Haq Nawaz Jhangvi (Urdu: حق نواز جھنگوی, Ḥaq Nawāz Jhangvī; 1952 – 23 February 1990) was a Pakistani Sunni Scholar who founded an organization Anjumane Sipahe Sahaba famous as A.S.S on 6 september 1986.[1]
Haq Nawaz was born, in 1952 in Chela, a village in the Jhang DistrictofPunjab, Pakistan. His father name is Wali Muhammad. He graduated from the Jamia Khair al-MadarisinMultan in 1971. Haq Nawaz joined the Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam and started teaching at a madrasahinToba Tek Singh in 1972. In 1973 he became the imam and khatib of a mosque in mohalla Piplianwala in the city of Jhang Saddar. Before he began focusing his preaching against Shia, he was active in the Khatm-i Nabuwwat movement against Qaadiyanis.[2]
After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, Jhangvi began attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran by accusing it of exporting its revolution. He directed his attacks against Shia beliefs and civilians, as well as against Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader. Locally, he targeted the Shah Jewna family and the district administration and became extremely popular among local residents.[2] Jhangvi also began preaching and became popular among Sunnis, who were willing to support him in his cause. He became vocal against local Shias.[2] Jhangvi founded Anjuman-i Sipah-i Sahabah in Jhang on 6 September 1985.[2][3]
On 23 February 1990, he was killed by Shia millitants.His funeral prayer was offered on friady 23 February 1990 after Namaz e asar.He was buried in Jamia Mehmoodiya Jhang.[4] Sipah e sahaba members Riaz Basra and Akram Lahori formed their own organization in 1996, Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, which was named after Haq Nawaz Jhangvi.[5]
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