Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
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Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (حق نواز جهنگوی , also also referred to by the title Maulana) was a controversial Pakistani cleric, who founded the militant organization Sipah-e-Sahaba in the 1980s. [1]
Jhangvi was killed in a retaliatory bomb attack by Shia militants on 23 February, 1990. [2] Former Sipah-e-Sahaba member Riaz Basra named his own neo-Wahabi organization, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, after the slain cleric.[3]
[edit] External Links
- Obituary for Haq Nawaz Jhangvi by Haq Char Yaar. NOTE: strongly partisan website.
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