Mohammad Abbas Ansari
Quaid-e-Itthad Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari | |
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| Chairman of Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) | |
| In office 31 March 1962 – 25 October 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Position Established |
| Succeeded by | Masroor Abbas Ansari |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 17 August 1936 |
| Died | 25 October 2022 (aged 86) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Children | Masroor Abbas Ansari, Nasir Abbas Ansari & 3 daughters |
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| Alma mater | Oriental College, Srinagar, Sultanul Madaris, Lucknow, Houza Ilmia Najaf, Najaf, Iraq. |
| Known for | Founder of Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen (JKIM) & Hizbul Momineen |
| Occupation | Religious Shia Scholar and Moderate Separatist Leader |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Usuli Shia Twelver |
| School | Ja'fari jurisprudence |
| Sect | Pan Islamic Unity in Kashmir |
| Muslim leader | |
| Post | Chairman of Ittihadul Muslimeen |
| Website | https://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 and 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. He is considered a moderate and has called for an end to violence in that region. He is Succeeded by his son Maulana Masroor Abbas Ansari.