Khadim Hussain Rizvi was a Pakistani Islamic cleric and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. TLP came into existence after the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of Punjab, for opposing the blasphemy laws. He has been confined to a wheelchair since 2009 ever since an accident near Gujranwala.
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Khadim Hussain Rizvi was a Pakistani Islamic cleric and the founder of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. TLP came into existence after the hanging of Mumtaz Qadri, who assassinated Salmaan Taseer, the Governor of Punjab, for opposing the blasphemy laws. He was known for his speeches in the defense of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and apart from the Quran and hadith, for heavily quoting the poetry of Imam Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi and Allama Muhammad Iqbal, whom he considered to be his main influences. He has been confined to a wheelchair since 2009 ever since an accident near Gujranwala as the driver of his vehicle fell asleep while driving from Rawalpindi to Lahore.
In public speeches, he demanded that Asia Bibi should be subjected to the punishment under Pakistan’s penal code for blasphemy with all three Supreme Court judges being killed. He is a Hafiz- e-Quran and Sheikh-ul-Hadith. He delivered Friday sermons at Lahore’s Pir Makki Masjid while in the Punjab Auqaf and Religious Affairs Department. In 2017, he founded a political party called Tehreek e Labbaik, a political front for Tehreek Labbaik Ya Rasool Allah. His persistent advocacy earned him the nickname of \”blasphemy activist\” in religious circles.
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