Jamaat ud-Dawa

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The Jamaat ud-Dawa Pakistan ( Urdu جماعة الدعوہ پاکستان), literally: "Community of Da'wa Pakistan" (also Jama'at ud-Da'wah ) is an organization founded in 2002 in Lahore (Pakistan). Hafez Mohammad Said founded Jamaat ud-Dawa as the successor organization to the Laschkar-i-Toiba , which he founded , after it was banned as a terrorist organization. Jamaat ud-Dawa, one of the largest aid organizations in Pakistan, is funded by donations from members and collections. The organization, with its headquarters in Muridke , is committed to the cultural sector by running a university, boarding schools, hospitals and social institutions. The organization also provided helpers during the earthquake in Pakistan in October 2005. She also runs Koran schools.

After the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in November 2008, which led to suspicions that the Jamaat ud-Dawa might be close to the perpetrators, the Pakistani government took measures such as house arrest for Hafez Mohammad Said and eight other high-ranking employees and the arrest of over 40 employees of the organization and about 150 supporters. In addition, 72 Jamaat ud-Dawa offices and four hospitals were closed and the organization's assets were frozen. The United Nations declared the Jamaat ud-Dawa a terrorist organization. As a result, hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the UN office in Kashmir against the crackdown on Jamaat-ud-Dawa on December 12, 2008 , shouting slogans against the USA and India. The Pakistani government placed the Jamaat ud-Dawa headquarters in Muridke under state supervision. The Jamaat-ud-Dawa spokesman said the organization has cut ties with violent groups: “There is absolutely no connection with Lashkar [-i-Toiba] . We are a purely humanitarian welfare organization. "

Hafez Mohammad Said was released from house arrest in November 2017 by a Pakistani court after 10 months.

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  1. ↑ Pakistan intensifies measures against Jamaat-ud-Dawa in: Focus of December 12, 2008
  2. ^ Nils Rosemann: Terrorism in the name of charity . taz.de from August 16, 2006. Retrieved May 2, 2011
  3. ↑ Thomas Bärthlein: Taliban expand their rule in Pakistan in Deutsche Welle from January 28, 2009
  4. ↑ Declan Walsh: Pakistani extremists take lead on earthquake disaster aid in the San Francisco Chronicle , October 17, 2005
  5. ↑ Source , New York Times , November 23, 2017