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<div>{{short description| Indian politician, businessman and religious scholar }}<br />
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{{Infobox politician<br />
| name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari<br />
| native_name = مولوی افتخار حسین انصاری<br />
| image = molviansari.jpg<br />
| post = Cabinet minister and MLA<br />
| constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramulla]], Kashmir<br />
| residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]<br />
| alma_mater = [[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], India <br> [[Hawza Elmia Najaf]], [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]<br />
| birth_date = 26 April 1942<br />
| birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|30|1943<br />
|4|26|df=y}}<br />
| death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar<br />
| party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]<br />
| otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust<br />
'''Patron''', Mouarifat-ul-Uloom Islami<br />
| children = [[Imran Raza Ansari]], Irfan Raza Ansari, and a daughter<br />
}}<br />
'''Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as '''Moulvi Sahib''', was a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the [[Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir]]. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]] in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|publisher=Kashmir Observer|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref> He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]; he was earlier a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|publisher=Kashmir Life|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Assassinations==<br />
Ansari was thrice the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts. In June 2000 Ansari barely escaped the explosion of a [[landmine]] while addressing a religious congregation at Gund Khwaja Qasim. The blast killed twelve of his followers. On 1 September 2000 Ansari was injured by an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] explosion that killed two policemen and a driver. Police suspected the [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hizbul Momineen Behind Twin Attacks On Ansari: DGP|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000902a.html|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 September 2000 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Death==<br />
Ansari died at his residence in Dar ul Jawad, Qamarwari, Srinagar on the morning of 30 September 2014 after a prolonged liver illness.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151632/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ansari had been undergoing specialized treatment in the [[United States]]. Various political, religious and social leaders offered condolences. Almost half a million people attended his funeral procession, from qamarwari to Zadibal imambargah where namaz e jenazah was offered.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jandknow.com/news/09303673-pdps-molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari-passes-away | title=PDP's Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away|website=Jandknow.com| date=2014-09-30}}</ref> He was buried in his ancestral graveyard, Baba Mazar, Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, Srinagar.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{cite web|title=IFTIKHAR HUSSAIN ANSARI Srinagar (JAMMU & KASHMIR)|url=http://myneta.info/ls2009/candidate.php?candidate_id=6759|publisher=National Election Watch. My Neta|access-date=25 April 2013}}<br />
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[[Category:1943 births]]<br />
[[Category:2014 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian Shia Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly]]<br />
[[Category:Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Jammu & Kashmir National Conference politicians]]</div>2405:201:5503:B098:F93E:D7D9:6AB9:BF16