Two senior leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) have been killed by unknown assailants in Pakistan’s tribal district of South Waziristan within the final one week.
Final week JUI South Waziristan Wana Ameer and Maulana Fazlur Rehman’s shut aide Maulana Mirza Jan was injured in firing by unknown individuals and died at this time (Tuesday) in Peshawar hospital in response to JUI.
Maulana Fazlur Rehman additionally went to go to Maulana Mirza Jan and he was thought-regarding among the many realized students of JUI.
Equally, on the primary day of Eid-ul-Azha, Maulana Deen Saeed, one other native chief of JUI, was additionally shot lifeless in South Waziristan.
District Police Chief of South Waziristan Farmanullah informed Impartial Urdu that Maulana Deen Saeed was on his approach following performing the sacrifice when unknown individuals opened fireplace and killed him.
The focusing on of JUI just isn’t current, however varied JUI leaders and processions have been focused earlier than, most of which had been claimed by the Khorasan department of ISIS.
Forward of Pakistan’s February 8 basic elections, a JUI rally was focused in Bajaur district during which not less than 40 individuals had been killed and ISIS claimed duty for the blast.
Earlier than the final elections, different JUI leaders had been additionally focused in Bajaur.
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Impartial Urdu spoke to analysts to seek out out why JUI is being focused by ISIS and what may very well be the motivation behind it.
Zia-ul-Rehman writes articles for the main American newspaper New York Occasions and is the writer of varied analysis papers on extremist organizations.
He informed Impartial Urdu that the native management of JUI in Chaman, Waziristan and Bajaur has shut ties with Afghan Taliban in neighboring provinces of Afghanistan.
Ziaur Rehman stated that Bajaur is of particular significance as a result of prior to now the JUI chief in Bajaur, Usman Turabi, was so near the Afghan Taliban that he was made the governor of Nangarhar following the Afghan Taliban got here to energy in Afghanistan. .
In accordance with Zia-ur-Rehman, Usman Turabi had additionally carried out a vigorous operation towards Daesh in Nangarhar and that’s the reason Daesh has began focusing on JUI resulting from its proximity to the Afghan Taliban.
He stated, “Among the management of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Bajaur has additionally gone to Daesh and JUI is being focused extra by Daesh there.”
Another excuse for this, in response to Zia-ur-Rehman, is the Deobandi ideology of JUI, which is opposite to the ideology of ISIS.
He stated that Daesh has all the time focused Deobandi or dissident organizations and spiritual teams prior to now, together with JUI.
In accordance with Zia-ul-Rehman, ‘ISIS can be strongly towards the democratic course of. JUI is near the Afghan Taliban, the second is the Deobandi ideology and the third is the supporter of the democratic course of.
In accordance with a analysis paper by the US Middle for Strategic and Worldwide Research, ISIS assaults in Pakistan elevated from 2015 to 2022, however decreased in 2023.
In accordance with the identical report, there was one assault in 2015 whereas in 2022 ISIS focused individuals and locations of various faculties of thought which was 54 however in 2023 it was diminished to 17.
In accordance with the identical research, ‘the explanation for the lower in assaults might be the motion by the Afghan Taliban, TTP towards Daesh.’
The paper on TTP states that TTP was the primary recruiting group for ISIS, however following 2019, TTP began reuniting disaffected people and factions that influenced ISIS.
Relating to the focusing on of JUI, in response to a analysis paper by the Jamestown Basis of America, ISIS has formally issued a fatwa to focus on the students of JUI.
In accordance with the identical analysis paper, the explanation given within the fatwa is that the JUI is towards the patronage of the democratic course of and towards the caliphate whereas it’s attempting to strengthen the assist of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan.
Even following the blast on the JUI conference in Bajaur, ISIS launched an in depth propaganda leaflet detailing the explanations for focusing on the JUI.
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2024-06-19 23:50:14
