Maulana Fazlullah |
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Maulana Fazlullah, (born 1979) nicknamed "Mullah Radio", is the leader of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), a banned Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist militant group which aims to enforce Sharia in the country. He is the son-in-law of the group's founder, Sufi Muhammad.
With the support of more than 4,500 armed volunteers, by late October 2007 Fazlullah had established a "parallel government" in 59 villages in Swat Valley by starting Islamic courts to enforce sharia law.
American news channel MSNBC obtained the only known alleged picture of Maulana Fazlullah. On 10 July, 2009 according the BBC Fazlullah was close to death after being critically wounded this corroborated statements from senior government and security officials in Pakistan. This was a day after the army announced it had wounded the Taliban chief in the Swat valley. The Taliban have denied that Fazlullah was critically injured. The Pakistan army, however, refuted this claim and insisted that a man impersonated Fazlullah when he allegedly denied that he was criticallly injured.According to reports, Fazlullah remains stranded in Imam Dehri, without access to desperately needed medical care.