{{Short description|Islamic scholar, theologian and politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = Pirzada | name = | alt = | image_size = | image = | caption = | birth_name = Mohammad Abbass Siddiquie | birth_place = Furfura Sharif, Hooghly, West Bengal | birth_date = | occupation = Islamic Scholar • Politician | alma_mater = Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah | education = | relatives = Mohammad Abu Bakr Siddique (great-grandfather)<br/>Nawsad Siddique (brother) | party = All India Secular Front | citizenship = | website = | signature_alt = | signature = | module = {{Infobox religious biography | embed = yes | religion = Islam | denomination = Sunni | jurisprudence = Hanafi | Sufi_order = Silsila-e-Furfura }} | parents = Mohammad Ali Akbar Siddique (father) | nickname = Bhaijaan }}
'''Pirzada Md. Abbas Siddiqui'''<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nair |first=Sobhana K. |date=2021-08-13 |title=Aligning with Abbas Siddiqui, ISF was wrong: CPI (M) Central Committee |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/aligning-with-abbas-siddiquis-isf-was-wrong-cpi-m-central-committee/article35900815.ece |access-date=2025-06-15 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> (born 1987) is an Islamic scholar, social activist and Indian politician who founded the All India Secular Front political party in 2021. He is a cleric of the Furfura Sharif in Hooghly, West Bengal<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-04|title=Explained: Spotlight on a Muslim cleric, election pointers in West Bengal|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/spotlight-on-muslim-cleric-pirzada-abbas-siddiqui-election-pointers-in-bengal-7194843/|access-date=2021-06-20|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> and is the scion of the Siddique family, which is the founder and custodian of the Furfura Sharif.<ref>{{Cite web|date=21 January 2021|title=Popular Muslim cleric Abbas Siddiqui floats new political party in Bengal|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/popular-muslim-cleric-abbas-siddiqui-floats-new-political-party-in-bengal-101611236598916.html|access-date=29 April 2021|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy|first=Rajat|date=29 March 2021|title=Abbas Siddiqui's dilemma—bring Muslims from TMC and still be secular enough for Left-Congress|url=https://theprint.in/opinion/abbas-siddiqui-dilemma-bring-muslims-from-tmc-secular-enough-for-left-congress/629254/|access-date=29 April 2021|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref>
== Early life == 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 March 2021|title=Why it is Wrong and Unfair to Label Abbas Siddiqui as Communal|url=https://www.newsclick.in/why-wrong-unfair-label-abbas-siddiqui-communal|website=newsclick.in|language=en}}</ref> Siddiqui has studied Islamic Theology from Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah.{{citation needed|date= September 2022}}
== Political career ==
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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Owaisi Joining Hands with Abbas Siddiqui Could be a Red Flag for Mamata Banerjee|url=https://thewire.in/politics/asaduddin-owaisi-abbas-siddiqui-west-bengal|access-date=29 April 2021|website=The Wire}}</ref> However, that plan faltered<ref>{{Cite web|last=Chowdhuri|first=Pranmoy Brahmachary & Rajib|date=28 March 2021|title=Asaduddin Owaisi withdraws support to Peerzada Abbas Siddiqui in West Bengal polls|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/280321/asaduddin-owaisi-withdraws-support-to-peerzada-abbas-siddiqui-in-west-bengal-polls.html|access-date=29 April 2021|website=The Asian Age}}</ref> and instead he joined hands with the Left Front (comprising various communist parties) and the Congress to form the Sanjukta Morcha. His party All India Secular Front contested on a borrowed symbol from Rashtriya Secular Majlis Party (RSMP) which is a Bihar-based party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MPost |date=2021-03-18 |title=ISF to fight polls on borrowed symbol |url=https://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/isf-to-fight-polls-on-borrowed-symbol-434695 |access-date=2023-01-29 |website=www.millenniumpost.in |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Siddiqui called for beheading as punishment for disrespecting the Quran.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Behead call|date=2021-10-17 |title=Abbas Siddique calls for beheading Bangladeshi Hindu for his secular act|url =https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/furfura-sharif-abbas-siddiqui-bangladesh-durga-puja-pandal-attack-bengal-1865841-2021-10-17|website=www.indiatoday.in |language=en}}</ref>
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