Harakat-i Islami-yi Afghanistan [ID 682]

Islamic Movement of Afghanistan Founded 1978 or 1979 by Muhammad Asif Muhsini, Shiitic clergyman, educated in Iraq and Iran, Ayatullah who bears the title sheik Chairman: Muhammad Asif Muhsini Members: urban Hazara-Shiites Orientation: traditional-Islamic

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29.09.2004 - Source: Human Rights Watch

Harakat-e Islami-yi Afghanistan (hereafter “Harakat”) ("The Rule of the Gun. Human Rights Abuses and Political Repression in the Run-up to Afghanistan’s Presidential Election") [#25888],  [ID 683]

"Harakat was a Shia political party and mujahidin force founded in the early 1980s. The Harakat-e Islami party was headed for most of the 1980s by Mohammad Asef Mohseni (a cleric who participated in the June 2002 Loya Jirga). Harakat received substantial support from Iran in the early 1990s. Harakat, like Wahdat, is now fractured. One faction is led by Mohseni, a second splinter is led by a military commander Sayeed Hossein Anwari (now the Agricultural Minister), and a third is led by Sayeed Mohammad Ali Javeed (now the Minister of Transportation)."

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24.09.2002 - Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Harakat-i-Islami ("Aktualisierte Darstellung der Situation in Afghanistan und Überlegungen zum Internationalen Schutz für Afghanen (Stand 10. Juli 2002)") [#8770],  [ID 684]

"Unter der Führung von Ajatollah Muhammed Asif Mohseni; schiitische Partei, verbündet mit der Dschamiat-i-Islami; die Führung setzt sich überwiegend aus Personen zusammen, die nicht der Volksgruppe der Hasara angehören. Diese Gruppe wird in der ITAA durch Said Hussain Anwari, Landwirtschaftsminister, und Said Ali Dschawid, Verkehrsminister, vertreten."

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