Mohammad Abbas Ansari

Quaid-e-Itthad
Maulana
Mohammad Abbas Ansari
Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen(JKIM)
In office
31 March 1962 – 25 October 2022
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded byMasroor Abbas Ansari
Personal
Born(1936-08-17)17 August 1936
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, British Raj
Died25 October 2022(2022-10-25) (aged 86)
Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India
ReligionIslam
ChildrenMasroor Abbas Ansari, Nasir Abbas Ansari & 3 daughters
Parent
  • Molvi Hassan Ansari (father)
DenominationUsuli Shia Twelver
SchoolJa'fari jurisprudence
SectPan Islamic Unity in Kashmir
Political party
Alma materOriental College, Srinagar, Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, Houza Ilmia Najaf, Najaf, Iraq.
Known forFounder of Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) & Hizbul Momineen
OccupationReligious Shia Scholar and Moderate Separatist Leader
Muslim leader
PostChairman of Ittihadul Muslimeen
Websitehttps://ittihadul.tripod.com

Mohammad Abbas Ansari (Urdu: محمد عباس انصاری) (17 August 1936 – 25 October 2022) was a separatist political leader and a well known Shia Muslim scholar, reformer, preacher and cleric from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. He was known for his religious lectures and as a Kashmiri 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 Kashmiri nationalist Shia separatist political party which aims for Shi'a–Sunni unity in Kashmir & independence of Jammu and Kashmir from India through peaceful struggle.[1] He is considered a moderate and has called for an end to violence in that region.[2][3] He is Succeeded by his son Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari.

  1. ^ "Introduction". JAMMU & KASHMIR ITTIHADUL MUSLIMEEN. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
  2. ^ "Historic Kashmir talks bring hope". BBC News. 22 January 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2009.
  3. ^ Swarup, Harihar (20 July 2003). "An important player in Kashmir's politics". Tribune India. Retrieved 20 May 2010.