Sami ul Haq
| Maulana Sami ul Haq مولانا سمیع الحق |
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| chairman of Difa-e-Pakistan Council | |
| Assumed office October 2011 |
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| 2nd Chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania | |
| Assumed office 7 September 1988 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Haq |
| Pakistan Senator for North-West Frontier Province | |
| In office March 2003 – March 2009 February 1985 – March 1997 |
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| Member of Pakistan Majlis-e-Shoora | |
| In office 1983–1985 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 December 1937 Akora Khattak, British India |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Political party | JUI-S Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal[1] |
| Alma mater | Darul Uloom Haqqania |
| Occupation | Islamic scholar, politician |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Deobandi) |
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Maulana Sami ul Haq (Urdu: مولانا سمیع الحق, Samī'u’l-Ḥaq; born 18 December 1937) is a Pakistani religious scholar and a politician. He is regarded as the "Father of the Taliban"[2][3] and had close ties to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.[4] Sami ul Haq is currently the chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary which is the alma mater of many prominent Taliban members. Haq serves as chairman of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council and is the leader of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party, known as JUI-S.[5] Sami ul-Haq is also a founding member of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal the creator of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, a religious organisation.[1]
He has also served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan.[6][7] He formed Mutahida Deeni Mahaz (United Religious Front), an alliance of relatively small religio-political parties, to participate in Pakistani general election, 2013.[8] On 25 March 2013, he unveiled the electoral manifesto of the front, pledging that all high offices of the state, including the president, prime minister, chief justice and chiefs of armed forces, will be held only by Sunni Muslim men. It also talked of abolishing coeducation and training all adult Muslims for jihad.[9]
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Biography
Sami ul Haq was born on 18 December 1937 in Akora Khattak, North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan). His father was Moulana Abdul Haq. He began his education in 1366 AH (1946 or 1947 CE) at Darul Uloom Haqqania, which was founded by his father. There he studied fiqh, usul al-fiqh, Arabic literature, logic, Arabic grammar (sarf and nahw), tafsir, and Hadith. He is well versed in Arabic but also uses Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, and the regional language of Pashto.[4]
Haq stated that US Ambassador to Pakistan has visited him in July 2013 to discuss the situation of the region. Haq openly promotes the Taliban re-take of Afghanistan. He stated: "Give them just one year and they will make the whole of Afghanistan happy... The whole of Afghanistan will be with them ... Once the Americans leave, all of this will happen within a year... As long as they are there, Afghans will have to fight for their freedom," Haq said. "It's a war for freedom. It will not stop until outsiders leave."[4]
Fatwa
In the backdrop of TTP calling polio-vaccination un-Islamic and forcing people to quit vaccinating their children, Maulana Sami ul Haq on 9-December-2013, issued a fatwa in favour of polio vaccination, The fatwa says "vaccination against deadly diseases is helpful in their prevention according to research conducted by renowned medical specialists. It adds that the vaccines used against these diseases are in no way harmful".[10]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan/g.html
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- ↑ Muttahida Deeni Mahaz–another Political Alliance Formed
- ↑ Daily Nai Baat, Islamabad, 26 March 2013
- ↑ http://tribune.com.pk/story/643356/one-drop-at-a-time-fatwa-issued-in-favour-of-polio-vaccination-campaign/
Sources
- Voices from the Whirlwind: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament, PBS.org
- Pakistan religious schools get scrutiny, Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2009
- Inside Islam's "terror schools", William Dalrymple, New Statesman, 28 March 2005
- The 'university of holy war', Haroon Rashid, BBC Online, 2 October 2003
- Pakistan: The Taliban takeover, Ziauddin Sardar, New Statesman, 30 April 2007
- Education mullah style, Tony Cross, Radio France Internationale, 11 May 2008
- EU snub for hardline Pakistan MP, BBC News Online, 20 April 2005
- EU snub draws Pakistani protest, BBC News Online, 21 April 2005
- Introduction of The Present Chanceller of the Institute Maulana Sami-Ul-Haq, Darul Uloom Haqqania
- Maulana Sami ul Haq – Khyber.org
