The Jamaat Ahle Sunnat is a prominent religious organization in Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 that represents the Barelvi

Barelvi

Barelvi is a term used for the movement of Sufi , Sunni Islam originating in the Indian subcontinent.The Movement is known as Ahle Sunnat movement to its followers....

 movement of Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam. Sunni Muslims are referred to in Arabic as ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah wa āl-Ǧamāʿah or ʾAhl ūs-Sunnah for short; in English, they are known as Sunni Muslims, Sunnis or Sunnites....

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In 2006, a bomb attack on an event to celebrate the mawlid

Mawlid

Mawlid or sometimes ميلاد , mīlād is a term used to refer to the observance of the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad which occurs in Rabi' al-awwal,...

 (birthday of the Prophet) in Karachi organised by the Jamaat Ahle Sunnat killed at least 57 people. (See: Nishtar Park bombing

Nishtar Park bombing

The Nishtar Park bombing was a bomb attack on April 11, 2006 in Karachi's Nishtar Park which killed at least 57 people and injured over 80. At the time of the blast, a mawlid ceremony to mark the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed organized by the Barelvi Jamaat Ahle Sunnat was taking place, in which...

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In January 2011, scholars from the organization advised Muslims not to attend the funeral of Salmaan Taseer

Salmaan Taseer

Salmaan Taseer was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 26th governor of the province of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in early 2011....

, the Punjab governor who had recently been assassinated in response to his outspoken beliefs against blasphemy laws.