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{{short description|Kashmiri separatist leader and ex-chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference}} | {{short description|Kashmiri separatist leader and ex-chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference}} | ||
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{{Infobox | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| honorific-prefix = | | honorific-prefix = | ||
| name =Mohammad Abbas Ansari | | name =Mohammad Abbas Ansari | ||
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| caption = Molvi Abbas Ansari during addressing | | caption = Molvi Abbas Ansari during addressing | ||
| title = [[Hujjatul Islam]], [[Allamah]], [[Molvi]] | | title = [[Hujjatul Islam]], [[Allamah]], [[Mulana|Molvi]] | ||
| office = | | office = Founder & [[Chairman]] of Ittihadul Muslimeen | ||
| birth_date ={{birth date and age|1936|08|17|df=y}} | | birth_date ={{birth date and age|1936|08|17|df=y}} | ||
| birth_place =[[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]] | | birth_place =[[Srinagar]], [[Kashmir]] | ||
| death_date = | | death_date = | ||
| death_place = | | death_place = | ||
| | | party = Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen | ||
| | | otherparty = [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]]/Muslim United Front | ||
| | | blank1 = Religion | ||
| data1 = [[Islam]] | |||
| blank2 = Denomination | |||
| data2 = [[Usuli]] [[Twelver|Shia Twelver]] | |||
| blank3 = jurisprudence | |||
| data3 = [[Ja'fari jurisprudence|Ja`fari]] | |||
| blank4 = [[Religious movement|Movement]] | |||
| data4 = | |||
| post = [[Chairman]] of Ittihadul Muslimeen | |||
| known_for = Founder of Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) | |||
| alma_mater = | | alma_mater = | ||
Oriental College, [[Srinagar]], [[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], | Oriental College, [[Srinagar]], [[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], | ||
[[Houza Ilmia Najaf]], [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. | [[Houza Ilmia Najaf]], [[Najaf]], [[Iraq]]. | ||
| occupation = Religious Shia Scholar and Moderate Separatist Leader | | occupation = Religious Shia Scholar and Moderate Separatist Leader | ||
| children = | | children = Masroor Abbas Ansari, Nasir Abbas Ansari & 3 daughters | ||
| website = https://jkim.org | | website = https://jkim.org | ||
}} | }} | ||
'''Mohammad Abbas Ansari''' ([[Urdu]]: محمد عباس انصاری) is a political leader and [[Shia]] [[clergy|cleric]] from Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is a [[Kashmir]]i separatist, ex-chairman of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]], | '''Mohammad Abbas Ansari''' ([[Urdu]]: '''محمد عباس انصاری''') is a political leader and a well known [[Shia]] [[Muslim]] scholar, reformer, preacher and [[clergy|cleric]] from Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He is known for his religious lectures and as a [[Kashmir]]i separatist, ex-chairman of the [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]],also founder & chairman of the Ittihadul Muslimeen also known as Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] [[nationalist]] [[Shia]] separatist political party which aims to [[Shia–Sunni relations|Shi'a–Sunni unity]] in Kashmir & independence of [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] from india through peaceful struggle.<ref name="JKIM website">{{cite web|url=http://ittihadul.tripod.com/id1.html|title=Introduction|publisher=JAMMU & KASHMIR ITTIHADUL MUSLIMEEN |accessdate=16 April 2010}}</ref> He is considered a moderate and has called for an end to violence in that region.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3416823.stm|title=Historic Kashmir talks bring hope|date=22 January 2004|work=[[BBC News]]|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref><ref name="Tribune india 2003">{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030720/edit.htm#6|title=An important player in Kashmir's politics|last=Swarup|first=Harihar|date=20 July 2003|publisher=Tribune India|accessdate=20 May 2010}}</ref> | ||
==Early life and education== | ==Early life and education== | ||
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The All Parties Hurriyat Conference kept up its campaign for a solution to the Kashmir issue. The leadership of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference was arrested once again in September 1999.<ref name="BBC September 28, 1999">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/460076.stm|title=World: South Asia Kashmir strikes under fire|date=28 September 1999|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=20 May 2010}}</ref> Along with his colleagues, Abbas spent eight months in the prison. | The All Parties Hurriyat Conference kept up its campaign for a solution to the Kashmir issue. The leadership of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference was arrested once again in September 1999.<ref name="BBC September 28, 1999">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/460076.stm|title=World: South Asia Kashmir strikes under fire|date=28 September 1999|publisher=[[BBC]]|accessdate=20 May 2010}}</ref> Along with his colleagues, Abbas spent eight months in the prison. | ||
On 12 July 2003, the APHC elected Abbas as its | On 12 July 2003, the APHC elected Abbas as its chairman at a meeting of Executive Committee members.<ref name="BBC APHC"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030720/edit.htm#6|title=An important player in Kashmir's politics|last=Swarup|first=Harihar |date=20 July 2003|publisher=The Tribune India|accessdate=2009-07-02}}</ref> Out of the seven constituents, representatives of six parties were present at the meeting. Abbas Ansari was the fourth chairman of the Hurriyat who replaced [[Abdul Ghani Bhat]] on the latter's completion of his two-year term.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/2003/07/13/top10.htm|title=Abbas new chairman of APHC|publisher=dawn.com|accessdate=2009-09-17|date=2003-07-13}}</ref> Ansari is the first [[Shiite]] head the Hurriyat Conference.<ref name="Tribune india 2003" /><ref name="BBC APHC"/> | ||
Soon after taking over as | Soon after taking over as chairman, he called for an immediate [[ceasefire]] between the security forces and the militants, saying that "the Kashmir issue is not a border dispute, but a humanitarian problem. It cannot be solved through gun, but only through negotiations."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/insights/insight20030801a.html|title=Moulvi Abbas Ansari: The Hurriyat's New Chief|last=Imam|first=Hasnain |date=1 August 2003|publisher=www.jammu-kashmir.com|accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?220862|title=There Should Be A Ceasefire From Both Sides|date=28 July 2003|publisher=www.outlookindia.com|accessdate=4 October 2010}}</ref> | ||
On 21 May 2004 Abbas Ansari offered to resign his post in an effort to bring about the reunification of the coalition's factions<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2004/kashmir20040521d.html|title=I Will Quit If That Brings Hawks Home: Abbas Ansari|date=21 May 2004|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-09-17}}</ref> and did so on July of that year.<ref name="Ansari steps down">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040708/asp/nation/story_3468675.asp|title=Ansari exits, Mirwaiz enters|date=8 July 2004|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> Organization's founder-chairman [[Mirwaiz Umar Farooq]], was asked to work towards restoring the Hurriyat's original executive council and send invitations to all the pre-split executive council members.<ref name="Ansari steps down"/> | On 21 May 2004 Abbas Ansari offered to resign his post in an effort to bring about the reunification of the coalition's factions<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2004/kashmir20040521d.html|title=I Will Quit If That Brings Hawks Home: Abbas Ansari|date=21 May 2004|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=2009-09-17}}</ref> and did so on July of that year.<ref name="Ansari steps down">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1040708/asp/nation/story_3468675.asp|title=Ansari exits, Mirwaiz enters|date=8 July 2004|publisher=The Telegraph|accessdate=23 April 2010}}</ref> Organization's founder-chairman [[Mirwaiz Umar Farooq]], was asked to work towards restoring the Hurriyat's original executive council and send invitations to all the pre-split executive council members.<ref name="Ansari steps down"/> | ||
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===Photographs=== | ===Photographs=== | ||
*[http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1717/17170290.htm Hurriyat Conference leaders] | *{{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20020602053255/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl1717/17170290.htm Hurriyat Conference leaders]}} | ||
*[http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=7678849 APHC Delegation with the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh] | *[http://www.thehinduimages.com/hindu/photoDetail.do?photoId=7678849 APHC Delegation with the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh] | ||