-Jafria or Tehrik-e-Jafria-e-Pakistan (TJP, literally Movement for Shia Law) was a Shia militant group in Pakistan. It was formerly known as Tehrik-e Nefaz-e Fiqh-e Jafria. The organization was founded in 1979. Its leader, Allama Arif Hussain al-Hussaini was a student of the leader of Iran's Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khomeini.[1]

On October 19, 2001, TJP leader Allama Nazir Ahmed Abbas was shot and killed in his shop in Vehari. On January 12, 2002, Tehrik-e-Jafria was one of four militant organizations banned by the government of Pakistan.[2]

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  1. ^ Pakistan's militant Islamic groups BBC News, 13 January, 2002
  2. ^ Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor International Religious Freedom Report 2002 U.S. Department of State

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