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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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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2018}}
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{{Infobox Politician
{{Infobox officeholder
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| name                =Mohammad Abbas Ansari
| name                =Mohammad Abbas Ansari
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| image_size    = 160px
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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              = Chairman [[Ittihadul Muslimeen]]
| 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        =
| ethnicity = Kashmiri
| party              = Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen
| Maddhab         = [[Ja'fari jurisprudence|Ja`fari]]
| otherparty         = [[All Parties Hurriyat Conference]]/Muslim United Front
| school_tradition = [[Usuli]] [[Twelver]] [[Shi`a Islam]]
| 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 = [[Masroor Abbas Ansari]], Nasir Abbas Ansari & 3 daughters
| 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]], and founder of the [[Ittihadul Muslimeen|Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM)]] political party.<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>
'''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 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"/>
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 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>
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]


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