Controversies
In May 2001, sectarian riots broke out after Sunni Tehreek leader Saleem Qadri was assassinated by Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan, a Deoband-affiliated group. His successor, Abbas Qadri, charged President Pervez Musharraf's regime with "patronising terrorists" and "standing between us and the murderers."
In April 2007 Sunni Tehreek members opened gunfire on an Jamia Masjid Ahle Hadith Mosque in Tunisia. One worshipper was killed in the attack. After the attack, Western analysts described the movement as a radicalization of traditional beliefs in the Indian subcontinent.
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