Most of these fighters were from the deobandi pakistani taliban, deobandi lashkarejhangvi, and other militant groups. It is known especially for its involvement in attacks in mumbai in 2006 and 2008. Southern punjab is home base of the radical sunni deobandi lashkar e jhangvi lej, which was at least complicit in, if not mainly responsible for, the easter. It will also show why the lj is blamed for a disproportionate. Jhangvi founded anjumani sipahi sahabah in jhang on 6 september 1985. As a religion editor watching this story unfold, i was. The lej was founded by former ssp activists riaz basra, malik ishaq, akram lahori, and ghulam rasool shah.
It was founded in 1990 by hafiz mohammed saeed as the military wing of pakistani islamist organization markazaddawawalirshad mdi, which promoted the ahlehadith aeh interpretation of islam, until it. Routine targeted killings against the hazara and other groups because of. Lashkarejhangvi is a sunni muslim militant group blamed for a string of sectarian and highprofile. On 23 february 1990, jhangvi was assassinated by unknown militants. Saving file as regular pdf file mindmanager customer community. Learn how to combine files into a single pdf file using adobe acrobat dc. Were looking at bringing back the pdf export in a future update. Asbat alansar aaa lashkar i jhangvi lj aum shinrikyo aum lashkar e tayyiba let basque fatherland and liberty eta liberation tigers of tamil eelam ltte boko haram mujahidin shura council in the environs of jerusalem msc communist party of the philippinesnew peoples army cppnpa national liberation army eln. Sectarian violence in balochistan middle east institute.
Lashkar etaiba let is the most lethal terrorist group operating in and from south asia. Lashkar e jhangvi is one of our best images of interior design living room furniture and its resolution is resolution pixels. Terrorist designations of lashkar i jhangvi and malik ishaq. Sipahesahaba, lashkar e jhangvi, and albadr, lashkar also allegedly set up a base camp near darra adam khel, a town devoted to producing weapons and ammunition. Lashkar i jhangvi lj is one of the worlds most secretive terrorist groups. An offshoot of antishia political party sipahesahaba pakistan ssp, the lej was founded by former ssp activists riaz basra, malik ishaq, akram lahori, and ghulam rasool shah. Lashkarejhangvi definition of lashkarejhangvi by the. Organization for the liberation of the levant or levant liberation committee, commonly referred to as tahrir alsham and abbreviated hts, also known as alqaeda in syria, is an active salafist jihadist militant group involved in the syrian civil war. Lashkar e jhangvi pdf, kelly kelly wrestler, lashkar e jhangvi killing shia videos, lashkar e jhangvi.
See lwj report, pakistani jihadist groups, lashkar iislam merge into the movement of the taliban in pakistan. Once a country is designated, it remains a state sponsor of terrorism until the designation is rescinded in accordance with statutory criteria. Lashkarejhangvi worked with daesh to attack quetta police. Junte multiplos documentos em um unico arquivo pdf. Violent extremism has wreaked a terrible toll on pakistani society, and threatens further damage in the coming years. Attacks on hazara and other shia in balochistan hazara mosque attack, july 2003 targeted killing of dr. Pakistan united states commission on international. Qari mohammad zafar qari mohammad zafar, the head of militant group lashkarejhangvi, is understood to have been killed in a drone attack in northwest pakistan. A faction of lashkar e jhangvi lej cooperated with daesh is this week in an attack on a police college that killed 59 people, the groups spokesman told reuters on wednesday. In fact, rehman remains a part of al qaedas leadership cadre. During musharrafs first term in office, from 19992003, around six hundred shias were killed in sectarian. Lashkar i jhangvi by arif jamal lashkar i jhangvi lj is one of the worlds most secretive terrorist groups.
It takes its name from the late sunni cleric haq nawaz jhangvi, who spearheaded the antishia campaign which began in the country 30 years ago as a countermovement to the iranian islamic revolution. The banned group lashkar e jhangvi has reemerged with a new name, lashkar e jhangvi alalmi, keeping. An alliance between islamic state and lashkarejhangvi in. Pakistani pashtuns would agree to a merger with a greater afghan entity.
An examination of isks operational links with lashkarejhangvi lej and. Malik ishaq is a founding member and is the current leader of lj. Under the leadership of riaz basra, the lej quickly distinguished. Simon cameronmoore, our bureau chief in islambad, has written an interesting piece on what theyve done in recent years. The organisation operates in pakistan and afghanistan and is an offshoot of antishia party sipahesahaba pakistan ssp. Follow these steps to quickly combine and arrange documents. Lej was formed by riaz basra, along with akram lahori and malik ishaq, as a radical offshoot of sipahesahaba in 1996. The group focuses primarily on antishia attacks and was banned by pakistani president musharraf in august 2001 as part of an effort to rein in sectarian violence. But investigators believe the attack may have been carried out by the pakistanbased militant group lashkarijhangvi lj as it seeks to expand its international influence and get access to iss rich funding. Matiur rehman, who has served as a senior al qaeda leader and the operations chief for lashkar e jhangvi, brought three pakistani jihadist groups into the fold of the movement of the taliban in pakistan. During musharrafs first term in office, from 19992003, around six. Bombs kill scores of afghan shiite worshipers the new york. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in. Lashkar etayyiba lt lashkar i jhangvi lj liberation tigers of tamil eelam ltte mujahedine khalq organization mek or mko national liberation army eln colombia palestine islamic jihad pij palestine liberation front plf popular front for the liberation of palestine pflp.
Lashkar e jhangvi a sunni muslim extremist group in pakistan that collaborates with alqaeda. Given rehmans profile within al qaeda and lashkar e jhangvi, it is highly likely that his merger with the ttp was directed by al qaedas top leadership. Although the lj was formed as the armed wing of sipahisahaba pakistan ssp, it has morphed into the collective armed wing of various deobandi terrorist groups. The group seeks to transform pakistan into a sunni state by violent means, targeting the nations shiite minority and furthering the sectarian violence within the already intense sunni. The group was formed in 1996 as a more militant splinter group of the radical sectarian organisation, the sipahesahaba pakistan ssp and follows the deobandi tradition of sunni islam. Balochistans hazara shia community claims that hundreds of their members have been murdered by taliban and sunni extremists since 2004. While the dominant milieu of armed groups in pakistan is deobandi, the new group, calling itself labaik ya rasoolallah, is barelvi. The bbcs syed shoaib hasan in islamabad looks at the life of one of pakistans deadliest militants. The fission of lashkarejhangvi the express tribune.
Lashkar e jhangvi lj was founded in 1996 as a militant offshoot of sipahisahaba pakistan, a deobandi and antishia group that emerged in the mid1980s in reaction to classbased conflict and the domestic pakistani shia revival that followed the iranian revolution. Lej, army of jhangvi, lashkar i jhangvi, lashkar e jhangvi alalami. Ssp members riaz basra and akram lahori formed their own organization in 1996, lashkar e jhangvi, named after jhangvi, a group known as one of the most lethal sectarian groups in pakistan. Whereas the group provides new cover for terrorist actions of lashkar e jhangvi and jaishemohammad, it also includes several likeminded freelancers. Situating the emergence of the islamic state of khorasan. Taliban pakistan, or ttp, lashkarejhangvi, and the islamic state.
Lashkar e jhangvi lej is one of pakistans most violent sunni muslim militant groups. Human rights in balochistan amnesty international usa. Find out our other images similar to this lashkar e jhangvi at gallery below. A few weeks before the massacre, the lej had circulated an open. Lashkar i jhangvi lj is an extremist organization that emerged in 1997. Lashkare jhangvi alalami, a faction of lashkare jhangvi. Lashkar etaiba, islamist militant group founded in pakistan and particularly active in the kashmir region. More recently, in february 20, pakistani police arrested ishaq in connection with attacks on january 10 and february 16, 20 in the northwestern city of. A new sectarian outfit, modeled on the lashkarejhangvi lej, has emerged in the punjab province of pakistan, intelligence sources say.
Lashkarejhangvi lej is a sunni militant group operating in pakistan that aims. In 1997, malik ishaq admitted his involvement in terrorist activity that resulted in the deaths of over 100 pakistanis. The video has been reported on the long war journal and watchdog website. Reports have came that the ameer of lashkar e jhangvi has been killed by security forces in sukkhar. Lashkar e jhangvi lej is a sunni islamic terrorist group based in pakistan. Jan 12, 20 formidable power of pakistans antishia militants. Adobe or the free cutepdf, you can save a map as a pdf file. Nov 17, 2010 lashkar e jhangvi alalmi this group, headed by maulana abdul khalil, a fugitive militant leader from central punjab, operates mostly in central parts of punjab and the tribal areas. Lashkar e jhangvi lej has claimed responsibility for almost all attacks on the hazaras. Lashkarejhangvi publishes beheading video fdds long war.
Haq nawaz jhangvi was born in 1952 in chela, a village in the jhang district of punjab, pakistan, into a small landholding family of the jatsipra clan, and he memorized the quran by heart in two years before studying quranic recitation and arabic grammar and pursing higher islamic studies at the darul ulum kabirwala, where he spent five years, and khair ul madariss multan, where. The group is a splinter of the deobandi sunni organization sipahisahaba sis. Although state authorities deny any such activity, another militant commander from lashkarejhangvi, also on condition of anonymity, said dozens of fighters left as early as november 2012 to fight bashar al assad, and. Nov 15, 2016 a 14yearold islamic state isislinked bomber attacked a sufi shrine in pakistans volatile balochistan province on saturday, killing at least 52 devotees and injuring over 100. Pakistans overall security has improved since 2015, with fewer casualties attributed to extremist groups attacks. Lashkar e jhangvi alalami is a splinter of lashkar e jhangvi lej, which is the militant wing of sipah sahaba pakistan ssp that has 17 international branches outside pakistan including in uk and canada. However, groups such as lashkar etaiba let, lashkar e jhangvi lej, the islamic state in khorasan province iskp, and tehriketaliban pakistani. Pdf lashkaretayiba and the pakistani state researchgate. Aug 22, 2012 lashkar e jhangvi fighters just before they behead a pakistani shia. This article will discuss the ljs foundation, ideology, and organizational structure. In the early twothousands, lashkar e jhangvi frequently targeted shia professionals.
It was founded in 1996 by riaz basra, malik isaq, and akram lahori, former members of the sunni group sipahesahaba sis. Mar 09, 20 in the early twothousands, lashkarejhangvi frequently targeted shia professionals. Let was founded in 1989 in afghanistan with help from pakistans external intelligence agency, the interservices intelligence directorate isi. A trickier ally of the pakistani state among islamist groups is the wahhabi lashkar etaiba the army of the pure founded in 1989 by hafiz muhammad saeed. Mohammad ayoub salangi, was aware of the lashkarejhangvi claim, which was reported by the bbc and radio free europe quoting the groups spokesman, qari abubakar. To designate a country as a state sponsor of terrorism, the secretary of state must determine that the government of such country has repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism. Saudi arabia and wealthy arabs in the gulf the lashkar jhangvi terrorist network mostly responsible for attack on hazaras and shias, an affiliate of alqaida, has vowed to continue killing half a million hazaras in pakistan. Lashkar e jhangvi lej the lej is a militant extremist sunni deobandi group formed in 1996 as a breakaway faction of the sectarian militant sipahesahaba pakistan ssp. Dec 03, 2008 in the aftermath of the mumbai massacre, a lot of attention has been focused on the militant islamist group lashkaretaiba that has been blamed for the bloodbath. Lashkar e jhangvi lej a sectarian militant group with its base in punjab has been predominantly believed to be the primary perpetrator behind the hazara violence. While lj initially directed most of its attacks against the pakistani shia muslim community, it also claimed responsibility for. It is possible that such groups are now focusing on afghanistan under the patronage of some elements in pakistan who want to open a new front.
Banned outfit lashkar e jhangvi lej has allegedly released a video online that shows the beheading of two shia men. An alliance between islamic state and lashkar e jhangvi in pakistan was inevitable antishia ideology and mutual interest bind the two terrorist. The al qaedalinked lashkar e jhangvi lej published a gruesome video on jihadist internet forums that shows the beheading of two shiites. Human rights watch report 2014 about hazara genocide in. Islamism and the pakistani state by husain haqqani. The islamic state claimed responsibility for the attack, outside quetta, but pakistani officials had blamed lashkar e jhangvi, a taliban affiliate. In 20102015, more than 10,000 people died from violent extremism, and pakistan is consistently ranked among the top five countries in the global terrorism index.
Aug 22, 2017 posts about lashkarejhangvi written by f. Local approaches to preventing violent extremism in pakistan. Designated foreign terrorist organizations pursuant to. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Pdf pakistans reliance upon let will only deepen as security conditions.
Though banned in pakistan in 2002, its members and patrons have often eluded capture or conviction. Jun 18, 2015 lashkar e jhangvi lej was formed by riaz basra, along with akram lahori and malik ishaq, as a radical offshoot of sipahesahaba in 1996. Treasury department statement regarding the designation of. Lashkar e jhangvi lej is a prominent militant group in pakistan that is most known for its antishiite attacks and is responsible for much of the sectarian violence in the region since its founding. Mar 19, 20 both the taliban and lashkar etaiba do have links to pakistan, in particular to pakistans intelligence service, the isi the directorate for interservices intelligence. Lashkar e jhangvi alalmi this group, headed by maulana abdul khalil, a fugitive militant leader from central punjab, operates mostly in central parts of punjab and the tribal areas. Lashkar e jhangvi lej, also known as army of jhangvi, lashkar i jhangvi lj, lashkar ejangvi, lashkar ejhangvie, lashkare jhangvi, lashkar ejhangwi, lashkar ijhangwi, jhangvi army, lashkar e jhangvi, lashkar jhangvi, lashkar ejhanvi lej, lashkar ijangvi, lashkar e jhangvi, lashkar jangvi, laskarejahangvi is an active group formed c.
According to sources, lashkar eomar is a new group recently formed with the conglomeration of harkatuljehadalislami huji, lashkar e jhangvi and jaishemohammad. The taliban, lashkar e jhangvi, and the hazara lashkar e jhangvi in pakistan malik ishaq lashkar e jhangvi in balochistan ii. This file is licensed under the creative commons attributionshare alike 3. There have been a few statements attributed to the lej leaders on the killing hazara community in quetta. Cooperation in two or more domains, or a merger with isk is categorized as. Lashkar etaiba let, also known as army of the pure or army of the righteous, is an islamic militant organization based in pakistan. In the first official briefing on the quetta police training centre attack, inspector general fc major general sher afgun informed the press that the attackers acted on directions from. You can also save the map as an image which is equally shareable e. Lashkar e jhangvi lej is a sunni extremist group founded in 1996 in pakistan. Quetta attackers acted on directions from afghanistan. While lj initially directed most of its attacks against the pakistani shia muslim community, it also claimed responsibility for the 1997 killing of four u.
It was founded in 1990 by hafiz mohammed saeed as the military wing of pakistani islamist organization markazaddawawalirshad mdi, which promoted the ahlehadith aeh interpretation of islam, until it ostensibly split from the group in 2002. Crs report for congress federation of american scientists. Backed by saudi money and protected by pakistani intelligence services, lashkar etaiba let became the military wing of markaz aldawa walirshad center for the call to righteousness and. The pamphlets have been ostensibly issued by the lashkar i jhangvi which claimed responsibility for the quetta killings. Lashkar e jhangvi lj also known among other names as lashkar i jhangvi, lashkar ejhangvie, laskare jhangvi, lashkare jhangvi, lashkar ejhangwi, lashkar ijhangwi, jhangvi army.
Lashkar i jhangvi lj is the militant offshoot of the sunni sectarian group sipahi sahaba pakistan ssp. Lashkar e jhangvi lej egyptian islamic jihad eij islamic army of aden iaa asbat al ansar aaa islamic movement of uzbekistan imu organisations or individuals who have information relevant to these listings are invited to make written submissions to the committee. Lashkar i jhangvi means army of jhang, a region in pakistan. Lashkarejhangvi lej, also known as army of jhangvi, lashkar i jhangvi lj, lashkarejangvi, lashkarejhangvie, lashkare jhangvi, lashkarejhangwi, lashkarijhangwi, jhangvi army, lashkare jhangvi, lashkar jhangvi, lashkarejhanvi lej, lashkarijangvi, lashkarejhangvi, lashkar jangvi, laskarejahangvi is an active group formed c. Formidable power of pakistans antishia militants bbc news. The group is a splinter of the deobandi sunni organization sipahi. What is the difference between taliban and lashkaretaiba. A bbc news profile of lashkar e jhangvi lej states. Lashkar e jhangvi synonyms, lashkar e jhangvi pronunciation, lashkar e jhangvi translation, english dictionary definition of lashkar e jhangvi. The committee will accept submissions up to 1 may 2007. Lashkaretaiba in perspective carnegie endowment for.
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