Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan

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Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (SMP, Army of Muhammad, Pakistan) is a Shia militant group operating in Pakistan. The group is described as a splinter-cell of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan, created by Mureed Abbas Yazdani in 1993.[1]

The SMP was banned by the Pakistani government in 2001. [2]

Its primary rival is the Sunni militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sipah-e-Mohammed Pakistan, Terrorist Group of Pakistan South Asian Terrorism Portal
  2. ^ Pakistani militants' new targets BBC News, 29 June 2002.

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