Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz
تحفظ-ئ-ناموس-ئ-رسالت محاذ
AbbreviationTNRM
NicknameTahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat
Formation1990
FounderMunir Yousufi
Founded atKarachi, Pakistan
TypePolitical alliance
President
Sarfraz Ahmed Naeemi

The Tahaffuz-e-Namoos-e-Risalat Mahaz (transl. The Front For The Protection of Respect of Prophet) is a Pakistani Barelvi organisation and a group of 20 Pakistani Parties that united against the ideology of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.[1][2] It was founded by Barelvi scholar Sarfaraz Ahmed Naeemi and presided by Munir Yousufi[3] in 1990.[4][5][6]

Activism

  • The organisation supported Mumtaz Qadri, the assassin of then-Governor Salman Taseer.[7][8] This protest was also attended by large number of Deobandi and Wahhabi Muslims.[9]
  • The Organisation's Darul Ifta or Fatwa department issued a Fatwa that if war starts against India, it is mandatory to fight for Pakistan.[10]
  • In 2011, initiated a hate campaign against a Pakistani girl accused of blasphemy.[11]

References

  1. ↑ Syed, Wajid Ali (2017-03-17). "PM pushes pulpit power". thefridaytimes.com. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ↑ Yusuf, Huma (2009-06-12). "The Lahore blast and Taliban ideology". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ↑ "Munir Yousufi laid to rest". www.nation.com.pk. 2019-07-20. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ↑ "Tehrik-i-Namoos-i-Risalat: 'US presence the real issue, not blasphemy'". The Express Tribune. 2011-01-31. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ↑ "Rights activists protest against Aasia's sentence, blasphemy laws". The Express Tribune. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  6. ↑ "Protests in Pakistani Towns over the Danish Newspapers' Republication of Islam's Prophet Muhammad Cartoons". MEMRI. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  7. ↑ "Rally in support of Qadri". The Nation. 2012-01-04. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  8. ↑ "TNRM rejects death sentence to Salmaan Taseer's killer". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  9. ↑ "Deobandis, Wahhabis to join Qadri protests". The Express Tribune. 2011-10-05. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  10. ↑ "Pak clerics issue fatwa for Jehad in case of war with India". DNA India. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  11. ↑ "Hate campaign launched against family of Pak girl accused of blasphemy". The Indian Express. 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
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