Back سيد علي جيلاني Arabic সৈয়দ আলী শাহ গিলানি Bengali/Bangla سید علی شاه گیلانی Persian सैयद अली शाह गिलानी Hindi سید علی شاہ گیلانی Kashmiri ਸੱਯਦ ਅਲੀ ਸ਼ਾਹ ਗੀਲਾਨੀ Punjabi سید علی گیلانی PNB Syed Ali Shah Geelani SIMPLE சையது அலி கிலானி Tamil سید علی گیلانی Urdu
Syed Ali Shah Geelani | |
|---|---|
 Geelani in 2009 | |
| Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference | |
| In office 1998 – 20 July 2000 | |
| Preceded by | Mirwaiz Umar Farooq |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Ghani Bhat |
| Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (Geelani faction) | |
| In office 13 September 2003 – 29 June 2020[1][2] | |
| Preceded by | Masarat Alam Bhat (interim) |
| Succeeded by | Masarat Alam Bhat (interim)[3] |
| Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat | |
| In office 12 October 2004 – 19 March 2018[4][5] | |
| Preceded by | position established |
| Succeeded by | Ashraf Sehrai |
| Member of Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 1972–1977 | |
| In office 1977–1982 | |
| In office 1987–1990 | |
| Constituency | Sopore |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 29 September 1929 Zoori Munz, Jammu and Kashmir, British India |
| Died | 1 September 2021 (aged 91) Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Citizenship | Indian |
| Political party | JKNC (until c. 1952)[6] JIJK (1953–2010)[7] Hurriyat (2004–2018) |
| Spouse(s) |
Unknown (died 1968)Jawahira Begum (before 2021) |
| Children | 6 |
| Education | Adib 'Alim;[10] Adib-i-Fazil;[6] Munshi Fazil[6] |
| Alma mater | Oriental College, Lahore[10] University of Kashmir[6] |
| Occupation | Kashmiri separatist leader |
| Awards | Nishan-e-Pakistan (2020)[11] |
Syed Ali Shah Geelani (29 September 1929 – 1 September 2021) was an Islamist,[12] Pro-Pakistan[13][14][15] Kashmiri-separatist leader in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir,[16][17] regarded as the father of the Kashmiri jihad.[18][19][20]
Geelani helped found the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) in 1993 and served as its chairman from 1998 to 2000. In 2003, he formed his own faction of which he was later elected as the lifetime chairman. He founded the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat party in 2004, which became the leading organisation in the separate "Geelani faction" of the Hurriyat Conference. Geelani served as its chairman until he quit the position in March 2018, though remaining the chairman of his faction of APHC.[4][5][2]
He was a member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir since 1953, and was regarded as one of its most significant leaders. Geelani was also a three-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Sopore constituency, elected on a Jamaat-e-Islami ticket in 1972, 1977 and in 1987.[21][3]
- ^ "Syed Geelani quits Hurriyat, accuses Pakistan-based separatist leaders of nepotism, corruption". ThePrint. 29 June 2020.; "Disillusionment or Pakistan push? Story behind Syed Ali Shah Geelani's Hurriyat exit". ThePrint. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b Peerzada Ashiq (29 June 2020). "Ailing Syed Ali Geelani quits Hurriyat Conference". The Hindu.
- ^ a b "Masarat Alam: Successor to Geelani with 'anti-India sentiment'". Hindustantimes.com. 10 March 2015. Archived from the original on 9 March 2015.
- ^ a b Fayaz Wani (19 March 2018). "Syed Ali Shah Geelani quits as Tehreek-e-Hurriyat party chairman but will continue to head Hurriyat". The New Indian Express.
- ^ a b "Syed Ali Shah Geelani Resigns As Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chairman, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai To Replace Him". Outlook. 19 March 2018.; "Disillusionment or Pakistan push? Story behind Syed Ali Shah Geelani's Hurriyat exit". ThePrint. 1 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d Hakeem, Paradise on Fire (2014), p. 26.
- ^ "The Man Who Says NoTo New Delhi", The Caravan, 1 September 2010
- ^ "Liberation fighter / national political leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dies in Srinagar". Livemint. 2 September 2021 – via PTI.
- ^ Yasir, Sameer (2 September 2021). "Syed Ali Geelani, Separatist Leader in Kashmir, Dies at 91". The New York Times.
- ^ a b Hakeem, Paradise on Fire (2014), p. 25.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Nishan-e-Pakistanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Garner, Chechnya and Kashmir: The Jihadist Evolution (2013), p. 423: "The Jamaat-e-Islami's ideologue, Saeed Ali Shah Geelani, played a key role in political discourse, aiming to discredit and displace the JKLF's agenda and provide a religious rationale for advocating Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. Geelani was one of the first to place the Kashmiri struggle within an Islamist paradigm."
- ^ Sumantra Bose, Syed Ali Shah Geelani: The man who fought for Kashmir’s freedom, BBC News, 2 September 2021. "First, he made it clear that although a proud Kashmiri, he considered his national identity to be Pakistani. Second, he was implacably hostile to the idea of an independent Kashmir.... The JKLF leader's amused reaction made light of a deadly schism the two views of freedom - the majority view favouring independence and the minority pro-Pakistan view - had produced in the Kashmiri movement."
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Kaveree Bamzai (30 October 2010). "Syed Ali Shah Geelani: The Man who Hates India". India Today.
But he remains firm on the demand for self-determination, which in his view would lead to Kashmir's accession to Pakistan. He does not want an independent Kashmir, although independence is preferable to "Indian imperialism". He is an ideologue who believes Kashmir should be an Islamic state within a theocratic Pakistan.
- ^ Jamal, Shadow War (2009), pp. 141–143: "Among top leaders of the organization [Jamaat-i-Islami] in 1989, only Syed Ali Shah Geelani was willing to publicly support armed jihad. ... A pro-militancy constituency secretly arranged for Syed Ali Shah Geelani to address the group [of leaders]. When negotiations stalled, Geelani appeared suddenly, made an impassioned speech and, according to accounts of the meeting, succeeded in pushing the group toward openly supporting the jihad [which ended with the creation of Hizbul Mujahideen]."
- ^ "Syed Ali Shah Geelani emerging as most powerful separatist in Kashmir ". indiatimes.com. Retrieved on 23 July 2016.
- ^ Kaveree Bamzai (30 October 2010). "Syed Ali Shah Geelani: The Man who Hates India". India Today.
- ^ The 'father of jihad' in Kashmir, led separatist politics for 3 decades...A chapter ends with the death of Ali Shah Geelani, PressWire18, 2 September 2021. Archived 4 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine. Quote: 'Former RAW chief and Officer on Special Duty to the then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, AS Dulat, in his book on Kashmir, had called Geelani the “father of jihad”.'
- ^ PTI, Why India banned Jamaat-e-lslami and the 'Amir-e-Jihad' Geelani connection, Business Standard, 9 March 2019.
- ^ Praveen Swami, The Sunset of Kashmir's Jihadist Patriarch, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, News18, 29 June 2020 (updated 1 September 2021).
- ^ "Sopore Election 2014, Results, Candidate List and winner of Sopore Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Constituency, Jammu And Kashmir" Archived 26 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine. elections.in. Retrieved on 23 July 2016.
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