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Lashkar-e-Jhangvi

Sunni jihadist organization in Pakistan and Afghanistan
Organization terrorist_organization Q2746169

Facts

9 properties
Instance of
terrorist organization
Inception
1996[4]
Headquarters location
Afghanistan[3]
Country
Pakistan[2]
Headquarters
Afghanistan
Chairperson
Riaz Basra (1996–2002), Malik Ishaq (2002–2015)
Described by source
Center for International Security and Cooperation[7]
Designated as terrorist by
United States (2003–present), United Kingdom (2005–present)[8][9]
Political ideology
Salafi jihadism, Anti-Shi'ism[5][6]
🏷️ Also known as
en Lashkar-e-Jhangvi en Lashkar i Jhangvi ar لشكر جهنكوي fa لشکرِ جهنگوی hi लश्कर-ए-झंगवी id lashkar ejangvi ru Лашкар-е-Джангви sv Lashkar e Jhangvi sv LeJ zh 羌城軍
🔖 Identifiers · 8
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Flag of Lashkar-e-Jhangvi.svg ↗
BBC Things ID
41d13a62-5750-4c9e-be29-2f06ea0838ad
Freebase ID
/m/07x84_
Interlingual Index ID
i79451
New York Times topic ID
organization/lashkarejhangvi
Quora topic ID
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
Topic's main category
Category:Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
08047234-n

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🔗 Connections
Chairperson 2
Riaz Basra, Malik Ishaq
Designated as terrorist by 2
United States, United Kingdom
Participated in 2
insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Islamabad Marriott Hotel bombing
Party members 2
Riaz Basra, Malik Ishaq
Political ideology 2
Salafi jihadism, Anti-Shi'ism
Country 1
Pakistan
Headquarters location 1
Afghanistan
Instance of 1
terrorist organization
Topic's main category 1
Category:Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
← Allegiance 1
Malik Ishaq
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Lashkar-e-Jhangvi
← Perpetrator 1
2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team
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Summary

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi is a terrorist organization[1].

Related Entities

Afghanistan Pakistan United Kingdom United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . state.gov. state.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . The Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2005. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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