Ghulam Raza Naqvi Explained

Maulana Syed Ghulam Raza Naqvi is one of the founders of the Pakistani Shia vigilante movement Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP), in the early 1990s (1994 in some sources),[1] formed to counter and respond to Deobandi Sunni Muslim attacks.

Naqvi was educated in a Shia seminary in Najaf.[2] He died whilst on a pilgrimage to the Imam Reza Shrine in Mashhad, Iran, on March 7, 2016.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Mariam Abou Zahab. Mariam Abou Zahab. Olivier Roy. Islamist Networks: The Afghan-Pakistan Connection. 2004. Columbia University Press. 978-0-231-13364-7. 45–.
  2. Book: Nikki R Keddie. Rudolph P Matthee. Iran and the Surrounding World: Interactions in Culture and Cultural Politics. 2002. University of Washington Press. 978-0-295-98206-9. 338–.
  3. Web site: Ahlulbayt News Agency. 3 May 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160603064532/http://en.abna24.com/index.php/service/middle-east-west-asia/archive/2016/03/08/739602/story.html. 3 June 2016. dead.

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