Iftikhar Hussain Ansari: Difference between revisions

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| native_name        = مولوی افتخار حسین انصاری

| image              = molviansari.jpg

| post = Cabinet minister and MLA

| death_date          = {{Death date and age|2014|9|30|1943

| otherparty          = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust

'''Iftikhar Hussain Ansari'''  (26 April 1942 – 30 September 2014), widely known among his followers as '''Moulvi Sahib''', was a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric, politician, businessman and a proponent of the [[Grand Ashura Procession In Kashmir]]. He succeeded his father Muhammad Jawad Ansari as president of the [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association]] in Jammu & Kashmir in 1962, a position which he held for life.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|publisher=Kashmir Observer|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|archivedate=4 January 2013}}</ref>  He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]; he was earlier a member of the [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref name="KashmirLife">{{cite web|title=Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari|url=http://kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|publisher=Kashmir Life|accessdate=24 April 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017104327/http://www.kashmirlife.net/molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari/|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref>

Ansari was thrice the target of unsuccessful assassination attempts. In June 2000 Ansari barely escaped the explosion of a [[landmine]] while addressing a religious congregation at Gund Khwaja Qasim. The blast killed twelve of his followers. On 1 September 2000 Ansari was injured by an [[Improvised explosive device|IED]] explosion that killed two policemen and a driver. Police suspected the [[Hizbul Mujahideen]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Hizbul Momineen Behind Twin Attacks On Ansari: DGP|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2000/kashmir20000902a.html|newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 September 2000 |accessdate=25 April 2013}}</ref>

Ansari died at his residence in Dar ul Jawad, Qamarwari, Srinagar on the morning of 30 September 2014 after a prolonged liver illness.<ref name="greaterkashmir.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp |title=Archived copy |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006151632/http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Oct/1/influential-leader-molviiftikharhussain-ansari-passes-away-28.asp |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ansari had been undergoing specialized treatment in the [[United States]]. Various political, religious and social leaders offered condolences. Almost half a million people attended his funeral procession, from qamarwari to Zadibal imambargah where namaz e jenazah was offered.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.jandknow.com/news/09303673-pdps-molvi-iftikhar-hussain-ansari-passes-away | title=PDP's Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari passes away|website=Jandknow.com| date=2014-09-30}}</ref> He was buried in his ancestral graveyard, Baba Mazar, Alamgari Bazar, Zadibal, Srinagar.