Allama
Aurangzeb Farooqui
Farooqui at a speech
Chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan
Assumed office
2002
Personal
Born (1972-11-10) 10 November 1972
Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Political party Sipah-e-Sahaba
Alma mater
Teachers

Aurangzeb Farooqui (born 10 November 1972), is a Pakistani Sunni Islamist Cleric who is serving as the chief of the Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan.[1][2]

Early life and education

He was born on 10 November 1972 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.[3] After his primary education, Faruqi studied for two years at Jamia Faridia in Islamabad.[4] He then studied at Jamia Farooqia in Karachi, where he was a student of Saleemullah Khan and Muhammad Adil Khan.[5] He graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, Banuri Town an Islamic seminary in Karachi, where he completed the customary Dars-i Nizami.[5]

Career

He then served as the Imam and Khatib in various different mosques in Karachi and during this time he joined Sipah-e-Sahaba.[6] He also took part in 2013 Pakistani election.[1] In June 2014, He was made the chief of Ahle Sunnat wal Jamat at an organizational meeting in Jhang city.[7]

Assassination attempts

He survived a targeted assassination attempt, when he was leaving for court in 2012, in which six people were killed. The casualties included four policemen, his driver and a private security guard.[8] He survived another assassination attempt in 2015.[9]

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 Ludhianvi hopeful of ASWJ’s ‘unbanning’ Archived 2018-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Dawn (Pakistan)
    2. ↑ Azaz, Syed. "Ludhianvi bitter about Sharifs". The News (Pakistan). Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
    3. ↑ "Testing the waters: First-timers ASWJ confident of victory". The Express Tribune. 19 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
    4. ↑ Mansoor, Riaz (2006). Hayat Shaheed E Islam (حیات شہیدِ اسلام). Maktaba Faridia. p. 57.
    5. 1 2 Khan, Allaudin (2011). Qauideen-e-Sipah Sahabah (قائدین سپاہ صحابہ ). Maktaba Usmani, Lahore. p. 43.
    6. ↑ "ASWJ upset that Aurangzeb Farooqi's attackers are still free". The Express Tribune. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
    7. ↑ Service, Statesman News (19 July 2018). "The radical's tryst". The Statesman. Retrieved 30 October 2022.
    8. ↑ "Altaf condemns murderous attack on Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi". Business Recorder. 25 December 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
    9. ↑ "ASWJ local leader killed in Rawalpindi, central leader attacked in Karachi". Dawn. 15 February 2015. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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