Sunni Tehreek

Barelvi movement
Tomb of Ahmed Raza Khan
Central figures

Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi
Shah Waliullah
Haji Imdadullah Muhajir Makki
Meher Ali Shah

Mufti Amjad Ali Aazmi
Hamid Raza Khan

Organizations

Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, Pakistan
Sunni Tehreek, Pakistan
Sunni Ittehad Council, Pakistan
Dawat-e-Islami, International
World Islamic Mission, International
Sunni Dawat-e-Islami, International

Institutions

Jamiatur Raza (Bareily, UP, India)
Al Jamiatul Ashrafia (Azamgarh, UP, India)
Manzar-e-Islam (Bareily, UP, India)
Al-Jame-atul-Islamia (Faizabad, UP, India)

Notable Scholars

Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi, Pakistan
Ilyas Qadri, Pakistan
Muhammad Muslehuddin Siddiqui, Pakistan
Allama Arshadul Qaudri, India

Literature & Media

Kanzul Iman, translation of the Qur'an
Madani Channel

Sunni Tehreek is a Pakistani Barelvi (Sufi) religio-political organization.[1] The organization was founded in Pakistan in 1990 to promote the interests of the Barelvi sect (that the majority adheres to), in conflicts against the Deobandi and Ahl al-Hadith movements.[2][3]

History

After the fragmenting and decline of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Sunni Tehreek arose as the primary opposition to the Deobandi Banuri Mosque, headed by Nizamuddin Shamzai. The Sunni Tehreek strongly opposed the giving of important religious posts to Deobandis. Its branch in Lahore publicly declared its opposition to the appointment of a Deobandi cleric as khateeb of Badshahi Mosque, and other similar appointments.[4]

Controversies

In May 2001, sectarian riots broke out after Sunni Tehreek leader Saleem Qadri was assassinated by Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, an anti-Shiite Deobandi militant group. His successor, Abbas Qadri, charged President Pervez Musharraf's regime with "patronising terrorists" and "standing between us and the murderers."[5]

In April 2007, according to some sources, Sunni Tehreek members opened gunfire on an Ahl al-Hadith Mosque in Karachi. One worshiper was killed in the attack.[6] After the attack, Western analysts described the movement as a radicalization of traditional beliefs in the Indian subcontinent.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Olivier Roy and Antoine Sfeir, The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism, pg. 275. Columbia University Press, 2007.
  2. ↑ http://pakistanherald.com/Profile/Muhammad-Ejaz-Sarwat-Qadri-804
  3. ↑ "Karachi suicide blasts have Al-Qaida links". The Times of India. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
  4. ↑ [sacw] SACW Dispatch | 9 Sept. 00
  5. ↑ South Asia Monitor >
  6. ↑ Staff report (11 April 2007). "One dead as ST tries to take control of Ahle Hadith mosque". Daily Times. Retrieved 2 December 2011.

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