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reacted to the murder of Maulana Samiul Haq
...the
Godfather of the Taliban,leader of his own faction of the JUI. Known as
Mullah Sandwichfor his habit of having two young boys at a time...
, the leader of Jamaat-e-Ulema Islam (S), who was also famous the group’s ’godfather’.
Taliban issued a statement after Maulana Samiul Haq’s murder was confirmed, calling his death a major and irrecoverable loss to the Islamic world, specifically to the people of Pakistain.
Calling slain religious leader a ’martyr’, the group has hailed his efforts and support against the Soviet and U.S. invasions in Afghanistan.
Maulana Samiul Haq was assassinated by unknown gunnies in Rawalpindi city of Pakistain earlier this evening, his son Maulana Hamidul Haq confirmed.
Maulana Samiul Haq, who was also famous as the ’Father of Taliban’ in Afghanistan, was stabbed to death in his residence.
"His driver Haqqani had gone out. On his return, he saw that Maulana Sami was lying in his bed in a pool of blood. He was no longer alive," Maulana Hamid told a local media outlet.
Maulana Samiul Haq was also the leader the Darul Uloom Haqqania
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an Islamic seminary located in Akora Khattak, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. The seminary propagates the Deobandi trend of Sunni Islam and is headed by Maulana Samiul Haq, known as the Godfather of the Taliban. It has been dubbed The University of Jihad due to the methods and content of instruction along with the future occupations of its alumni....
religious seminary and was openly supporting the Taliban-led insurgency in Afghanistan.
No individual or group has so far grabbed credit behind the liquidation of Maulana Samiul Haq.