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'''Qazi Nisar''' was the [[Mirwaiz]] of South Kashmir.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pristinekashmir.com/news/kashmir/islamabad-remembers-qazi-nisar-shuts |title=Islamabad Remembers Qazi Nisar, Shuts |publisher=Pristine Kashmir |date=2016-06-22 |access-date=2016-12-28|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221164707/http://pristinekashmir.com/news/kashmir/islamabad-remembers-qazi-nisar-shuts|archive-date=21 December 2016}}</ref> He was a founding member of the [[Muslim United Front]] (MUF) that contested the rigged [[1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election|1987 Legislative Assembly elections]] in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and ''Ummat e Islami''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20130620/kashmir.htm |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - KASHMIR TRIBUNE |website=Tribuneindia.com |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> He was a vocal advocate of freedom for Kashmiris.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kashmirvoice.org/?p=743 |title=Kashmiri Heroes |publisher=Kashmir Voice |date=2012-04-12 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>

His son, [[Qazi Yasir]], has also served as the mirwaiz of South Kashmir.

==Early life==
Qazi Nisar Ahmad was born in 1952, the son of Qazi Ghulam Mohammed.{{cn|date=March 2021}}

==Activism==
His activism started at age 19, when he was arrested for the first time for organizing a protest against the then Congressman, Mufti Mohammed Sayeed. He was bailed out after a week and was arrested again a month later. In 1985, he was jailed in Amphala jail for 6 months. He went to watch Indian Parliament proceedings where he bashed the parliamentarians in one of his best speech on the hanging of Mohammed Maqbool Bhat. He was perhaps one of the first people to observe 11 February as "Day of Reaffirmation" alongside Shakeel Bakshi, Nayeem Khan and [[Yasin Malik]]. in 1985 when he openly defied Governor Jagmohan’s dictate not to cosume beef, sacrificing two cows in the main town square of Anantnag.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://risingkashmir.in/news/holy-cow-kashmir-back-to-qazi-nisar-moment|title=Rising Kashmir|website=Risingkashmir.in|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> In 1986, he was detained again. "In Central Jail alone more than 1000 against a capacity of low hundreds were lodged in central Jail Srinagar, 50 people were lodged in each cell against a capacity of 15-20 people" says Mohammed Saeed from Pahalgam. He was detained again for 7{{Spaces}}months in 1988 and 30{{Spaces}}months in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloodiedrivers.wordpress.com/ |title=Bloodied Rivers of Kashmir | Our memories define our history |website=Bloodiedrivers.wordpress.com |date=1989-05-31 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>

Launched in 1985, after the escalation of human rights violations in Kashmir, The Khyri Aam Trust,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/qazi-yasir-lays-foundation-stone-of-house-destroyed-in-gunfight/194574.html |title=Qazi Yasir lays foundation stone of house destroyed in gunfight |website=Greaterkashmir.com |date=2015-08-18 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> spread across Kashmir , undertaking social work initiatives. The trust provided monthly compensation to widows of war and families of war victims. The trust operated across Southern Kashmir. They rehabilitated flood victims and provided temporary shelter to victims. He assisted in the marriage of more than 100 poor girls.
[[File:Khyri Aam Members distributing relief at Czogam.jpg|thumb|Khyri Aam Members distributing relief at Chowgam]]
He was an enthusiastic [[human rights]] activist. He documented human rights violations in Kashmir and presented them to various human rights bodies including the [[List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies|Red Cross Society]] and [[Amnesty International]]. He presented memoranda to United Nations Members and Islamic Nations including Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq. He got [[First Information Report|FIRs]] registered in many inhumane killings, massacres and rapes.{{Clarify|reason=FIR?|date=July 2017}}

==Ummat e Islami==
Qazi Nisar founded the socio-religious organization, ''Ummat e Islami'' in 1986 as a collective resistance movement against the suspension of Muslim employees in the Kashmir Valley. "He was approached several times by Agencies from both India and Pakistan," says Mir Muntazir, the General Secretary of the organization.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wilayattimes.com/2016/06/19/mirwaiz-qazi-nissar-remembered-on-his-22nd-martyrdom-anniversary/|title=Mirwaiz Qazi Nissar Remembered on his 22nd Martyrdom Anniversary|date=1994-06-19|newspaper=Wilayat Times|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> "He believed that people are his support and he needs no other. He did not swear allegiance to either of the two sides". The organization died for lack of finance. "He was approached several times by members from both the sides. The Indian agencies approached through journalists, doctors, clerics at times which often got him agitated and because of that reason some journalists also wrote against him," added Muntazir.

==Back to Kashmir==
Nisar returned to Kashmir in 1984 and worked at the Department of Arabic at Kashmir University. He quit the job and chose to work for his people. He served initially as a preacher at Magarmal Bagh in [[Srinagar]], and after the death of his father, went to [[Islamabad]] to serve as the chief preacher there. He continued to preach there until he was assassinated by Pro India gunmen in 1994.

Later he served a PSA{{Clarify|reason=PSA?|date=July 2017}} in Kuthua Jail alongside Mohammed Ashraf Sahrai and Ghulam Nabi Sumji. Sehrai remembers those days as "toughest days of life" He recalls that Qazi Nisar was the first one who asked SP Kathua jail "to allow them to pray in congregation". The demand was refused but consequently agreed to after all of us hunger striked".

==Muslim United Front==
Nisar expressed unity<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahnews.net/dr-qazi-nisar-ahmeds-death-anniversary-observed/ |title=Dr Qazi Nisar Ahmed’s death anniversary observed |publisher=SABAH News |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> with the president of Jamiat Ahli Hadith. Nisar led mass protests against the suspension of employees <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risingkashmir.com/news/cong-others-disappointed-over-termination-of-employees |title=Rising Kashmir |publisher=Rising Kashmir |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> and the atrocities against Muslim employees. Abdul Ghani Bhat was also suspended that year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kashmirlife.net/prof-abdul-gani-bhat-releases-his-confessions-123464/ |title=Prof Abdul Gani Bhat Releases his ‘Confessions’ |website=Kashmirlife.net |date=2016-11-28 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> People across the state responded to the call for unity. All schools of thought came under a single banner on important occasions to offer prayers. This led to the formation of Ummat e Islami, whose slogan became "Aapka Maslak Aapko Mubarak". The unity show later spread to other parts of Jammu Kashmir when Abbas Ansari, the patron of Itehad ul Muslimeen, met Nisar at Islamabad. The party was later named Muslim United Front as proposed by Ghulam Qadir Wani.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMmU_NRkCc4|title=Professor Abdul Gani Bhat on Muslim United Front (MUF)|last=Kashmir Life|date=23 March 2016|via=YouTube}}</ref>

Muslim United front remains one of the least-documented chapters of Kashmir history. The apolitical group that mainly rose from Islamabad for the rights of the oppressed community in Jammu & Kashmir spread by late 1986 after Nisar's release on 2 November 1986 after he had been arrested for challenging the orders of Governor Jagmohan. Initially the group decided to focus on issues such as the Pregnancy Abortion Bill, by Shah Banoo Case. In the meantime, elections were underway in the state and some groups wanted the MUF to contest elections. After initial disagreements, the second vote slightly favoured that elections be contested. The elections were rigged.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/2223364.stm |title=South Asia | Kashmir's flawed elections |publisher=BBC News |date=2002-09-14 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> Nisar was the only candidate to speak in all 44 constituencies. He devised,hvbm,,the slogan "Dastgeer Souba Qalam Karun Haz Kamyaab" which was adopted by all the constituents of MUF including [[Jamaat-e-Islami|Jamaat e Islami]]."Five people who became core members of 'Majlis-e- Muntazima' included Nisar, Molvi Abbas Ansari, Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, Qadir Wani and Amir-e- Jam'aat Ghulam Mohammad Bhat. He became a leader of the Muslim United Front and his organization came into the limelight.

==Armed struggle==
Nisar was one of the first to support men such as Shakeel Bakshi, Ashfaq Majeed Wani, Mohammed Yasin Malik, and Nayeem Khan… "we used to visit him in Magarmal bagh mosque, attend his Friday sermons and discuss with him the strategies to fight with India", said Nayeem Khan. "He had close ties with [[Amanullah Khan (JKLF)|Amanuallah Khan]]. Amanuallah Khan" says Hamidullah Bawani, the then vice chairman of Ummat e Islami. He had a close association with the [[Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front|JKLF]] , and its vice president Bashir Ahmed Bhat was his childhood friend. He used to lead the secret meetings that were held before events of armed fighting. Ashfaq used to visit Islamabad to meet Nisar which gave rise to the birth of an armed fighting in Kashmir. Nisar was again one of the first to support armed fighting; in his speeches and writings he always supported the armed struggle. In one of his speeches he openly denounced the [[fatwa]] against HAJY Group of JKLF and denounced other Fatwas against [[Maqbool Bhat]] and other JKLF patriarchs.

After the beginning of militancy in Kashmir, he was arrested, but as soon as he was released he organised a union between all militant groups that had been infighting since 1990. Two Britons, father and son that were kidnapped on 6{{Spaces}}June{{Spaces}}1994 at Pahalgam were released after his intervention, because he was respected among the militant groups for speaking out against human rights violations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/51941/9/09_chapter%204.pdf|title=Chapter 4 : Terrorist Organizations in Kashmir : Harkat=Ul-Ansar|website=Shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|format=PDF|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> He used to say “Harkat is my tongue, Hizb is my tongue, Ikhwan is my eye”.

==Scholar==
In 1984, he laid the foundation of the Islamic Research Institute<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kashmirwatch.com/islamabad-observes-shutdown-on-qazi-nisars-anniversary/ |title=Islamabad observes shutdown on Qazi Nisar’s anniversary |website=KashmirWatch.com |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> where thousands of poor children received free education. He was an outspoken speaker and pursued Islamic education from Aligarh and Ashrafiya. He was an Islamic scholar and his Fatwa was accepted throughout the [[Indian subcontinent|subcontinent]] and the [[Persian Gulf]]. Allama Arshid ul Qadri, one of the most versatile Indian scholars known as Ra’ees ul Qalam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amazonintl.in/forum/index.php?topic=28565.0 |title=Ra'ees-ul-Qalam Hazrat 'Allama Maulana Arshadul Qadri Rahmatullah 'alaih |website=Amazonintl.in |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> once called him “The hope of East”.

He authored the books ''Tehqeeq i Nazar'', ''Salwat un Nabi'', ''Harkat ul Fikriyah'', ''Nikah e Baligah'' and many others. He was the editor of m'onthly magazine hgfd''Islamabad''. He wrote poetry and authored many articles published in local, national and international newspapers. He stated “My [[Din (Arabic)|Deen]] does not side with oppressors’. He laid the foundation of many schools, libraries, and [[Mosque|masjids]] that taught thousands of children.

“My aim is not to create a society of teachers, but to create a society that needs no teachers” His poetry often gave voice to the voiceless much like the Post Modern poets Yeti Draaw Hajas, tati Wolukh Gangae Musalmaan, Barbaad kor aem indrayi hind rajivn Musalmaan.

==Death==
On 19 June 1994, Nisar was assassinated by terrorists at Dialgam in guise of being an Indian Intelligence Bureau Officer.<ref>{{cite web|author=Khalid Gul |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/story/220853.html |title=Shutdown in Anantnag town on Qazi Nisar’s death anniversary |website=Greaterkashmir.com |date=2016-06-19 |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> His assassination resulted in a pro-New Delhi armed insurgency.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.secrets-and-lies.co.uk/meadow-news-stories/ |title=Meadow News Stories |publisher=Secrets and Lies |access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref> Yasin Malik recalls "Dr. Qazi Nisar’s struggle and sacrifices cannot be ignored by anyone and today we all express our gratitude and love for this noble soul. Today when we remember him, we all should follow his footsteps and come forward to save our national identity and resistance movement" <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/kashmir/dr-qazi-nisar-s-death-anniversary-observed/172558.html|title=Dr Qazi Nisar’s death anniversary observed|date=2014-06-20|website=Greaterkashmir.com|author=Khalid Gul|access-date=2016-12-28}}</ref>

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