Muslim United Front
Muslim United Front | |
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| Abbreviation | MUF |
| Leader | Syed Ali Shah Geelani (JIK) Mohammad Abbas Ansari (JKIM) Abdul Ghani Lone (JKPC) Yasin Malik (JKLF) |
| Founder | Mohammad Abbas Ansari Ghulam Qadir Wani Qazi Nisar Abdul Gani Bhat Ghulam Mohammad Bhat |
| Founded | 2 September 1986 |
| Succeeded by | All Parties Hurriyat Conference |
| Headquarters | Srinagar |
| Ideology | Kashmiriyat Islamism Regionalism Muslim nationalism Factions: Islamic socialism Islamic fundamentalism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Religion | Islam |
| Members |
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| Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly (1987) | 4 / 76 |
The Muslim United Front (MUF) was a 'polyglot coalition' of Islamic Kashmiri political parties that contested the 1987 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly election in the erstwhile Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Jamaat-e-Islami of Jammu and Kashmir was a key constituent party of the coalition. The MUF won four Assembly seats in the 1987 election. However, widespread rigging of the election by the ruling National Conference party was reported. In the absence of such rigging, commentators believe that it could have won fifteen to twenty seats, a contention admitted by the National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah.
The disaffection caused by the election gave rise to the Kashmir insurgency, which continues to this day.
The present day Hurriyat Conference is largely inspired by the former MUF coalition.