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{{Short description|Pakistani Shia political organization}}
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{{Infobox political party
{{Infobox political party
|name = Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
|name = Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
|native_name = مجلس وحدت مسلمین
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|logo = [[File:Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan - Flag.PNG|200px]]
|logo = Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen .
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| colorcode = {{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}}
|slogan = "We made [[Pakistan]], we will save [[Pakistan]]." ({{lang-ur|پاکستان بنایا تھا، پاکستان بچائیں گے۔}})
| foundation = {{start date and age|df=yes|p=y|2009|08|02}}
|colors = [[Black (color)|Black]], [[Red (color)|Red]] and [[Green (color)|green]]<br>{{color box|black}}{{color box|red}}{{color box|green}}
| ideology = [[Islamic democracy]]<br>[[Islamic socialism]]<br>[[Shia–Sunni relations|Shi'a–Sunni unity]]
|leader1_title = Senior Vice Chairman
| position = [[Centrism|Centre]]<ref>The Islamic Politics For Future, ''The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan)'', (2016), p. 25</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=Sources for political positions should preferably be freely available online.|date=March 2024}}
|leader1_name = Muhammad Amin Shaheedi
| headquarters = [[Islamabad]]
|leader2_title = Secretary General
| website = {{official website|http://mwmpakistan.org/|name=Official website}}
|leader2_name = Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri
| country = Pakistan
|leader3_title = Political Secretary
| native_name = {{lang|ur|مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین}}
|leader3_name = Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi
| colors = [[Black]], [[Red]] and [[green]]<br />{{color box|black}}{{color box|red}}{{color box|green}}
|leader4_title = Central Spokesman
| flag = [[File:Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen Flag.jpg|Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen Flag|200px]]
|leader4_name = Syed Hassan Zafar Naqvi
| symbol = [[File:146-Tent-1.jpg|centre|100px]]
|seats1_title = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|Parliament of Pakistan]]
| secretary_general = [[Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1659483|title=MWM opposes 'secret' talks with TTP|date=22 November 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref>
|seats1 = {{Infobox political party/seats|0|342|hex=green}}
| leader2_title = Deputy Secretary General
|seats2_title =[[Balochistan Assembly|Parliament of Baluchistan province]]
| leader2_name = Nasir Shirazi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/896990-registration-of-cases-police-biased-against-mourners-mwm|title=Registration of cases: Police biased against mourners: MWM|date=2 October 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)}}</ref>
|seats2 ={{Infobox political party/seats|1|65|hex=green}}<ref>http://www.hazara.net/2013/05/pakistan-election-2013</ref>
| leader3_title = Political Secretary
|newspaper = Roznama Wahdat
| leader3_name = Asad Abbas Naqvi<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/919888-religious-leaders-pay-tributes-to-quaid-i-azam|title=Religious leaders pay tributes to Quaid-i-Azam|date=26 December 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)}}</ref>
|headquarters = House No. 16, Street No. 67, G-6/4, [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]]
| leader4_title = Central Leader For Preaching
|ideology = Anti-[[Taliban]]<br/>[[Anti-Imperialism]]<br/>Protection of [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslims]]<br/>[[Islam]]ic [[welfare state]]<br/>[[Shiite]]-[[Sunni]] Unity
| leader4_name = Ejaz Hussain Bahashti
|wing1_title = Students & Women Wing
| seats1_title = [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]]
|wing1 = [[Imamia Students Organization]]/Wahdat Youth Wing & Wahdat Women Wing
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|wing2_title = [[Facebook]]
| seats2_title = [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]]
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| seats2 = {{Composition bar|1|336|{{party color|Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen}}}}
|wing3_title = [[Twitter]]
| seats3_title = [[Provincial Assembly of Punjab|Punjab Assembly]]
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|website = [http://www.mwmpak.org www.mwmpak.org]
|country = [[Pakistan]]
| Pakistan
| student_wing = Wahdat Student Wing
| womens_wing = Wahdat Women Wing
| wing1 = Khair ul Amal Foundation
| wing1_title = Charity wing
| religion = [[Shia Islam]] (Majority)<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/537904/votes-of-confidence-mwm-banks-on-shia-voters-across-sindh-to-sweep-upcoming-general-elections|publisher=Express Tribune|title=Vote(s) of confidence: MWM banks on Shia voters across Sindh to sweep upcoming general elections|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref><br>[[Sunni Islam]] (Minority)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/830753-yaum-e-ali-processions-taken-out-countrywide|title=Yaum-e-Ali processions organized by MWM taken out countrywide with huge muslim unity|date=5 May 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)}}</ref>
| national = [[Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theprint.in/world/pakistan-opposition-alliance-launches-protest-movement-against-govt-in-balochistans-pishin/2039570/ | title=Pakistan: Opposition alliance launches protest movement against govt in Balochistan's Pishin | date=13 April 2024 }}</ref>
}}
}}
{{Politics of Pakistan}}


'''Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen Pakistan (MWM)''' ({{lang-ur|مجلس وحدت مسلمین}}) is a [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslim]] religio-political organization in [[Pakistan]]. The party is an anti-[[Taliban]], anti-terrorism and pro-[[Shia Islam|Shiite Islamic]] movement for an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly emphasizing on [[Shia Islam|Shiite]]-[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] unity in the country. The party also have some presence in [[Qom]], [[Iran]] and [[London]], [[UK]].
'''Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM''' {{lang-ur|مجلس مسلمین}}) is a [[]] political organization. [[]] an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly [[]]-[[Sunni]] unity.


==History==
====
=== Party objective, agenda and manifesto ===
The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen was founded by Muhammad Amin Shaheedi and a group of [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslim]] clergy on August 2, 2009 at [[Islamabad]],[[Pakistan]]. It has a prominent presence among the [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslims]] in the [[Punjab]], [[Sindh]], [[Khyber Pukhtunkhwa]], [[Baluchistan]], [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] and in [[Azad Kashmir]]. The party's main perspective was/is to raise the voice against oppression on [[Pakistan]]'s [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslim]] community, to establish goodwill with the [[Sunni Islam|Sunni Muslim]] community, to raise the political and religious awareness among the [[Shia Islam|Shiite Muslims]] of [[Pakistan]] and to revive the teachings of the [[Quran|Holy Koran]] and [[Prophet Muhammad]] in the society.
The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen is a [[Shiite Muslim]] political and religious party of [[Pakistan]] whose main objective is to make a practical effort for the revival of Islam and the integrity and stability of Pakistan's nation, Party's main perspective is to speak against the oppression of Pakistan's Shia community, establish goodwill with the [[Sunni Muslim]] community, raise political and religious awareness among Muslims and to revive the teachings of the [[Quran]] in the society espousing [[Islamic socialism]], MWM agenda envisions a religious [[Islamic republic]] that advocates individuals' welfare particularly emphasising muslim unity through community co-operation, MWM wants to set Pakistan on a course to political stability, social harmony, and economic prosperity for all religious, ethnic and racial communities.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pat.com.pk/english/tid/29005/PAT-thanks-Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen-for-supporting-revolution/|title=PAT thanks Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen for supporting revolution|publisher=Pakistan Awami Tehreek official}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |title=Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad |publisher=Abb Takk News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203309/http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |archivedate=February 21, 2014 }}</ref><ref>The Islamic Politics For Future, ''The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan)'', (2016), p. 25</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://insaf.pk/news/national-news/item/17613-PTI%20and%20Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen%20decide%20to%20jointly%20promote%20unity,%20peace%20and%20harmony|title=PTI and Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen decide to jointly promote unity, peace and harmony|publisher=PTI official|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>


MWM has an agenda to blend traditional social and religious values and cultural and ethnic diversity of Pakistan into common goals and aspirations for a just society based on [[Mohammad Iqbal]]'s and [[Mohammad Ali Jinnah]]'s vision of [[Islamic democratic]] regime providing religious awareness, [[social security]], welfare values and the [[rule of law]] in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/919888-religious-leaders-pay-tributes-to-quaid-i-azam|title=Religious leaders pay tributes to Quaid-i-Azam|date=26 December 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=The News International (newspaper)}}</ref><ref>The Islamic Politics For Future, ''The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan)'', (2016), p. 25</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |title=Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad |publisher=Abb Takk News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203309/http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |archivedate=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>
==Elections==


The party manifesto includes a desire to provide credible leadership, to restore Pakistan's political, religious and economic sovereignty, to establish a strong system of accountability and defense to combat corruption and terrorism.<ref>The Islamic Politics For Future, ''The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan)'', (2016), p. 25</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=502823|title=Pakistan's Top Shiite Party (MWM) Rejects Talk with Taliban|publisher=Ahlul Bayt News Agency|date=February 3, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1659483|title=MWM opposes 'secret' talks with TTP|date=22 November 2021|access-date=27 December 2021|work=Dawn (newspaper)}}</ref>
===Intra-party elections===
The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen's two-day convention was held at [[Islamabad]] on April 10, 2010 and April 11, 2010 to organize the election of a new secretary general for [[Pakistan]]'s most prominent [[Shiite]] religio-political representative organisation. Delegates from [[Sindh]], the provinces of the [[Punjab]], [[Khyber Pukhtunkhwa]], [[Balochistan]] and [[Gilgit-Baltistan]] and [[Azad Kashmir]] casted their votes to elect a new secretary general for a term of 3-years.<ref>http://www.shiitenews.com/index.php/pakistan/1240-majlis-e-wahdat-holds-first-party-convention</ref>


==Foundation==
===General Elections, 2013===
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen was founded by a group of Shiite Muslim clergy and former members of the largest [[Shiite]] students' organization [[Imamia Students Organization]] on August 2, 2009 in [[Islamabad]], Pakistan.
In an interview with ''[[The Express Tribune]]'', the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen [[Karachi]]'s political secretary, Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi, said that the party’s aims were not only to gain seats but to change the system to the Islamic one. The [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] designated the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen as a political organization in the early 2013. The election commission also allotted Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen the 'tent' as an electoral symbol. The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen announced in March 2013 that in the [[Pakistani general election, 2013|2013 general elections]], it would field more than 50 candidates on provincial seats and 20 on national seats while in [[Karachi]], 10 candidates would contest on the provincial slots and 11 on the national seats.<ref>Syed Jafar Aksari, [http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/national/31-Mar-2013/mwm-declares-3-point-agenda-for-seat-adjustment MWM declares 3-point agenda for seat adjustment], ''The Nation'', March 31, 2013</ref>


==Electoral performance==
===Results===
In an interview with ''[[The Express Tribune]]'', MWM [[Karachi]]'s political secretary, Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi, said that the party’s aims were to gain seats and to install an Islamic regime.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/537904/votes-of-confidence-mwm-banks-on-shia-voters-across-sindh-to-sweep-upcoming-general-elections|publisher=Express Tribune|title=Vote(s) of confidence: MWM banks on Shia voters across Sindh to sweep upcoming general elections|date=April 20, 2013}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of Pakistan]] designated the MWM as a political organization in 2013. The election commission allotted Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen the tent as an [[electoral symbol]].
The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen's Agha Muhammad Raza has won a provincial assembly seat from [[Baluchistan]]'s PB-02 constituency on May 11, 2013 and as per statistics issued by the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]], the MWM secure 41,520 votes in the National Assembly, 8799 in [[Baluchistan]], 37,444 in the [[Punjab]] and 36,868 in [[Sindh]] assembly. As per the [[Election Commission of Pakistan]]'s party wise vote bank, the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen was country’s 29th largest political party out of nearly 200 registered political parties.<ref>http://ecp.gov.pk/ERConsolidated2013/AllResultsFull2013.aspx?assemblyid=PB</ref>
===2013 general elections===
The MWM announced in March 2013 that in the [[2013 Pakistani general election|2013 general elections]], it would field more than 50 candidates on provincial seats and 20 on national seats, including 10 provincial slots and 11 national seats from [[Karachi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/31-Mar-2013/mwm-declares-3-point-agenda-for-seat-adjustment|title=MWM declares 3-point agenda for seat adjustment|publisher=The Nation|date=March 31, 2013}}</ref>


=== 2015 GB elections ===
==Ties==
The MWM participated in the [[2015 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election|2015 GB elections]] and successfully won 2 seats in the [[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/909186/maiden-session-33-members-of-g-b-assembly-take-oath/|title=Maiden session: 33 members of G-B Assembly take oath|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=2015-06-25|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-07-21}}</ref>
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen not only supported [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] in the [[Pakistani general elections, 2013|general elections]] but is also the first religio-political organization which was supported by [[Imran Khan]] and his party.<ref>http://insaf.pk/news/national-news/item/17613-PTI%20and%20Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen%20decide%20to%20jointly%20promote%20unity,%20peace%20and%20harmony</ref>


=== 2020 GB elections ===
[[Sunni Tehreek]], [[Minhaj-ul-Quran International]], [[Sunni Ittehad Council]] and [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]] (despite being [[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] religio-political organizations) are the moral supporters of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen ([[Shia Islam|Shiite]] religio-political organization) and all of them are on one platform against [[Tehreek-e-Taliban|Pakistani Taliban]] and its sub-groups such as [[Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan|Sipah-e-Sahaba]] and [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]].<ref>http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=502823</ref>
For the [[2020 Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election|2020 GB elections]], MWM partnered with [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] and won 1 seat in the [[Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/gbla2020/|title=Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Election 2020|website=dunyanews.tv|access-date=2020-11-17}}</ref>


===2024 general elections===
==Work on Muslim unity==
The MWM participated in the [[2024 Pakistani general election]] partnered with [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] and won 1 seat from [[NA-37 Kurram]] in [[National Assembly of Pakistan|National Assembly]], The MWM also win 1 seat in [[Provincial Assembly of the Punjab]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=MWM enters mainstream politics with a crucial win from Kurram|date=10 February 2024 |url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40288146|access-date=10 February 2024}}</ref>
Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen and [[Sunni Ittehad Council]] held many huge gatherings in different cities of Pakistan to promote unity. Figures of minorities including Christians and Hindus were invited in these gatherings as well. The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen says that they believe that unity is the only way out from sectarian tensions among the Muslims created by the enemies.
<ref>http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/</ref>


=== 2024 Senate election ===
==Terrorist attacks on leaders, candidates & workers==
The Secretary-General [[Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri]] during [[2024 Pakistani Senate election]] elected as a member of [[Senate of Pakistan|Senate]] unopposed from the [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] as a MWM candidate.<ref>{{cite news
|url=https://www.brecorder.com/news/40295917
|title=Seven candidates elected senators unopposed from Punjab
|work=[[Business Recorder]]
|date=28 March 2024
|access-date=1 April 2024
|archive-date=1 April 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240401013634/https://www.brecorder.com/news/40295917
|url-status=live
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460783/seven-senators-elected-unopposed-from-punjab
|title=Seven senators elected unopposed from Punjab
|work=[[The Express Tribune]]
|author=Rana Yasif
|author2=Syed Ali Shah
|date=28 March 2024
|access-date=1 April 2024
|archive-date=28 March 2024
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328065152/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2460783/seven-senators-elected-unopposed-from-punjab
|url-status=live
}}</ref>


==Ties and Muslim unity ==
===April, 2013===
On April 28, 2013, Hassan Kashmiri, a resident of [[Rizvia Society]] and an activist for the MWM was gunned down by the unidentified armed men. Following his funeral prayers in the same locality, the mourning procession took his body to the [[Wadi-e-Hussain]] graveyard to be buried. According to the Senior Superintendent of the Police, Imran Shoukat, as the procession was passing through the [[Liaquatabad]] area, some of the participants opened fired, killing two other people. The MWM condemned the attack on Kashmiri and denied that the participants of the procession had opened fire. However, the banned [[Sipah-e-Sahaba]] is accused for the attack.


Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen supported [[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf]] in the [[2013 Pakistani general elections]], [[2024 Pakistani general election]] and the first religio-political organization supported by [[Imran Khan]] and his party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://insaf.pk/news/national-news/item/17613-PTI%20and%20Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen%20decide%20to%20jointly%20promote%20unity,%20peace%20and%20harmony|title=PTI and Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen decide to jointly promote unity, peace and harmony|publisher=PTI official|date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>
While police were busy with Kashmiri’s case, an attack on a [[Shiite]] scholar near [[Liaquatabad]] No.10 left him injured and the police constable deployed for his security dead. The Senior Superintendent of the Police, Amir Farooqi said that Syed Baqar Hussain Zaidi was heading towards [[Rizvia Society]] where he resided along with 32-year-old Police Constable Syed Muhammed Qasim Jafri when four men on motorcycles opened fire on the car they were travelling in.

Sunni-based [[Sunni Tehreek]], [[Pakistan Awami Tehreek]], [[Sunni Ittehad Council]] and [[Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan]] are supporters of Shiite-based Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. All of them are on one platform running against [[Pakistani Taliban]] and its sub-groups [[Sipah-e-Sahaba]] and [[Lashkar-e-Jhangvi]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.abna.ir/data.asp?lang=3&id=502823|title=Pakistan's Top Shiite Party (MWM) Rejects Talk with Taliban|publisher=Ahlul Bayt News Agency|date=February 3, 2014}}</ref>

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen and [[Sunni Ittehad Council]] held many gatherings across Pakistan to promote unity. Minorities including Christians and Hindus were invited to these gatherings. MWM says that they believe that unity is the only way out of sectarian tensions among the Muslims.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |title=Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad |publisher=Abb Takk News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221203309/http://abbtakk.tv/eng/sunni-ittehad-council-mwms-qaumi-aman-convention-in-islamabad/ |archivedate=February 21, 2014 }}</ref>

PAT President Dr Raheeq Abbasi expressed gratitude to the MWM leadership for its support to Tahir-ul-Qadri’s revolutionary struggle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pat.com.pk/english/tid/29005/PAT-thanks-Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen-for-supporting-revolution/|title=PAT thanks Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen for supporting revolution|publisher=Pakistan Awami Tehreek official}}</ref>

==Terrorist attacks on party activist and leaders==
On April 28, 2013, Hassan Kashmiri, MWM activist and a resident of [[Rizvia Society]] was gunned down by unidentified gunmen. Following his funeral, the mourning procession took his body to [[Wadi-e-Hussain]] graveyard. According to the Senior Superintendent of the Police, Imran Shoukat, as the procession was passing through the [[Liaquatabad]] area, some participants opened fired, killing two people. The MWM condemned the attack and denied that the participants had opened fire. The banned [[Sipah-e-Sahaba]] is blamed for the attack.

While police were busy with Kashmiri's case, an attack on a [[Shiite]] scholar near [[Liaquatabad]] No.10 left him injured and his police bodyguard dead. The Senior Superintendent of the Police, Amir Farooqi said that Syed Baqar Hussain Zaidi was heading towards [[Rizvia Society]] when four men on motorcycles opened fire.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/541574/surge-of-violence-11-killed-in-separate-incidents-in-karachi/|title=Surge of violence: 11 killed in separate incidents in Karachi|publisher=Express Tribune|date=April 28, 2013}}</ref>

On 22 August 2014, Mazhar Haider and his younger brother Irfan Haider sustained bullet wounds. They were rushed to hospital where doctors pronounced Irfan's death and admitted Mazhar with critical wounds. MWM spokesman said Mazhar was the MWM president of central district. It was a targeted attack conducted by Sipah-e-Sahaba.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.abna24.com/service/centeral-asia-subcontinent/archive/2014/08/23/632819/story.html|title=An activist of Shiite political party shot martyred in Karachi|date=August 23, 2014|publisher=Ahlul Bayt News Agency}}</ref>

On 15 February 2017, Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi and his wife were gun shot at Siringar Highway [[Muzaffarabad]] by [[Sipah-e-Sahaba]]'s terrorists.{{citation needed|date=April 2023}} Allama Tasawar Jawadi was the [[Shiite]] scholar and was Secretary General of MWM [[Azad Kashmir]] (2009-2021). Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi was given early treatment at SKBZ/CMH Muzaffarabad then referred to CMH Rwp. After 8 months of treatment, Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi Allama was discharged from CMH Rwp.

== Other activities ==
===Hunger strike protests over killing of party workers===
In 2013, MWM announced a general strike after the killing of several of its workers.

A hunger strike by MWM chief commenced in May 2016, while camped in front of National Press Club Islamabad.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://shiapost.com/2016/06/19/hunger-strike-of-mwm-leader-enters-second-month/|title=Hunger strike of MWM leader enters second month|publisher=The Shia Post|date=June 19, 2016}}</ref> It organized protests through banners, placards and demonstration led by religious leaders at almost all big cities of Pakistan on Friday 22 July 2016. MWM staged a sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi, Karachi<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.samaa.tv/pakistan/2016/07/karachi-traffic-in-chaos-as-mwm-extends-sit-ins-in-other-areas/|title=Karachi traffic in chaos as MWM extends sit-ins to other areas|publisher=Samaa TV|date=July 22, 2016}}</ref> and on The Mall outside the Punjab Assembly on same day.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1272554/mwm-stages-sit-in|title=MWM stages sit-in|publisher=Dawn News|date=July 23, 2016}}</ref>

===Palestine Independence Aid Campaign===
On 23 October 2023, The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen announced Palestine Independence Aid Campaign. The party installed Palestinian aid camps across Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen of Pakistan starts Palestine Independence Campaign|url=https://en.abna24.com/story/1404101|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

The MWM Secretary-General Allama Raja Nasir Abbas praised the [[Hamas-led attack on Israel]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen of Pakistan starts Palestine Independence Campaign|url=https://en.abna24.com/story/1404101|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> On the same day MWM organised pro-Palestine rallies across the country mainly outside [[Consulate General of the United States, Karachi|US Consulate Karachi]] party workers burn the US and Israeli Flags in support of the successful attacks of the [[Hamas]] and its allies on [[Israel]] and expresses solidarity with Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistani police block pro-Palestine rally outside US Consulate|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistani-police-block-pro-palestine-rally-outside-us-consulate/3029791|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MWM rally in Islamabad in support of the successful attacks of the Palestinian Mujahideen|url=https://shiite.news/featured/item/158252-mwm-rally-in-islamabad-in-support-of-the-successful-attacks-of-the-palestinian-mujahideen/|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MWM rally expresses solidarity with Palestinians|url=https://pakobserver.net/mwm-rally-expresses-solidarity-with-palestinians/|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>

Speaking at the main rally, Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan’s Central Secretary General Syed Nasir Abbas Shirazi said that the international community, which is criminally silent on Israeli atrocities, is now shocked by the Palestinian resistance brave Palestinian people have destroyed Israel’s claim of invincibility, the responsibility of the entire situation is on the usurper Israel, whose pride has been crushed by the mujahideen Palestinians.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pakistani police block pro-Palestine rally outside US Consulate|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/pakistani-police-block-pro-palestine-rally-outside-us-consulate/3029791|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MWM rally in Islamabad in support of the successful attacks of the Palestinian Mujahideen|url=https://shiite.news/featured/item/158252-mwm-rally-in-islamabad-in-support-of-the-successful-attacks-of-the-palestinian-mujahideen/|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=MWM rally expresses solidarity with Palestinians|url=https://pakobserver.net/mwm-rally-expresses-solidarity-with-palestinians/|access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of Islamic political parties]]
* [[Shia Ulema Council]]
* [[Shia Ulema Council]]
* [[Tehrik-e-Jafaria]]
* [[Tehrik-e-Jafaria]]
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{Facebook|MWMPak.Official}}
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/537904/votes-of-confidence-mwm-banks-on-shia-voters-across-sindh-to-sweep-upcoming-general-elections/ Tribune.com.pk]
*[http://tribune.com.pk/story/541574/surge-of-violence-11-killed-in-separate-incidents-in-karachi/ Tribune.com.pk]


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Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین
AbbreviationMWM
Secretary-GeneralRaja Nasir Abbas Jafri[1]
Deputy Secretary GeneralNasir Shirazi[2]
Political SecretaryAsad Abbas Naqvi[3]
Central Leader For PreachingEjaz Hussain Bahashti
Founded2 August 2009 (14 years ago) (2009-08-02)
HeadquartersIslamabad
Student wingWahdat Student Wing
Youth wingWahdat Youth Pakistan
Women's wingWahdat Women Wing
Charity wingKhair ul Amal Foundation
IdeologyIslamic democracy
Islamic socialism
Shi'a–Sunni unity
Political positionCentre[4][better source needed]
ReligionShia Islam (Majority)[5]
Sunni Islam (Minority)[6]
National affiliationTehreek Tahafuz Ayin[7]
ColorsBlack, Red and green
   
Senate
1 / 100
National Assembly
1 / 336
Punjab Assembly
1 / 371
Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly
1 / 33
Election symbol
Party flag
Majlis Wahdat e Muslimeen Flag
Website
Official website

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM; Urdu: مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین, lit. 'Muslim Unity Assembly') is a Pakistani Shi'a Islamic political organization. Its headquarters are in Islamabad. MWM Pakistan works to establish an Islamic democratic welfare state, particularly emphasising Shi'a-Sunni unity.

Party profile[edit]

Party objective, agenda and manifesto[edit]

The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen is a Shiite Muslim political and religious party of Pakistan whose main objective is to make a practical effort for the revival of Islam and the integrity and stability of Pakistan's nation, Party's main perspective is to speak against the oppression of Pakistan's Shia community, establish goodwill with the Sunni Muslim community, raise political and religious awareness among Muslims and to revive the teachings of the Quran in the society espousing Islamic socialism, MWM agenda envisions a religious Islamic republic that advocates individuals' welfare particularly emphasising muslim unity through community co-operation, MWM wants to set Pakistan on a course to political stability, social harmony, and economic prosperity for all religious, ethnic and racial communities.[8][9][10][11]

MWM has an agenda to blend traditional social and religious values and cultural and ethnic diversity of Pakistan into common goals and aspirations for a just society based on Mohammad Iqbal's and Mohammad Ali Jinnah's vision of Islamic democratic regime providing religious awareness, social security, welfare values and the rule of law in the country.[12][13][14]

The party manifesto includes a desire to provide credible leadership, to restore Pakistan's political, religious and economic sovereignty, to establish a strong system of accountability and defense to combat corruption and terrorism.[15][16][17]

Foundation[edit]

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen was founded by a group of Shiite Muslim clergy and former members of the largest Shiite students' organization Imamia Students Organization on August 2, 2009 in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Electoral performance[edit]

In an interview with The Express Tribune, MWM Karachi's political secretary, Syed Asghar Abbas Zaidi, said that the party’s aims were to gain seats and to install an Islamic regime.[18] The Election Commission of Pakistan designated the MWM as a political organization in 2013. The election commission allotted Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen the tent as an electoral symbol.

2013 general elections[edit]

The MWM announced in March 2013 that in the 2013 general elections, it would field more than 50 candidates on provincial seats and 20 on national seats, including 10 provincial slots and 11 national seats from Karachi.[19]

2015 GB elections[edit]

The MWM participated in the 2015 GB elections and successfully won 2 seats in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.[20]

2020 GB elections[edit]

For the 2020 GB elections, MWM partnered with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and won 1 seat in the Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly.[21]

2024 general elections[edit]

The MWM participated in the 2024 Pakistani general election partnered with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and won 1 seat from NA-37 Kurram in National Assembly, The MWM also win 1 seat in Provincial Assembly of the Punjab.[22]

2024 Senate election[edit]

The Secretary-General Raja Nasir Abbas Jafri during 2024 Pakistani Senate election elected as a member of Senate unopposed from the Punjab as a MWM candidate.[23][24]

Ties and Muslim unity[edit]

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen supported Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf in the 2013 Pakistani general elections, 2024 Pakistani general election and the first religio-political organization supported by Imran Khan and his party.[25]

Sunni-based Sunni Tehreek, Pakistan Awami Tehreek, Sunni Ittehad Council and Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan are supporters of Shiite-based Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen. All of them are on one platform running against Pakistani Taliban and its sub-groups Sipah-e-Sahaba and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.[26]

Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen and Sunni Ittehad Council held many gatherings across Pakistan to promote unity. Minorities including Christians and Hindus were invited to these gatherings. MWM says that they believe that unity is the only way out of sectarian tensions among the Muslims.[27]

PAT President Dr Raheeq Abbasi expressed gratitude to the MWM leadership for its support to Tahir-ul-Qadri’s revolutionary struggle.[28]

Terrorist attacks on party activist and leaders[edit]

On April 28, 2013, Hassan Kashmiri, MWM activist and a resident of Rizvia Society was gunned down by unidentified gunmen. Following his funeral, the mourning procession took his body to Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard. According to the Senior Superintendent of the Police, Imran Shoukat, as the procession was passing through the Liaquatabad area, some participants opened fired, killing two people. The MWM condemned the attack and denied that the participants had opened fire. The banned Sipah-e-Sahaba is blamed for the attack.

While police were busy with Kashmiri's case, an attack on a Shiite scholar near Liaquatabad No.10 left him injured and his police bodyguard dead. The Senior Superintendent of the Police, Amir Farooqi said that Syed Baqar Hussain Zaidi was heading towards Rizvia Society when four men on motorcycles opened fire.[29]

On 22 August 2014, Mazhar Haider and his younger brother Irfan Haider sustained bullet wounds. They were rushed to hospital where doctors pronounced Irfan's death and admitted Mazhar with critical wounds. MWM spokesman said Mazhar was the MWM president of central district. It was a targeted attack conducted by Sipah-e-Sahaba.[30]

On 15 February 2017, Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi and his wife were gun shot at Siringar Highway Muzaffarabad by Sipah-e-Sahaba's terrorists.[citation needed] Allama Tasawar Jawadi was the Shiite scholar and was Secretary General of MWM Azad Kashmir (2009-2021). Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi was given early treatment at SKBZ/CMH Muzaffarabad then referred to CMH Rwp. After 8 months of treatment, Allama Syed Tasawar Jawadi Allama was discharged from CMH Rwp.

Other activities[edit]

Hunger strike protests over killing of party workers[edit]

In 2013, MWM announced a general strike after the killing of several of its workers.

A hunger strike by MWM chief commenced in May 2016, while camped in front of National Press Club Islamabad.[31] It organized protests through banners, placards and demonstration led by religious leaders at almost all big cities of Pakistan on Friday 22 July 2016. MWM staged a sit-in at Numaish Chowrangi, Karachi[32] and on The Mall outside the Punjab Assembly on same day.[33]

Palestine Independence Aid Campaign[edit]

On 23 October 2023, The Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen announced Palestine Independence Aid Campaign. The party installed Palestinian aid camps across Pakistan.[34]

The MWM Secretary-General Allama Raja Nasir Abbas praised the Hamas-led attack on Israel.[35] On the same day MWM organised pro-Palestine rallies across the country mainly outside US Consulate Karachi party workers burn the US and Israeli Flags in support of the successful attacks of the Hamas and its allies on Israel and expresses solidarity with Palestinians.[36][37][38]

Speaking at the main rally, Majlis-e-Wahdat Muslimeen Pakistan’s Central Secretary General Syed Nasir Abbas Shirazi said that the international community, which is criminally silent on Israeli atrocities, is now shocked by the Palestinian resistance brave Palestinian people have destroyed Israel’s claim of invincibility, the responsibility of the entire situation is on the usurper Israel, whose pride has been crushed by the mujahideen Palestinians.[39][40][41]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  2. ^ "Registration of cases: Police biased against mourners: MWM". The News International (newspaper). 2 October 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Religious leaders pay tributes to Quaid-i-Azam". The News International (newspaper). 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  4. ^ The Islamic Politics For Future, The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan), (2016), p. 25
  5. ^ "Vote(s) of confidence: MWM banks on Shia voters across Sindh to sweep upcoming general elections". Express Tribune. April 20, 2013.
  6. ^ "Yaum-e-Ali processions organized by MWM taken out countrywide with huge muslim unity". The News International (newspaper). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  7. ^ "Pakistan: Opposition alliance launches protest movement against govt in Balochistan's Pishin". 13 April 2024.
  8. ^ "PAT thanks Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen for supporting revolution". Pakistan Awami Tehreek official.
  9. ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad". Abb Takk News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  10. ^ The Islamic Politics For Future, The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan), (2016), p. 25
  11. ^ "PTI and Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen decide to jointly promote unity, peace and harmony". PTI official. November 20, 2013.
  12. ^ "Religious leaders pay tributes to Quaid-i-Azam". The News International (newspaper). 26 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  13. ^ The Islamic Politics For Future, The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan), (2016), p. 25
  14. ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad". Abb Takk News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  15. ^ The Islamic Politics For Future, The Ideology Agenda of Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (Pakistan), (2016), p. 25
  16. ^ "Pakistan's Top Shiite Party (MWM) Rejects Talk with Taliban". Ahlul Bayt News Agency. February 3, 2014.
  17. ^ "MWM opposes 'secret' talks with TTP". Dawn (newspaper). 22 November 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  18. ^ "Vote(s) of confidence: MWM banks on Shia voters across Sindh to sweep upcoming general elections". Express Tribune. April 20, 2013.
  19. ^ "MWM declares 3-point agenda for seat adjustment". The Nation. March 31, 2013.
  20. ^ Tribune.com.pk (2015-06-25). "Maiden session: 33 members of G-B Assembly take oath". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2019-07-21.
  21. ^ "Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly Election 2020". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 2020-11-17.
  22. ^ "MWM enters mainstream politics with a crucial win from Kurram". 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  23. ^ "Seven candidates elected senators unopposed from Punjab". Business Recorder. 28 March 2024. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  24. ^ Rana Yasif; Syed Ali Shah (28 March 2024). "Seven senators elected unopposed from Punjab". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 March 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  25. ^ "PTI and Majlis-e-Wahdat-ul-Muslimeen decide to jointly promote unity, peace and harmony". PTI official. November 20, 2013.
  26. ^ "Pakistan's Top Shiite Party (MWM) Rejects Talk with Taliban". Ahlul Bayt News Agency. February 3, 2014.
  27. ^ "Sunni Ittehad Council, MWM's Qaumi aman convention in Islamabad". Abb Takk News. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014.
  28. ^ "PAT thanks Majlis-e-Wahat-ul-Muslameen for supporting revolution". Pakistan Awami Tehreek official.
  29. ^ "Surge of violence: 11 killed in separate incidents in Karachi". Express Tribune. April 28, 2013.
  30. ^ "An activist of Shiite political party shot martyred in Karachi". Ahlul Bayt News Agency. August 23, 2014.
  31. ^ "Hunger strike of MWM leader enters second month". The Shia Post. June 19, 2016.
  32. ^ "Karachi traffic in chaos as MWM extends sit-ins to other areas". Samaa TV. July 22, 2016.
  33. ^ "MWM stages sit-in". Dawn News. July 23, 2016.
  34. ^ "Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen of Pakistan starts Palestine Independence Campaign". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  35. ^ "Majlis Wahdat Muslimeen of Pakistan starts Palestine Independence Campaign". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  36. ^ "Pakistani police block pro-Palestine rally outside US Consulate". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  37. ^ "MWM rally in Islamabad in support of the successful attacks of the Palestinian Mujahideen". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  38. ^ "MWM rally expresses solidarity with Palestinians". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  39. ^ "Pakistani police block pro-Palestine rally outside US Consulate". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  40. ^ "MWM rally in Islamabad in support of the successful attacks of the Palestinian Mujahideen". Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  41. ^ "MWM rally expresses solidarity with Palestinians". Retrieved 23 October 2023.

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