Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili ( prs, محمدحسین صادقی نیلی) was one of the
jihadist
Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...
leaders in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bord ...
.
Early life
Muhammad Hussain Sadiqi Nili, was born on 1940, in a family of
Hazara
Hazara may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* The Hazaras, a Persian-speaking people of Afghanistan and Pakistan
* Aimaq Hazara, Aimaq's subtribe of Hazara origin
* Hazarawals, a Hindko-speaking people of the Hazara region of northern Pakistan
* Hazar ...
, in the
Nili village of
Daykundi. He learned elementary religious knowledge in his hometown, in
Nili. Later, in 1970, he went to
Najaf, Iraq
Najaf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف) or An-Najaf al-Ashraf ( ar, ٱلنَّجَف ٱلْأَشْرَف), also known as Baniqia ( ar, بَانِيقِيَا), is a city in central Iraq about 160 km (100 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated popula ...
for advanced religious studies.
He is the father of
Nasrullah Sadiqi Zada Nili.
Death
On 15 November 1990, in
Nili some of his enemies who were members of the
Islamic Movement of Afghanistan shot him in his house through the window. In this attack, he and his three-year-old son are killed.
See also
*
List of Hazara people
Hazara people make up the second or third largest ethnic group in Afghanistan with 8–12 million population, making 20%–25% of the total population of Afghanistan (Some suggest the real population might reach 30%) where they mainly inhabit the ...
*
Nasrullah Sadiqi Zada Nili
Notes
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1990 deaths
1940 births
Hazara politicians
Hezbe Wahdat politicians
People from Daykundi Province