Sami-ul-Haq

{{Short description|Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar (1937–2018)}} {{Use British English|date=September 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Mawlānā | image = Sami-ul-Haq.jpg | caption = Sami-ul-Haq in 2017. | name = Sami ul Haq | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ur|{{Nastaliq|سمیع الحق}}}}}} | office = Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) | term_start = 1980 | term_end = 2 November 2018 | predecessor = Mufti Mahmud | successor = Maulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani | office1 = President of Difa-e-Pakistan Council | term_start1 = September 2001 | term_end1 = 2 November 2018 | office2 = 2nd Chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania | term_start2 = 7 September 1988 | term_end2 = 2 November 2018 | predecessor2 = Abdul Haq | successor2 = Anwar-ul-Haq Haqqani | office3 = Pakistan Senator for North-West Frontier Province | term3 = March 2003 – March 2009 February 1985 – March 1997 | office4 = Member of Pakistan 1981 Majlis-e-Shoora | term_start4 = 1983 | term_end4 = 1985 | birth_date = 18 December 1937 | birth_place = Akora Khattak, NWFP, British India | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|11|2|1938|12|18|df=y}} | death_place = Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan | death_cause = Assassination by stabbings | party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg}} JUI-S (1980-2018) Difa-e-Pakistan Council (2001-2018)<ref name=PBS>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan/g.html|title=VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament - Sami ul-Haq: Powerful Religious Leader|website=Public Broadcasting Service (US Public TV website)|publisher=Public Broadcasting Service|date=March 2004|accessdate=21 May 2018|archive-date=30 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330080151/http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan/g.html|url-status=live}}</ref> | other_party = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg}} Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (before 1980) {{flagicon image|Flag of IJI.svg}} Islami Jamhoori Ittehad (before 1993) | father = Abdul Haq | alma_mater = Darul Uloom Haqqania | children = Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 2018 |title=Maulana Sami's son named JUI-S chief |work=The Nation |url=https://nation.com.pk/05-Nov-2018/maulana-sami-s-son-named-jui-s-chief}}</ref> Rashid Ul Haq Haqqani | predecessor1 = None (office created) | successor1 = Ahmed Ludhianvi }}

'''Sami-ul-Haq'''{{efn|{{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|سمیع الحق}}|Samī'u’l-Ḥaq}}}} (18 December 1937{{Snd}}2 November 2018) was a Pakistani Islamic scholar and politician. He is regarded as the ideologue of the Taliban for his role in his seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania played in the graduation of most Taliban leaders and commanders, having close ties to Taliban leader Mullah Omar.<ref name="Golovnina">{{cite news |title=Pakistani 'Father of Taliban' keeps watch over loyal disciples |url=https://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-father-taliban-keeps-watch-over-loyal-disciples-084932017.html |date=15 September 2013 |work=Maria Golovnina and Sheree Sardar |agency=Reuters News Agency website |accessdate=21 May 2018 |quote=... Haq said, alternating between Pakistan’s official Urdu and his native Pashto language. Haq, who speaks fluent Arabic, ... |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403231536/https://news.yahoo.com/pakistani-father-taliban-keeps-watch-over-loyal-disciples-084932017.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DW">{{cite news |date=23 May 2015 |title=Taliban Training the Pakistan |url=https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-training-the-pakistan/av-18471727 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526082419/https://www.dw.com/en/taliban-training-the-pakistan/av-18471727 |archive-date=26 May 2021 |access-date=4 November 2018 |work=Deutsche Welle}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Westhead |first1=Rick |date=13 May 2009 |title=Inside Pakistan's Jihad U |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/05/13/inside_pakistans_jihad_u.html |newspaper=The Toronto Star |quote=In 1997, Sami ul-Haq received a phone call from Omar, the Taliban leader. The Taliban had been defeated in an attempt to capture Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Omar needed reinforcements. "Mullah Omar personally rang me to request that I let these students go to Afghanistan on leave since they are needed there," ul-Haq was quoted as saying in Pakistan journalist Ahmed Rashid's book, Taliban. Ul-Haq agreed to help Omar and briefly shut down his school to help his students arrange passage through the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan.}}</ref><ref name="ali" /><ref name="PBS" />

With his party Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S), which split from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) because Haq supported Zia-ul-Haq and his policies, he was a member of the Senate of Pakistan from 1985 to 1991 and again from 1991 to 1997.<ref name="Senate" />

Sami-ul-Haq was assassinated after being stabbed multiple times at his residence in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> After his assassination in 2018 his son Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani became the chancellor of the seminary and the ameer or head of the political party.

==Early life and family == Haq was born on 18 December 1937 in Akora Khattak, North-West Frontier Province of British India (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan).<ref name="Senate">{{Cite web |url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=755 |title=Maulana Sami-ul-Haq, Senate of Pakistan |access-date=27 August 2018 |archive-date=27 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142321/http://www.senate.gov.pk/en/profile.php?uid=755 |url-status=live }}</ref> His father was Abdul Haq Akorwi, who was educated at Darul Uloom Deoband in India. He began his education in 1366 AH (1946 or 1947 CE) at Darul Uloom Haqqania, which was founded by his father.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cD36RbtSKNkC|title=Frontline Pakistan: The Struggle with Militant Islam|last=Hussain|first=Zahid|date=2008-07-01|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=9780231142250|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Westhead |first1=Rick |title=Inside Pakistan's Jihad U |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/05/13/inside_pakistans_jihad_u.html |work=The Toronto Star |date=13 May 2009 |quote="This is not a (terrorist) training centre," says Rashid ul-Haq. His grandfather established the madrassa in 1947 and his father, Sami ul-Haq, was a Pakistani senator for 18 years and is one of Haqqani's directors.}}</ref> He was well versed in Arabic but also used Urdu, the national language of Pakistan, and the regional language of Pashto.<ref name="Golovnina" />

He had four brothers, including Anwarul Haq Haqqani, responsible of the seminary’s administration, and Mehmood Ul Haq Haqqani, who was professor of chemistry at the Peshawar University and who also served as Pakistan’s deputy ambassador to Saudi Arabia, while he himself married twice and had nine children.<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Yousafzai|first1=Shahabullah|last2=Khan|first2=Hidayat|date=2 November 2018|title=Maulana Samiul Haq – life in focus|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1839383/maulana-samiul-haq-life-focus|website=The Express Tribune|access-date=19 September 2021|archive-date=14 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514013740/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1839383/maulana-samiul-haq-life-focus|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career== ===Ties with the Afghan Taliban=== Sami-ul-Haq was regarded as the ideologue of the Taliban and had close ties to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.<ref name="Golovnina"/><ref name="DW"/><ref>{{cite news |last1=Westhead |first1=Rick |title=Inside Pakistan's Jihad U |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/05/13/inside_pakistans_jihad_u.html |newspaper=The Toronto Star |date=13 May 2009 |quote=In 1997, Sami ul-Haq received a phone call from Omar, the Taliban leader. The Taliban had been defeated in an attempt to capture Mazar-e-Sharif in northern Afghanistan and Omar needed reinforcements. "Mullah Omar personally rang me to request that I let these students go to Afghanistan on leave since they are needed there," ul-Haq was quoted as saying in Pakistan journalist Ahmed Rashid's book, Taliban. Ul-Haq agreed to help Omar and briefly shut down his school to help his students arrange passage through the Khyber Pass to Afghanistan. |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211155/https://www.thestar.com/news/2009/05/13/inside_pakistans_jihad_u.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="ali">{{cite news|last=Ali|first=Imtiaz|title=The Father of the Taliban: An Interview with Maulana Sami ul-Haq|url=http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=4180&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=26&cHash=2feb32fe98a6250c9fa2ab6610564cec|work=Spotlight on Terror|publisher=The Jamestown Foundation website|accessdate=21 May 2018|date=23 May 2007|archive-date=30 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111230175716/http://www.jamestown.org/programs/gta/single/?tx_ttnews[tt_news]=4180&tx_ttnews[backPid]=26&cHash=2feb32fe98a6250c9fa2ab6610564cec|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="ali2">{{cite web|last=Ali|first=Imtiaz|title=Maulana Sami ul-Haq: Father of the Taliban|url=http://csis.org/event/maulana-sami-ul-haq-father-taliban|work=Post-Conflict Reconstruction Project|publisher=Center for Strategic and International Studies|accessdate=21 May 2018|format=audio|date=27 January 2009|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060626/http://csis.org/event/maulana-sami-ul-haq-father-taliban|url-status=live}}</ref> Sami-ul-Haq was the chancellor of Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary which is the alma mater of many prominent Taliban members.<ref name="DW"/><ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Dalrymple |first1=William |title=Inside the Madrasas |url=https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2005/12/01/inside-the-madrasas/ |magazine=The New York Review of Books|quote=Here, straddling the noisy, truck-thundering Islamabad highway, stands the Haqqania, one of the most radical of the religious schools called madrasas. Many of the Taliban leaders, including Mullah Omar, were trained at this institution.}}</ref> Haq served as chairman of the Difa-e-Pakistan Council and was the leader of his own faction of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam political party, known as JUI-S.<ref name=siddiqui>{{cite news|last=Siddiqui|first=Taha|title=Tahreek-e-Labbaiyak Pakistan Part 1/2: Jihadis itch for resurgence|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/334777/difa-e-pakistan-part-12-jihadis-itch-for-resurgence/|accessdate=21 May 2018|newspaper=The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=11 February 2012|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404045542/https://tribune.com.pk/story/334777/difa-e-pakistan-part-12-jihadis-itch-for-resurgence/|url-status=live}}</ref> Sami ul-Haq was also a founding member of a six-party religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ahead of 2002 general election.<ref name=PBS/><ref>{{cite news |title=Five DPC parties plan new electoral alliance |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/769285 |work=Dawn |quote=Maulana Sami was also among the founders of a six-party religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis Amal ahead of 2002 polls that later ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan under Musharraf regime. |date=6 December 2012 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012257/https://www.dawn.com/news/769285 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He had also served as a member of the Senate of Pakistan.<ref name=senate1>{{cite web|title=Maulana Sami-ul-Haq|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=429&CatCode=0&CatName=|publisher=www.senate.gov.pk|accessdate=21 May 2018|url-status=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227162751/http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=429&CatCode=0&CatName=|archivedate=27 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=senate2>{{cite web|title=Maulana Samiul Haq|url=http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=478&CatCode=0&CatName=|publisher=www.senate.gov.pk|accessdate=21 May 2018|url-status=|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071209101049/http://www.senate.gov.pk/ShowMemberDetail.asp?MemberCode=478&CatCode=0&CatName=|archivedate=9 December 2007|df=dmy-all}}</ref> He formed Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (United Religious Front), an alliance of relatively small religio-political parties, to participate in the 2013 general election.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wasim |first1=Amir |title=Few election alliances this time |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1024556 |work=Dawn |date=20 April 2013 |quote=The Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM), a group of five small religious parties and groups headed by Maulana Samiul Haq of the Jamiat-Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S), is the only electoral alliance that is fielding its candidates in the May 11 elections. |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211217/https://www.dawn.com/news/1024556 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jamhuriat.pk/groups/pakistan-politics|title=Muttahida Deeni Mahaz–another Political Alliance Formed|website=jamhuriat.pk|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616110725/http://www.jamhuriat.pk/groups/pakistan-politics/|archivedate=16 June 2013|df=dmy-all|accessdate=21 May 2018}}</ref>

Haq stated that the US Ambassador to Pakistan, Richard G. Olson, visited him in July 2013 to discuss the situation of the region.<ref name="Golovnina" /> Haq sympathized with the Taliban, stating: "''Give them just one year and they will make the whole of Afghanistan happy... The whole of Afghanistan will be with them ... Once the Americans leave, all of this will happen within a year... As long as they are there, Afghans will have to fight for their freedom''," Haq said. "''It's a war for freedom. It will not stop until outsiders leave''."<ref name="Golovnina" />

In October 2018, an Afghan delegation comprising Ashraf Ghani government representatives and diplomats stationed in Pakistan, met Samiul Haq asking him to play a role in restoring peace in Afghanistan by bringing the Afghan Taliban back to the dialogue table.<ref>{{cite news |title=Afghan govt approaches Samiul Haq to mediate in peace talks with Taliban |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1815934/1-afghan-govt-approaches-samiul-haq-mediate-peace-talks-taliban/ |work=The Express Tribune |date=1 October 2018}}</ref>

===Fatwa on polio vaccination=== After Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) initiated a campaign against polio immunisation, forcing hundreds of thousands of children to miss vaccinations, on 9 December 2013 Sami ul-Haq issued a fatwa in favor of polio vaccination.<ref>{{cite news |title=Pakistan cleric Maulana Sami ul-Haq backs polio campaign |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-25325097 |publisher=BBC |date=10 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1443239/obituary-father-of-afghan-taliban-who-supported-polio-drive-at-home|title=Obituary: 'Father of Afghan Taliban' who supported polio drive at home|last=Khan|first=Ismail|date=2018-11-03|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en-US|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104014030/https://www.dawn.com/news/1443239/obituary-father-of-afghan-taliban-who-supported-polio-drive-at-home|url-status=live}}</ref> The fatwa said "vaccination against deadly diseases is helpful in their prevention according to research conducted by renowned medical specialists. It adds that the vaccines used against these diseases are in no way harmful".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/643356/one-drop-at-a-time-fatwa-issued-in-favour-of-polio-vaccination-campaign/|title=One drop at a time: Fatwa issued in favour of polio vaccination campaign|work=The Express Tribune|date=10 December 2013|accessdate=21 May 2018|archive-date=6 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180706170456/https://tribune.com.pk/story/643356/one-drop-at-a-time-fatwa-issued-in-favour-of-polio-vaccination-campaign/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Assassination == On 2 November 2018, Sami-ul-Haq was stabbed multiple times at around 7:00 pm PST at his residence in Bahria Town, Rawalpindi.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated in Rawalpindi |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/217054-maulana-samiul-haq-killed-in-targetted-attack-in-rawalpindi |work=Geo News |accessdate=2 November 2018 |archive-date=11 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190411131840/https://www.geo.tv/latest/217054-maulana-samiul-haq-killed-in-targetted-attack-in-rawalpindi |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1443118/maulana-samiul-haq-assassinated-in-rawalpindi|title=Maulana Samiul Haq assassinated at Rawalpindi residence|work=Dawn|archive-date=4 April 2019|access-date=2 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404003448/https://www.dawn.com/news/1443118/maulana-samiul-haq-assassinated-in-rawalpindi|url-status=live}}</ref> He was taken to the nearby Safari Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of his death was excessive blood loss due to the multiple stabbing across his body, including his face.<ref>{{cite news |title=Slain Maulana Samiul Haq laid to rest in Darul Uloom Haqqania |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/389181-funeral-prayers-for-maulana-samiul-haq-offered-in-akora-khattak |newspaper=The News International |date=3 November 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104134046/https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/389181-funeral-prayers-for-maulana-samiul-haq-offered-in-akora-khattak |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his guard, he had intended to join the protests against the acquittal of Asia Bibi in Islamabad, but he could not join it due to road blockage.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-pakistan-cleric-taliban/father-of-taliban-mullah-sami-ul-haq-killed-in-pakistani-city-deputy-idUSKCN1N71U3|title='Father of Taliban' Mullah Sami ul-Haq killed in Pakistan: deputy|date=2 November 2018|first1=Jibran|last1=Ahmed|first2=Asif|last2=Shahzad|publisher=Reuters|accessdate=3 April 2019}}</ref>

Following the assassination, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government declared a day of mourning.<ref name="ET">{{cite news |last1=Farooq|first1=Umer|title=Maulana Samiul Haq laid to rest|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1839675/1-maulana-samiul-haqs-funeral-held-today-akora-khattak/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=3 November 2018}}</ref> Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned the murder saying "the country has suffered a great loss".<ref>{{cite news |title=Politicians condemn brutal murder of JUI-S chief Maulana Samiul Haq |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1443119/politicians-condemn-brutal-murder-of-jui-s-chief-maulana-samiul-haq |work=Dawn |date=2 November 2018 |archive-date=4 November 2018 |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104211143/https://www.dawn.com/news/1443119/politicians-condemn-brutal-murder-of-jui-s-chief-maulana-samiul-haq |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 3 November 2018, he was buried in the premises of Darul Uloom Haqqania in his hometown of Akora Khattak in the afternoon. The funeral prayer was offered at the Khushal Khan Degree College and led by his son Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani. It was attended by a large number of political leaders and his followers.<ref name="ET" />

As part of the investigation into his murder, the police questioned his domestic staff.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1443315/maulana-samiul-haq-laid-to-rest-domestic-staff-interrogated-in-connection-with-his-murder|title=Maulana Samiul Haq laid to rest, domestic staff interrogated in connection with his murder|last=Naseer|first=Tahir|date=3 November 2018|work=DAWN.COM|access-date=2018-11-03|language=en-US|archive-date=4 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104013830/https://www.dawn.com/news/1443315/maulana-samiul-haq-laid-to-rest-domestic-staff-interrogated-in-connection-with-his-murder|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Books== The editor-in-chief of the monthly journal ''Al-Haq'' until his death, he has been described as "a prolific Islamist writer" who "authored more than 20 books",<ref>Farhan Zahid, [https://jamestown.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/March-2019_MLM-.pdf "Post-Mortem Analysis: The Assassination of Taliban Godfather Sami ul Haq"] in ''Militant Leadership Monitor'', Volume X, Issue 3 (March 2019), p. 11</ref> some of his works including:<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95050364/ Sami-ul-Haq's profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227101700/http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n95050364/ |date=27 December 2021 }} on WorldCat</ref> *''Islām Aur ʻAṣr-i Hāz̤ir'', 1976. On Islam and the modern world, collected articles. *''Qādiyān Sey Isrāʼīl Tak'', 1978. Critical assessment of the Ahmadiyya movement. *''Kārvān-i Āk̲h̲irat'', 1990. Collection of condolence letters on the death of various South Asian religious scholars. *''Ṣalibī Dahshatgardī Aur ʻĀlam-i Islām'', 2004. Collection of interviews discussing Taliban movement, United States of America and West interests in Afghanistan. *''Qādiyānī Fitnah Aur Millat-i Islāmiyah Kā Mauʼqqif '', 2011. Criticism of the Ahmadiyya movement, co-authored with Taqi Usmani. *''K̲h̲ut̤bāt-i Mashāhīr'', 2015. Collected sermons on religious life in Islam, Islam and conduct of life and Islam and politics, in 10 volumes. *''Afghan Taliban: War of Ideology : Struggle for Peace'', 2015. His last notable book, on the peace process in Afghanistan.

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== Further reading == * [https://www.arabnews.com/node/1398506 Maulana Sami-ul-Haq's death seals the end of an era] * {{Cite journal |last1=Khan |first1=Imtiaz ali |last2=Rahman |first2=Dr Saeed ur |date=2021-07-10 |title= Analytical study of the Quranic commentary services of Maulana Samiul Haq Shaheed |url=https://www.alduhaa.com/index.php/al-duhaa/article/view/20 |journal=Al-Duhaa |language=en-US |volume=2 |issue=1 |pages=17–28 |doi=10.51665/al-duhaa.002.01.0020 |issn=2710-0812|doi-access=free }} * {{Cite journal |last1=Kamran |first1=Muhammad |last2=Akbar |first2=Junaid |last3=Ikramullah |first3=Muhammad |date=2020 |title=Academic, Political and Social Services of Mawlānā Sami'-ul-Ḥaq (Shahīd) |url=http://jirs.uoh.edu.pk/index.php/JIRS/article/view/373 |journal=Journal of Islamic and Religious Studies |language=ur |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=69–83 |doi=10.36476/JIRS.5:1.06.2020.10 |s2cid=225730849 |issn=2519-7118|doi-access=free }} * [https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-may-30-fg-madrasa30-story.html Pakistan religious schools get scrutiny], Mark Magnier, Los Angeles Times * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3155112.stm The 'university of holy war'], Haroon Rashid, BBC Online * [http://www.newstatesman.com/asia/2007/04/pakistan-taliban-afghanistan Pakistan: The Taliban takeover], Ziauddin Sardar, New Statesman * [http://www.rfi.fr/actuen/articles/101/article_321.asp Education mullah style], Tony Cross, Radio France Internationale * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4466019.stm EU snub for hardline Pakistan MP], BBC News Online * [https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4468315.stm EU snub draws Pakistani protest], BBC News Online *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100402043925/http://www.khyber.org/people/ulema/MaulanaSamiulHaq.shtml Maulana Sami ul Haq]}} – Khyber.org website {{Islamic scholars from Pakistan|state=collapsed}}{{Darul Uloom Haqqania}} {{Authority control}}

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