Pirzada Md. Abbas Siddique | |
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Personal details | |
Born | Abbas Siddique Furfura Sharif, Hooghly, West Bengal |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Indian Secular Front |
Parent | Mohammad Ali Akbar Siddique (father) |
Relatives | Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (great-grandfather) Nawsad Siddique (brother) |
Alma mater | Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah |
Occupation | Islamic Scholar • Politician |
Website | +919830825982 |
Nickname | Bhaijaan (brother) |
Personal | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
Tariqa | Silsila-e-Furfura |
[1] Pirzada Md. Abbas Siddique (born 1987) is an Islamic scholar, social activist and Indian politician who founded the Indian Secular Front political party in 2021. He is a cleric of the Furfura Sharif in Hooghly, West Bengal [2] and is the scion of the Siddique family, which is the founder and custodian of the Furfura Sharif. [3] [4]
Abbas Siddiqui was born to Pirzada Ali Akbar Siddiqui. He is the great-grandson of Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique who established the Silsila-e-Furfura (Order of Furfura Sharif) and is the nephew of Toha Siddiqui. [5] Siddiqui has studied Islamic Theology from Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah.[ citation needed ]
On 21 January 2021 he formed his party Indian Secular Front which will be contesting in the 2021 West Bengal Elections. Initially they planned to join hands with AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi. [6] However, that plan faltered [7] and instead he joined hands with the Left Front (comprising various communist parties) and the Congress to form the Sanjukta Morcha. His party Indian Secular Front contested on a borrowed symbol from Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) which is a Bihar-based party. [8]
In 2021, Siddiqui called for beheading as punishment for disrespecting the Quran. [9]
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