Awrangzib Faruqi

Awrangzib Faruqi (born 10 November 1972), is a Pakistani Islamic scholar.[1][2]


Awrangzib Faruqi
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Faruqi at a speech
Personal
Born (1972-11-10) 10 November 1972 (age 52)
Abbottabad, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
Political PartySipah-e-Sahaba

Biography

He was born on 10 November 1972 in Abbottabad, Pakistan.[3] Faruqi studied at Jamia Faridia in Islamabad,[4] and Jamia Farooqia in Karachi.[5] He then served as the Imam and Khatib in various different mosques in Karachi and during this time he joined Sipah-e-Sahaba.[6] He also took part in 2013 Pakistani election.[1] In June 2014, He was made the chief of Sipah-e-Sahaba at an organizational meeting in Jhang city.[7] He survived a targeted assassination attempt, when he was leaving for court in 2012, in which six people were killed. The casualties included four policemen, his driver and a private security guard.[8] He survived another assassination attempt in 2015.[9]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ludhianvi hopeful of ASWJ’s ‘unbanning’ Archived 2018-02-22 at the Wayback Machine. Dawn (Pakistan)
  2. Azaz, Syed. Ludhianvi bitter about Sharifs. The News (Pakistan). Archived from the original on 2 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171102081602/https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/35615-ludhianvi-bitter-about-sharifs. Retrieved 22 February 2018. 
  3. Testing the waters: First-timers ASWJ confident of victory. 19 April 2013. https://tribune.com.pk/story/537870/testing-the-waters-first-timers-aswj-confident-of-victory/. Retrieved 15 October 2020. 
  4. Mansoor, Riaz (2006). Hayat Shaheed E Islam (حیات شہیدِ اسلام). Maktaba Faridia. p. 57.
  5. Khan, Allaudin (2011). Qauideen-e-Sipah Sahabah (قائدین سپاہ صحابہ ). Maktaba Usmani, Lahore. p. 43.
  6. "ASWJ upset that Aurangzeb Farooqi's attackers are still free". The Express Tribune. 2013-01-06. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  7. Service, Statesman News (2018-07-19). "The radical's tryst". The Statesman. Retrieved 2022-10-30.
  8. Altaf condemns murderous attack on Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi. 25 December 2012. https://www.brecorder.com/news/97730. Retrieved 26 August 2018. 
  9. ASWJ local leader killed in Rawalpindi, central leader attacked in Karachi. 15 February 2015. https://www.dawn.com/news/1163772. Retrieved 26 August 2018.