Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan

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Tehrek-e Labai Pakistan
Here-I-Am Movement Pakistan
Allama Khadim Hussain Rizvi.jpg
Party leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi
founding August 1, 2015
Alignment Jihadism , Islamism , right-wing extremism
Website tlyp.org

Tehrik e Labaik Pakistan ( Urdu تحریک لبیک پاکستان, TLP), fully Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah (TLYRA - "those movement that cry, I'll follow you, O Messenger of God"), is an extremist - jihadist party in Pakistan. The party was set up to prevent the lawful execution of the murderer of Salman Taseer , who, as the liberal governor, defended the Christian Asia Bibi , who was sentenced to death for “ blasphemy ” , and who was then shot by one of his bodyguards.

The party is represented by two members of the Sindh Provincial Council.

history

The history of the party is closely linked to the Hudood regulations in force in Pakistan , which have incorporated parts of the Sharia into state criminal law and provide for the death penalty for blasphemy, for example . Based on this legislation, the Christian Asia Bibi was sentenced to death on November 8, 2010 as the first woman for blasphemy. After the governor Salman Taseer had defended the convicted, he was murdered on January 4, 2011 by his bodyguard Mumtaz Hussain Qadri. The TLP itself was founded a few years later on August 1, 2015 by the radical cleric Khadim Hussain Rizvi to prevent the murderer from being executed.

Nevertheless, Mumtaz Qadri was hanged in Rawalpindi Central Prison on February 29, 2016 . As a result, TLP supporters blocked the streets of the capital, up to 40,000 people gave Quadri the final escort. A shrine built in his honor near Islamabad has already been visited by several million people.

In 2017, the TLP played a key role in the organization of some violent protests against the liberalization of the blasphemy paragraph. In 2017, party supporters paralyzed traffic in Islamabad for several weeks by means of road blockades and called for the withdrawal of a bill that would have allowed government members to no longer swear their oaths on the Islamic prophet Mohammed . In addition, the blockers demanded the resignation of Justice Minister Zahid Hamid, who was responsible for the proposal . The government then abandoned its plan and Zahid Hamid resigned from his office. In return, the Islamists waived a fatwa against Hamid.

When Asia Bibi was acquitted of all charges on October 31, 2018 by the Pakistani Supreme Court on appeal after more than eight years in death row, supporters of the party protested and demanded the woman's execution. A deputy party chairman demanded at a party event: "Either your bodyguard, your driver or your cook should kill you!"

The violent protests against the verdict lasted for three days and only eased when the government signed an agreement with the TLP in which it undertook to impose a travel ban on Asia Bibi and to consider reopening the case. 1,100 people were arrested for violent clashes in Punjab Province alone . The TLP spoke of 500 detained followers in just one night. Her spokesman, Zubair Kasuri, told the government: "The government's strategy of abusing the agreement and imprisoning our people instead of villains will have an adverse effect on peace."

After the government was accused by TLP officials of having broken the agreed agreement, the protests flared up again. The party leader Khadim Hussain Rizvi was then taken into custody by the police on November 22, 2018 and placed under house arrest for 30 days in a complex designated by the government as a "guest house" because there were credible indications that he could impair law and order . During protests against this measure, more than 300 TLP supporters were arrested by security forces.

Positions

The Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah party sees itself as connected to the Sunni Islam of the Orthodox Barelwi movement and calls for the full introduction of Sharia law in Pakistan in criminal and civil law.

Individual evidence

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  3. ↑ Pakistan hangs idol of the Islamists. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, February 29, 2016, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Pakistan dares the test of strength. Frankfurter Rundschau, March 1, 2016, accessed on November 4, 2018 .
  5. ↑ The highest court acquitted Christin. taz, October 31, 2018, accessed November 4, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Death sentence against Asia Bibi revoked
  7. ^ Government: Asia Bibi is still in Pakistan. Der Tagesspiegel, November 8, 2018, accessed on November 11, 2018 .
  8. ↑ "She has proven that she can do that". Domradio, November 11, 2018, accessed on November 11, 2018 .
  9. ↑ Pakistani authorities arrest hundreds of demonstrators. Die Welt, November 5, 2018, accessed November 11, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Pakistani Christian "just wants to get out and into a safe country". Courier, December 1, 2018, accessed December 1, 2018 .
  11. ^ Case Asia Bibi: Radical cleric and hundreds of supporters arrested. Der Tagesspiegel, November 24, 2018, accessed on December 1, 2018 .