Muhammad Ahmed Ludhianvi
Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi محمد اَحْمَد لدھیانوی | |
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Ludhianvi in c. 2025 | |
| Sarparast-e-Aala of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat | |
| Assumed office 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Khalifa Abdul Qayyum |
| President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sami-ul-Haq |
| Chief of Sipah-e-Sahaba | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ali Sher Hyderi |
| Succeeded by | Awrangzib Faruqi |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 10 November 1950 |
| Home town | Jhang and Kamalia |
| Citizenship | Pakistani |
| Political party | Rah-e-Haq Party Sipah-e-Sahaba Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat |
| Education | Jamia Uloom-ul-Islamia Jamia Qasim Ul Uloom |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Teachers | Mufti Mehmood |
| Movement | Deobandi |
Muhammad Ahmad Ludhianvi (Urdu: محمد اَحْمَد لدھیانوی) is a Pakistani Islamic scholar and far-right politician who is the Sarparast-e-Aala of the Ahle Sunnat Wal Jama'at (ASWJ) and the President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC).
Ludhianvi had previously served as the chief of Sipah-e-Sahaba from 2009 to 2014 upon the death of Ali Sher Hyderi.
He was on the Pakistani legislature's list of persons with suspected ties to terrorism, but is considered as a moderate leader compared to the other leaders of ASWJ, and is also commonly referred as to "Safeer-e-Aman" (ambassador of peace) by his followers.
Ludhianvi has stated that he supports sectarian harmony, as long as it does not impede his group's goal of making Pakistan a Sunni Islamic state and declaring Shia a minority, like the Ahmadiyya in Pakistan.