Abbas Siddique

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Pirzada

Abbas Siddique
Born1986 (age 38–39)
NationalityIndia
OccupationCleric
OrganizationIndian Secular Front

Pirzada Abbas Siddique is an Indian cleric and the head of Muslim shrine Furfura Sharif.[1] Siddique is the founder of Furfura Sharif Ahale Sunnatul Jamat and formed Indian Secular Front in January 2021.[2] He is the scion of the Siddiqui family, which is the custodian of the famous Furfura Sharif shrine.[3] Siddique has been infamous for his incendiary rhetoric, fear-mongering and calls for 'divine intervention' for the death of 50 crore Indians.[4]

References

  1. "Mamata Banerjee Created Hindu-Muslim Divide, Did More Harm Than Good to Muslims: ISF's Abbas Siddiqui". News18. 27 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  2. "Explained: Spotlight on a Muslim cleric, election pointers in West Bengal". 24 February 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  3. "Popular Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats new political party in Bengal". Hindustan Times. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
  4. "Bombs, shotguns recovered from ISF worker's house in West Bengal". 3 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-03.