Srinagar- People cutting across political boundaries have expressed grief at the death of Maulana Muhammad Abbas Ansari who passed away at the age of 86 here on Tuesday.
“Maulana Abbas Ansari sb lived a life dedicated to the cause of peace and Islam. An ardent advocate of unity who led a pious and a humble life. He leaves behind a rich legacy etched into the hearts and minds of people of Kashmir. Allah darjat buland farmaye (May Allah bless the soul),” Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti tweeted.
The National Conference (NC) also condoled Ansari’s death.
“Our condolences go out to the family and friends of Moulvi Abbas Ansari Sahab. May Allah grant him a place in Jannat-ul-Firdous and give his loved ones enough strength to bear the irreparable loss,” the NC tweeted.
Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz said that Maulana Abbas Ansari’s demise is a great loss to the J&K State as his voice was always meant for conciliation and reconciliation.
“I feel extremely sad at the demise of Maulana Abbas Ansari, Co-founder of Plebiscite Front and Hurriyat Conference. Maulana Abbas’s distinct quality as a separatist leader was that he was always prepared for conciliation and reconciliation, as a peaceful solution to political issues. In spite of his separatism, he was never averse to dialogue and discussion with the opposite camp,” Soz said in a press statement.
Soz said that the late leader was concerned about the death and destruction in Kashmir and was seeking a peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem.
Apni Party President Syed Altaf Bukhari also expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of the veteran Kashmiri leader.
In his condolence message, Syed Altaf Bukhari said, “I am deeply saddened to hear about the passing away of Molvi Abbas Ansari Sahib. Today, we have lost a great religious leader who spent his entire life serving people and contributing to society. He was a reformist and contributed to the education sector as well.”
Paying glorious tributes to the late leader, the Hurriyat Conference said that throughout his life Maulana Abbas resolutely and unyieldingly advocated resolution of the Kashmir conflict in accordance with the aspirations of its people, and made personal sacrifices for his political stand, as he was jailed several times and spent years in jail. His belief that the resolution could be attained through peaceful means became evident during the regime of Pervez Musharraf and late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, when he proactively championed the Hurriyat stand that the Kashmir dispute be solved through dialogue and negotiations with India and Pakistan.
APHC said that with the demise of Moulana Ansari, an era has truly come to an end and it is not possible to fill the void created by his passing away in the political and religious circles of J&K .
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq in a separate statement said: “As its (Hurriyat) first chairman in 1993, Maulana Ansari guided me like a father figure and in our association of last 30 years shared an affectionate bond with me.”
Anjuman-e-Share-Shiayan president Aga Syed Hassan Al-Mosvi while expressing his deep shock and grief over the demise of Maulana Abbas Anasri said that Kashmir has lost a great religious scholar and a political leader. “Kashmir and its people needed leaders like Abbas sahib but death keeps no calendar. Today, he left this world. We will miss him forever,” he said.
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