Govt lifts ban from TJP after Supreme Court orders
November 18, 2014
INTRO:
Tahreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan (تحریک جعفریہ پاکستان) TJP is a Shiite Muslim religion-political organization in Pakistan and a board of Shiite Muslim clergy affiliated with the Islamic council of Iran. Its goal was to introduce Twelver Shiite Islam as personal law for the Shiite Muslims of Pakistan, so that no other school o
f thought may be forcefully imposed on them to follow. The main objective of this party is to create an Islamic rule in the country according to the wishes of all factions of Islamic society of Pakistan. The Shiite Muslim body of scholars, describes the scholarly education provided for Shiite Muslims clergy in the schools around the center of Shiite Islamic theology in Najaf, Iraq. The main objective of this organization was to protect the rights of Shia Muslims of Pakistan and give them a voice in the Parliament of
Pakistan, they do not advocate a Shia Islamic state and have cordial relations with Sunni organization including Sunni Ittehad Council that is why they joined coalition of religious political parties i.e. Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal that won 53 out of 272 elected members in legislative elections held on October 20, 2002. SANCTIONS:
On January 12, 2002, the T.J.P was banned along with three other terrorist organizations, banned by the government of Pakistan. The T.J.P was banned two times by President Pervez Musharraf's government. In January 2002, President Pervez Musharraf arrested the leaders of TJP. The T.J.P was banned again on November 5, 2011 whereas it was banned two times before by President Pervez Musharraf's government. Increased attacks on Shia Muslims since 2005 by the Pakistan Taliban, Sipah-e-Sahaba, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, Jundullah and Jaish-e-Mohammed. Qazi Hussain Ahmad, a senior member of Pakistan Parliament and the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's oldest Islamist party, says the banned groups have no ties with the militants. He notes that one organization is part of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, the major opposition alliance of religious parties, which also includes Mr.
