Arif Hussain Hussaini | |
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عارف حسين الحسينى | |
1st Leader of Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan | |
In office 29 August 1983 – 5 August 1988 | |
Preceded by | Mufti Jafar Hussain |
Succeeded by | Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi |
Personal details | |
Born | Syed Arif Hussain Hussaini 25 November 1946 Parachinar, North-West Frontier Province, British India |
Died | 5 August 1988 Peshawar, North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan | (aged 41)
Manner of death | Assassination (gunshot wounds) |
Resting place | Allama Hussaini shrine, Peiwar Pass[1] |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Political party | Tehrik-e-Jafaria |
Education | Madressah-e-Jaffaria |
Alma mater | Qom Seminary |
Title | Allama Hujjat al-Islam Syed |
Personal | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Twelver Shīʿā |
Jurisprudence | Usuli |
Main interest(s) | Quran, Islamic philosophy, Tawhid, Forty Hadith, Kashf al-Asrar, Tahrir al-Wasilah, Islamic Government, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, Tafsīr, Nahj al-Balagha |
Notable idea(s) | Khomeinism, Wilayat al Faqih[2] |
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Muslim leader | |
Syed Arif Hussain Al Hussaini (Urdu: علامہ عارف حسين الحسينى; 25 November 1946 – 5 August 1988) was an Twelver Shīʿā Muslim scholar, Islamist ideologue, Islamic Jurist, and Islamic Revolutionist leader of Shia Muslims in Pakistan. He is also known as Khomanei-e-Pakistan for his activities which earned him the reputation of being one of the most prominent advocates for the Shia population of Pakistan. He viewed the ideas of secularism, nationalism, liberalism and socialism as evil, which he understood to be the influence of Western and Soviet imperialism. He was assassinated in 1988 at aged 41.[6]