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The Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is a Sunni Islamist militant group that was formed in 1985 to counter Shi'a Muslim influence in Pakistan. It has gone through several name changes due to government bans. The SSP aims to make Pakistan an exclusively Sunni state and considers Shi'as to be non-Muslims. It receives funding from Gulf states and engages in both political and violent activities, especially targeting Pakistan's Shi'a minority.

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Pakistan religious party Sipah -e-sahaba Political science
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NAME CHANGES 1985: Anjuman-e-Sipah-e-Sahaba. The group's original name. 1989: Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. 2002: Millat-e-Islamia Party (MIP). New name after the SSP was banned 2003: Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. New name after MIP was banned
Introduction Earlier termed Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba, the Sipah-e- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is a Sunni sectarian outfit.Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi, Eesar-ul-Haq Qasmi and Azam Tariq, formed the Sipah-e-Sahaba in 1985 originally under the name of Anjuman Sipah-e- Shaba. Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, it aims to counter the Shia Muslim influence in Pakistan, which is supposed to have increased in the wake of the Iranian Revolution
Conti....... The SSP is one of the five outfits that have been proscribed by President Pervez Musharraf on January 12, 2002. The outfit is reported to have been renamed as Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan after the proscription. In March 2012, the government of Pakistan banned Sipah-e-Sahaba again. The government of the United Kingdom banned the group earlier in 2001. that has been alleged to be involved in terrorist violence, primarily targeted against the minority Shia community in Pakistan.
Formation & history leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba was a minister in the Coalition Government in Punjab in 1993 and the group has held seats in the Pakistan National Assembly.The origin of this outfit lie in the feudal set-up of Pakistani Punjab and politico-religious developments in the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties. The group was renamed Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan (Nation of Islam) in 2002. After the death of Azam Tariq, Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi was selected as the president. Its leader (sarparast-aala) Ali Sher Haideri was killed in an ambush in 2009. Then Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi was selected as sarparast-e-aala while Auranzeb Farooqi as the president of the organization.
Conti..... The socio-economic rationale for SSP's origin is explained largely from the economic profile of Jhang, the home base of SSP. Located in a region that divides Central from Southern Pakistani Punjab, Jhang still has a significantly high proportion of large land holdings, leaving feudalism relatively undisturbed. Most large landlords, who are Shias, dominate both society and politics in the region.
Conti... Gradually increasing the power of traders, shopkeepers and transport operators in the region. Seeking a political voice and role, this class, largely from the Sunni community, has been challenging the traditional feudal hold. The most serious political challenge to the control of feudal interests has been articulated in the form of violent sectarianism, with the formation of the SSP. a sizeable proportion of traders and shopkeepers continue to fund the SSP in Jhang, most do not believe in the violence associated with the party, rather it is now a matter of buying security. Nevertheless, there is a decline in their support for the SSP over recent years as a result of the economic consequences of sectarian strife.
Ideology and Objectives The SSP wants Pakistan to be declared a Sunni state. It also aims to protect the Sunnis and their Shariat (law). The SSP has declared that Shiites are non-Muslims The SSP came into existence as a reaction to the Iranian Revolution and increasing Shia militancy in Pakistan. There is another school of thought which says that the SSP phenomenon began from Jhang as a reaction to the socio-economic repression of the masses by Shia feudal structure in the area.
Conti.... Giving his reaction to the warning given to the party by President Pervez Musharraf on August 14, 2001, SSP leader Maulana Mujibur Rehman Inqilabi said that it had nothing to do with terrorism and considered it a danger to the security of the country and people, believing in the negotiated resolution of all issues The SSP also actively opposes the US-Pakistan alliance formed in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on US targets. The alliance was targeted against the erstwhile Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a major supporter of Sunni extremists and terrorist outfits in Pakistan.
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES SSP has been involved in Pakistani politics since its founding. In 1988, SSP founder Haq Nawaz Jhangvi unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the national assembly. Two years later, his successor, Isur Qasmi, was elected to the national assembly and the provincial assembly in Punjab. After Qasmi was assassinated in 1991, Azam Tariq, who later became head of the SSP in 1997, took his assembly seats.From 1993 to 1996, the SSP was formally allied to then-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan's Peoples Party and had members serving in the Punjab government.
Conti.... The SSP has also been involved in non-violent activism. In 1993, the party organized a 300-mile protest caravan to Islamabad "to press its demand that the government enact a law to punish sacrilege against holy men," legislation later sponsored by assembly member Azam Tariq.
RESOURCES Since its founding, the SSP received financing and support from Persian Gulf countries and the central Pakistani government. Most state financing was used to construct and operate Wahhabi and Deobandi madrassas, which have proliferated in Pakistan in recent decades. In Punjab alone, the number of madrassas has risen from about 700 in 1975 to more than 3,000 in 2000. There are now approximately one million madrassa students in Pakistan, and Deobandi madrassas in southern Punjab continue to offer a replenishing supply of militants to the SSP.
Conti... SSP gets additional resources from the narcotics trade and other criminal activities. Although the Pakistani government officially banned the group in 2002, some elements of the Pakistani military and intelligence services. the SSP received money from several Persian Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These countries funded the SSP and other Sunni militant groups primarily to counter the rising influence of Iran's revolutionary Shiism.

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  • 1. Pakistan religious party Sipah -e-sahaba Political science
  • 2. Flag of sipah -e-sahaba paty
  • 3. NAME CHANGES 1985: Anjuman-e-Sipah-e-Sahaba. The group's original name. 1989: Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan. 2002: Millat-e-Islamia Party (MIP). New name after the SSP was banned 2003: Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat. New name after MIP was banned
  • 4. Introduction Earlier termed Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba, the Sipah-e- Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) is a Sunni sectarian outfit.Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, Zia-ur-Rehman Farooqi, Eesar-ul-Haq Qasmi and Azam Tariq, formed the Sipah-e-Sahaba in 1985 originally under the name of Anjuman Sipah-e- Shaba. Haq Nawaz Jhangvi, it aims to counter the Shia Muslim influence in Pakistan, which is supposed to have increased in the wake of the Iranian Revolution
  • 5. Conti....... The SSP is one of the five outfits that have been proscribed by President Pervez Musharraf on January 12, 2002. The outfit is reported to have been renamed as Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan after the proscription. In March 2012, the government of Pakistan banned Sipah-e-Sahaba again. The government of the United Kingdom banned the group earlier in 2001. that has been alleged to be involved in terrorist violence, primarily targeted against the minority Shia community in Pakistan.
  • 6. Formation & history leader of Sipah-e-Sahaba was a minister in the Coalition Government in Punjab in 1993 and the group has held seats in the Pakistan National Assembly.The origin of this outfit lie in the feudal set-up of Pakistani Punjab and politico-religious developments in the Nineteen Seventies and Eighties. The group was renamed Millat-e-Islamia Pakistan (Nation of Islam) in 2002. After the death of Azam Tariq, Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi was selected as the president. Its leader (sarparast-aala) Ali Sher Haideri was killed in an ambush in 2009. Then Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi was selected as sarparast-e-aala while Auranzeb Farooqi as the president of the organization.
  • 7. Conti..... The socio-economic rationale for SSP's origin is explained largely from the economic profile of Jhang, the home base of SSP. Located in a region that divides Central from Southern Pakistani Punjab, Jhang still has a significantly high proportion of large land holdings, leaving feudalism relatively undisturbed. Most large landlords, who are Shias, dominate both society and politics in the region.
  • 8. Conti... Gradually increasing the power of traders, shopkeepers and transport operators in the region. Seeking a political voice and role, this class, largely from the Sunni community, has been challenging the traditional feudal hold. The most serious political challenge to the control of feudal interests has been articulated in the form of violent sectarianism, with the formation of the SSP. a sizeable proportion of traders and shopkeepers continue to fund the SSP in Jhang, most do not believe in the violence associated with the party, rather it is now a matter of buying security. Nevertheless, there is a decline in their support for the SSP over recent years as a result of the economic consequences of sectarian strife.
  • 9. Ideology and Objectives The SSP wants Pakistan to be declared a Sunni state. It also aims to protect the Sunnis and their Shariat (law). The SSP has declared that Shiites are non-Muslims The SSP came into existence as a reaction to the Iranian Revolution and increasing Shia militancy in Pakistan. There is another school of thought which says that the SSP phenomenon began from Jhang as a reaction to the socio-economic repression of the masses by Shia feudal structure in the area.
  • 10. Conti.... Giving his reaction to the warning given to the party by President Pervez Musharraf on August 14, 2001, SSP leader Maulana Mujibur Rehman Inqilabi said that it had nothing to do with terrorism and considered it a danger to the security of the country and people, believing in the negotiated resolution of all issues The SSP also actively opposes the US-Pakistan alliance formed in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks on US targets. The alliance was targeted against the erstwhile Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a major supporter of Sunni extremists and terrorist outfits in Pakistan.
  • 11. POLITICAL ACTIVITIES SSP has been involved in Pakistani politics since its founding. In 1988, SSP founder Haq Nawaz Jhangvi unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the national assembly. Two years later, his successor, Isur Qasmi, was elected to the national assembly and the provincial assembly in Punjab. After Qasmi was assassinated in 1991, Azam Tariq, who later became head of the SSP in 1997, took his assembly seats.From 1993 to 1996, the SSP was formally allied to then-prime minister Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan's Peoples Party and had members serving in the Punjab government.
  • 12. Conti.... The SSP has also been involved in non-violent activism. In 1993, the party organized a 300-mile protest caravan to Islamabad "to press its demand that the government enact a law to punish sacrilege against holy men," legislation later sponsored by assembly member Azam Tariq.
  • 13. RESOURCES Since its founding, the SSP received financing and support from Persian Gulf countries and the central Pakistani government. Most state financing was used to construct and operate Wahhabi and Deobandi madrassas, which have proliferated in Pakistan in recent decades. In Punjab alone, the number of madrassas has risen from about 700 in 1975 to more than 3,000 in 2000. There are now approximately one million madrassa students in Pakistan, and Deobandi madrassas in southern Punjab continue to offer a replenishing supply of militants to the SSP.
  • 14. Conti... SSP gets additional resources from the narcotics trade and other criminal activities. Although the Pakistani government officially banned the group in 2002, some elements of the Pakistani military and intelligence services. the SSP received money from several Persian Gulf countries including Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. These countries funded the SSP and other Sunni militant groups primarily to counter the rising influence of Iran's revolutionary Shiism.