Munir Shakir

Munir Shakir is a Pakistani militant, Islamic cleric and founder of the Deobandi jihadist group Lashkar-e-Islam.

[1] Shakir became known after he moved to Bara tehsil, Khyber Agency, where he established an FM pirate radio station.

Rivalry between the two clerics increased, causing tribal elders to denounce the two in December 2005 for fomenting sectarian tension.

Both clerics then went into hiding, with Shakir handing control of his radio station and Lashkar-e-Islam organization to Mangal Bagh.

Shortly thereafter, he was ejected from Bara Tehsil, and turned over control of the organization to local driver Mangal Bagh.