SHIA Militancy

1. SHIA Militancy

 Since the Iranian revolution Iran started supporting the extremist SHIA factions in Pakistan and due to the support and backing of Iran the SHIA extremism got a boost in Pakistan. The main purpose of doing all this was to bring down a SHIA revolution on the pattern of 1979 Iranian revolution and to make Pakistan a SHIA state. For this purpose Iran supported the SHIA factions in every way. The organization supported by Iran were Tehreek Nifaz-e-Fiqah-e-Jafriya. (TNFJ). The main objective of this organization could be assumed by its name only which indicates the imposition of Fiqah-e-Jafriya in Pakistan as the supreme Law. Later on Iran established another organization with the name of Sipah-e-Muhammad. (SMP). SMP is the band of extremists and terrorists who don’t compromise on their cause.

              The HQ of SMP is located in Thokar Niaz Baig in Lahore. This is the “no go area” for the govt. agencies. Thokar Niaz Baig is full of arms and weapons which includes pistols, Kalashnikovs, G-3s (Iranian made), and other rifles, machine guns, Rocketry Propelled Grenades and other weapons including bombs etc. The most of SHIA community present in Pakistan is well trained in using such weapons. According to an estimate there are about 23,000 weapons of different types in the Thokar Niaz Baig. Thanks to the co-operation and financial assistance of Iranian govt. that SMP is maintaining such a huge stock of weapons. Most of the workers of SMP are robbers and dacoits and they have their hideouts in Thokar Niaz Beg. In the last decade police once tried to raid and arrest some of SMP workers involved in the robbery but failed in doing it so because they were unable to enter in Thokar Niaz Baig and SMP warned police authorities not to enter the Thokar Niaz Beg. Once police raided but didn’t found even a single knife form Thokar Niaz Baig. No one knows where those arms and robbers were hidden. SMP workers are often seen with sophisticated weapons many times once in the police raids police was trapped by the SMP activists and police had to quit the operation leaving behind five burnt vehicles.

               To establish understanding between different sects and to develop mutual understanding “Milli Yagjehti Council (MYC) was established. During the discussions of MYC the demand to eliminate the objectionable and abusive (cursive) materials from the SHIA literature was demanded by Sunni parties, SMP immediately walked out from MYC session and refused to meet demands of removing objectionable materials against Sahabah-e-Karam (r.a) in SHIA literature. When the secretary general of SMP Allama Mureed Abbas Yazdani who was also the representative of SMP in MYC did not agree with SMP’s decision to withdraw from MYC on the issue of objectionable SHIA literature he was threatened and forced to resign from the sectary general of SMP. After he was threatened he shifted himself to Islamabad . before going to Islamabad he was kidnapped by the armed men of SMP because he was about to address a press conference in Lahore in Shezan Restaurant. He was taken to Thokar Niaz Baig. After three days he was released and again nominated as the Sectary General of SMP. After going to Islamabad he was assassinated by two strangers who were someone well known to Allama as on their arrival they were seated in the Guest room and Allama also presented them with cold drinks. One suspicious thing is that the guard of Allama went somewhere before the arrival of suspicious guests.

                 The persons suspects of killing of Allama Mureed Abbas are Munawwar Abbas, Shakir Naqvi & Ghulam Raza Naqvi. All of the events clearly indicates that the assassins of Allama Mureed Abbas Yazdani were from SMP. But the cunning minds of SMP played a double game they finished the moderate person Allama Mureed Abbas who wanted to settle down issues with Sunnis and they blamed the SSP leadership of responsible of killing of Allama Mureed Abbas Yazdani. So they hit two targets with one arrow. Another advantage they took from assassination was that they demonstrated the street power of themselves. The clashes of SMP workers with police were the clear warning to the govt. that no one can stop the storm of SHIAs. During Janazah of Allama Mureed Abbas the body was from Thokar Niaz Baig to Nasir Bagh where  the Janazah of  Allama Mureed Abbas was scheduled. When the Janazah procession started it’s journey to Nasir Bagh almost 70% of the people had Kalashnikovs and other weapons. When the Janazah reached the Samnabad the people started firing shots in air and broke glasses of trapped vehicles in traffic jam. As the Janazah reached the Nasir Bagh, SMP activists started brutal firing at police which resulted a no. of police casualties. After the Janazah SMP top leadership immediately went away and the firing started again which continued till an hour or so approximately. But police failed in capturing even a single person because the mob was highly disciplined and organized.

                      This is the one dark aspect of dangerous extremist SHIA politics in which the SHIA also sacrifice unknowingly and killed by SHIAs themselves. Every year it happens before Muharram that some of poor and working class SHIAs are killed by the SHIA extremists themselves in order to show their street power to the govt. and to demand more security in Muharram. It is just like a snake who lays eggs and later eats its own children. Since extremist SHIAs are not even sincere with ordinary SHIAs then how can they be sincere with the Sunnis and this country. As their history reveals that they always conspired against the Sunnis. Their network is so strong that though knowing all these facts 99% of SHIAs still take the side of SHIA extremist organizations. They should think about it that these policies of SHIA organizations will take us and our country where, only towards destruction.