Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi

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Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi
محمد اَحْمَد لدھیانوی
Ludhianvi in c. 2025
Sarparast-e-Aala of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
Incumbent
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byKhalifa Abdul Qayyum
President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
2018
Preceded bySami-ul-Haq
Chief of Sipah-e-Sahaba
In office
2009–2014
Preceded byAli Sher Hyderi
Succeeded byAwrangzib Faruqi
Personal life
Born (1950-11-10) 10 November 1950 (age 74)
Kamalia, Punjab, West Pakistan (present-day Punjab, Pakistan)
Home townJhang and Kamalia
Citizenship Pakistani
Political party Rah-e-Haq Party
Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat
EducationJamia Uloom-ul-Islamia
Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom
Religious life
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
TeachersMufti Mehmood
MovementDeobandi

Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi (Urdu: محمد اَحْمَد لدھیانوی) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and far-right politician who is the Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ) and the President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC).[1][2]

Ludhianvi had previously served as the chief of Sipah-e-Sahaba from 2009 to 2014 upon the death of Ali Sher Hyderi.[3]

He was on the Pakistani legislature's list of persons with suspected ties to terrorism,[4] but is considered as a moderate leader compared to the other leaders of ASWJ, and is also commonly referred as to "Safeer-e-Aman" (ambassador of peace) by his followers.[5][6]

Ludhianvi has stated that he supports sectarian harmony, as long as it does not impede his group's goal of making Pakistan a Sunni Islamic state and declaring Shia a minority, like the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan.[7]

Family

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Ludhianvi is the son of Hafiz Sadrud Din; who migrated in 1947 from Ludhiana district of Indian Punjab to Kamalia city of Pakistani Punjab. He belongs to a Punjabi Arain family.[8]

He is related to the freedom fighter Maulana Abdul Qadir Ludhianvi. During the migration, his eldest brother died due to ailment; he was buried somewhere in the Indian Punjab.[2]

Education

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He completed his early studies at Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom and graduated from Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia, where he befriended Abdul Aziz Ghazi.[8]

Political career

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He participated in election from Constituency NA-89 Jhang (Jhang-IV), in 2008 and 2013. He got 45,216 votes in 2008 while 71,598 votes in 2013. On 9 April 2014, he was declared as winner by an election tribunal, as his winning opponent Sheikh Mohammad Akram had been disqualified, but the decision was later cancelled by the Supreme Court of Pakistan when Akram's disqualification was waived.[9][10]

In 2016, Ludhianvi was restricted to participate in bypoll election from PP-78 (Jhang) but in later he was allowed to participate by the Lahore High Court.[11] However, he decided not to contest the election and Masroor Nawaz Jhangvi (a member of his organization) was elected as the member of Punjab Assembly.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Ludhianvi hopeful of ASWJ’s ‘unbanning’ Archived 2018-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Dawn (Pakistan)
  2. ^ a b Azaz, Syed. "Ludhianvi bitter about Sharifs". The News. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  3. ^ Pentagon's South Asia Defence and Strategic Year Book. Panchsheel. 2010. p. 357. ISBN 978-81-8274-444-8. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Pakistan removes ASWJ leader Ahmed Ludhianvi from terrorist watchlist". Samaa TV. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  5. ^ Rafiq, Ali. Sunni Deobandi-Shi'i Sectarian Violence in Pakistan. Middle East Institute. Archived from the original on 29 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Pakistan clerics issue fatwa against suicide bombing". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 February 2018.
  7. ^ Muhammad Moj (1 March 2015). The Deoband Madrassah Movement: Countercultural Trends and Tendencies. Anthem Press. pp. 180–. ISBN 978-1-78308-446-3. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018.
  8. ^ a b Alam, Iftikhar (22 May 2022). "A developing scenario for banned SSP politics in Jhang". Minute Mirror. Archived from the original on 13 February 2024. A Jat and hailing from Kamalia, Ludhianvi's family migrated from Raikot village of Ludhiana in 1947.
  9. ^ "SC declares Sheikh Mohammad Akram as returned candidate from NA-89 Jhang". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Ludhianvi vows to go to assemblies, despite losing elections". The Tribune. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 23 February 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  11. ^ "ASWJ chief allowed to contest Jhang by-election". Dawn. Pakistan. Archived from the original on 31 March 2017.