Afghan Biographies

Niazi, Mohammad Ayaz Dr. dead


Name Niazi, Mohammad Ayaz Dr. dead
Ethnic backgr. Pashtun
Date of birth 1966
Function/Grade Kabul University Department of Islamic Law (Sharia)
History and Biodata

Dr. Mohammad Ayaz Niazi, Mobile: 0093- (0) 70018963

2. Previous Functions:
Lecturer, Department of Islamic. Law (Sharia), Kabul University,. Kabul Afghanistan.
Wazir Akbar Khan mosque prayer leader (20200603)

3. Biodata:
Mullah Imam Dr. Mohammad Ayaz Niazi Mohammed Muhammad was born 1966 in Kabul Province. He is a pro Karzai cleric who is active as a Friday prayer leader at the Wazir Akhbar Mosque in Kabul City.
Cleric Maulavi Ayaz Niazi has been under investigation for publicly endorsing the brutal murder and burning of a woman over alleged burning of holy Quran. Maulavi Niazi endorsed the murder of 27-year-old Farkhunda while speaking among the participants of Friday prayers and a day after she was lynched by Kabul mob. Maulavi Ayaz Niazi put himself into a trouble for publicly endorsing the brutal murder Farkhunda.(20150321) The finding of a presidential commion said that Ulema (Religious Scholars) neither have hand in the killing nor provoking people and also they were not available in the area where the crime was taking place.(20150402)

Mohammad Ayaz Niazi, imam of Wazir Akbar Khan mosque – was killed and three others wounded in a suicide or planted bomb blast inside Wazir Akbar Khan mosque in Kabul city. Niazi was famous for his fiery sermons, in which he regularly criticised the Taliban, the government as well as U.S.-led foreign forces in the country. (20200603)

Last Modified 2020-06-03
Established 2010-01-24