Abbas Siddiqui

Pirzada Md. Abbas Siddiqui^[1] (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]

Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui
Personal details
Born	Mohammad Abbas Siddiqui 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
Nickname	Bhaijaan
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Tariqa	Silsila-e-Furfura

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.^[5] Siddiqui has studied Islamic Theology from Furfura Fatehia Senior Madrasah.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[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]