Edwar Husain Quiroga Vargas (born Joys Edwar Quiroga Vargas, 1 January 1976) is a Peruvian Islamic activist[1] and politician who is the founder of Inkarri Islam, a non-profit organization which aims to unify concepts of Andean culture and the precepts of Islam. Quiroga Vargas has been described as a follower of Marxism–Leninism,[2] who holds sympathies for Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran.[3]
Edwar Quiroga Vargas | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Joys Edwar Quiroga Vargas 1 January 1963 |
| Political party | Inkarri Islam |
| Other political affiliations | Ethnocacerist Movement (from c. 2010) Kechwa Apurímac Integration Movement (2006–2010) |
Biography
editBorn on 1 January 1976,[4] Quiroga Vargas founded the Kechwa Apurímac Integration Movement and was its leader from 2006 to 2010.[5] He ran as a candidate of the Ethnocacerist Movement for the regional presidency of Apurímac in 2010.[6][4]
In 2017, he organized the First National Congress for the Decolonization of Peru and Tahuantinsuyo where he made a "call for the union of the social forces committed to seizing and recovering the sovereignty and self-determination of the peoples of Peru and the Tahuantinsuyu" inspired by the "libertarian and decolonizing spirit of Tupac Amaru II".[7] In the Las Bambas protests, he took the lead after the arrest of protest leader Gregorio Rojas. During the protests, he gave a speech calling for a "civic-military union" against "colonizing companies."[8]
During the 2021 Peruvian presidential election, he endorsed the candidacy of Pedro Castillo of Free Peru, whom he considers his "brother in struggle."[9] During a program hosted by Beto Ortíz, audio was played where Quiroga Vargas expressed his intention to carry out "revolutionary process[es]".[10]
References
edit- ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2019-03-28). "El operador islámico que promueve ahora la violencia en Las Bambas | POLITICA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Edwar Quiroga, el místico marxista leninista". América Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "TERRORISMO ISLÁMICO CHIÍTA SE HACE "PRESENTE" EN CONFLICTO DE LAS BAMBAS CON SU CUOTA DE AGITACIÓN SOCIAL". RCR Peru (in Spanish). 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ a b ":: JNE ::". aplicaciones002.jne.gob.pe. Archived from the original on 2021-06-15. Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Cabral, Ernesto (2019-04-02). "Los actores políticos detrás del complejo conflicto en Las Bambas". Ojo Público (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "Durmiendo con el enemigo | EL MONTONERO". EL MONTONERO | Primer Portal de opinión del país (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ Unknown (2017-02-07). "EDWAR QUIROGA VARGAS (Político): I CONGRESO NACIONAL POR LA DES-COLONIZACIÓN DEL PERÚ Y DEL TAHUANTINSUYU". EDWAR QUIROGA VARGAS (Político). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
- ^ "El operador islámico que promueve ahora la violencia en Las Bambas". PERU21. 28 March 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-05-31. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ PERU21, NOTICIAS (2021-05-26). "Pedro Castillo | Perú Libre | Inkarri Islam | Edwar Quiroga Vargas | Operador islámico en campaña por Perú Libre y Pedro Castillo | Elecciones 2021 | POLITICA". Peru21 (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ OJO, NOTICIAS (2021-06-15). "Edwar Quiroga Vargas de ganar Pedro Castillo: "Es la oportunidad para un proceso revolucionario" | ACTUALIDAD". Ojo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-06-15.