The Politics of Terrorism: A Survey, Andrew Tian Huat Tan, pp. 214, Taylor & Francis US, 2006, ISBN 978-1-85743-347-0, ... The Sipah-e-Sahaba broke from the main Deobandi Sunni organization, the Jumiatul Ulema-e-Islam in 1985, and was originally known as the Anjuman Sipah-e-Sahaba. The group claims to be a response to the militancy of Shias in Punjab state after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. However, it may also have received some encouragement from the government of Zia ul-Haq ...
