Tehreek-e-Jafaria (Pakistan)

Tehreek e Jafria Pakistan

تحریکِ جعفریہ پاکستان
Tehreek e Jafria Pakistan تحریکِ جعفریہ پاکستان
Abbreviation	TJP
Leader	Mufti Jafar Hussain # (1979–1983); Arif Hussain Hussaini X (1979–1988); Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi (1988–present);
Founders	Syed Muhammad Dehlavi; Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi; Arif Hussain Hussaini; Syed Munir Hussain Gilani; Allama Hassan Turabi
Founded	1979
Preceded by	Shiite Demands Committee
Headquarters	Islamabad
Student wing	Jafaria Students Organization Pakistan
Political wing	Shia Ulema Council
Armed wing	Sipah-e-Muhammad Pakistan (allegedly)
Ideology	Pakistan Shiite minority rights; Ja'fari revivalism; Shia Islamism; Clericalism; Wilayat al Faqih; Political Islam; Pan-Islamism; Religious conservatism; Anti-imperialism; Anti-Western; Anti-Marxism; Factions: Pro-Khomeinism (Syed Arif Hussaini/Syed Sajid Naqvi faction officially since 1984); Pro-Shariatmadari (Agha Syed Hamid Mossavi faction historically);
Political position	Big tent; Factions:; Right-wing to far-right
Religion	Shia Islam
National affiliation	Supreme Shia Ulema Board; Islami Tehreek Pakistan; Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal; Imamia Students Organization; Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen
International affiliation	Islamic Guardian Council of Iran
Colors	Black, Red and Green
Slogan	Allāhu ʾakbar; Arabic: الله أكبر; (lit. 'God is greatest')
Party flag
Website
	www.jafariapress.com
	Politics of Pakistan; Political parties; Elections;

Tehreek-e-Jafaria Pakistan (Urdu: تحریکِ جعفریہ پاکستان, lit. 'Pakistan Movement of the Ja'fari'; TJP), formerly Tehreek Nifaz Fiqah-e-Jafaria Arif Hussaini Group (TNFJ-AH Group) or Tehreek Nifaz Fiqah-e-Jafaria Sajid Naqvi Group (TNFJ-SN Group) was a Shia political party in Pakistan from 1979 to 2002. Belonging to the Ja'fari school of Islamic jurisprudence, TNFJ (Arif Hussaini Group) was founded in 1979 by Arif Hussain Hussaini supported by Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi Dhaku. Its creation coincided with the enforcement of controversial Islamic laws by then President of Pakistan, General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq. At the same time, 1979 Iranian Revolution in Shi'a Iran added extra confidence and comfort in the movement.

In 1988, TJP under the leadership of Molana Sajid Naqvi contested in general elections but failed to win a single seat. After getting banned twice, it is current active under irs political front known as the Shia Ulema Council, which working under the leadership of Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi.

Jafaria Students Organization Pakistan, founded in 1997, was the student wing of TJP now its operating under Shia Ulema Council, The present day political wing of TJP.

The TJP was largely inspired by the Iran's Islamic revolution.