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Pirzada '''Abbas Siddique''' is an Indian cleric and the head of Muslim shrine Furfura Sharif.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Mamata Banerjee Created Hindu-Muslim Divide, Did More Harm Than Good to Muslims: ISF's Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mamata-banerjee-created-hindu-muslim-divide-did-more-harm-than-good-to-muslims-isfs-abbas-siddiqui-3349511.html|date=27 January 2021|website=News18}}</ref> Siddique is the founder of Furfura Sharif Ahale Sunnatul Jamat and formed [[Indian Secular Front]] in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Explained: Spotlight on a Muslim cleric, election pointers in West Bengal|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/spotlight-on-muslim-cleric-pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-election-pointers-in-bengal-7194843/|date=24 February 2021}}</ref> He is the scion of the Siddiqui family, which is the custodian of the famous Furfura Sharif shrine.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Popular Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats new political party in Bengal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/popular-muslim-cleric-abbas-siddiqui-floats-new-political-party-in-bengal-101611236598916.html|date=21 January 2021|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> | Pirzada '''Abbas Siddique''' is an Indian cleric and the head of Muslim shrine Furfura Sharif.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Mamata Banerjee Created Hindu-Muslim Divide, Did More Harm Than Good to Muslims: ISF's Abbas Siddiqui|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/mamata-banerjee-created-hindu-muslim-divide-did-more-harm-than-good-to-muslims-isfs-abbas-siddiqui-3349511.html|date=27 January 2021|website=News18}}</ref> Siddique is the founder of Furfura Sharif Ahale Sunnatul Jamat and formed [[Indian Secular Front]] in January 2021.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Explained: Spotlight on a Muslim cleric, election pointers in West Bengal|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/spotlight-on-muslim-cleric-pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-election-pointers-in-bengal-7194843/|date=24 February 2021}}</ref> He is the scion of the Siddiqui family, which is the custodian of the famous Furfura Sharif shrine.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-02-28|title=Popular Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats new political party in Bengal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/popular-muslim-cleric-abbas-siddiqui-floats-new-political-party-in-bengal-101611236598916.html|date=21 January 2021|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> | ||
On February 26, 2020 a video of Siddique had gone viral on social media in which he was heard referring to anti-Hindu Delhi riots and saying: {{quote|Recently I have got the news that mosques are being set on fire, mosques are being burnt for the last two days. I think something is going to happen within a month. May Allah accept our prayers. May Allah send such a terrible virus to India that ten to twenty to fifty crore people die in India. Am I saying something wrong? It is absolutely blissful.}} He also said that he did not mind whether he would die or survive but he would surely take Hindus with him. However, he later claimed that he was quoted 'out of context'.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Meet Abbas Siddiqui: The Islamist ally of Congress, Left in West Bengal|url=http://www.opindia.com/2021/03/abbas-siddiqui-radical-cleric-peerzada-indian-secular-front-left-congress-ally-west-bengal/|date=1 March 2021}}</ref> | ==Controversies== | ||
Siddique has been infamous for his incendiary rhetoric, fear-mongering and calls for 'divine intervention' for the death of 50 crore Indians.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Bombs, shotguns recovered from ISF worker's house in West Bengal|url=http://www.opindia.com/2021/03/bombs-shotguns-recovered-from-isf-workers-house-in-west-bengal/|date=3 March 2021}}</ref> He was seen addressing a large gathering of followers and praying to Allah to kill 50 crore Indians with the virus. | |||
On February 26, 2020, a video of Siddique had gone viral on social media in which he was heard referring to anti-Hindu Delhi riots and saying: {{quote|Recently I have got the news that mosques are being set on fire, mosques are being burnt for the last two days. I think something is going to happen within a month. May Allah accept our prayers. May Allah send such a terrible virus to India that ten to twenty to fifty crore people die in India. Am I saying something wrong? It is absolutely blissful.}} He also said that he did not mind whether he would die or survive but he would surely take Hindus with him. However, he later claimed that he was quoted 'out of context'.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=2021-03-03|title=Meet Abbas Siddiqui: The Islamist ally of Congress, Left in West Bengal|url=http://www.opindia.com/2021/03/abbas-siddiqui-radical-cleric-peerzada-indian-secular-front-left-congress-ally-west-bengal/|date=1 March 2021}}</ref> | |||
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