
Syed Ali Shah Geelani in Front of Media

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Writing On a Wall

Syed Ali Shah Geelani inFront of People

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Kashmiri Leader

Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
bEarly life and Educationb

Syed Ali Shah Geelani member of Jamaat-e-Islami Kashmir
bChildern and Member of Groupsb
He has two sons named Naseem and Nayeem, and five daughters.His second son, Zahoor, lives in New Delhi. Izhaar, his grandson, is a crew member of a private airliner in India, while his daughter Farhat is a teacher in Jeddah. His other grandchildren are studying in leading schools of India. His cousin Ghulam Nabi Fall is presently in London.[2] Family He traditionally enjoyed a good amount of support in Kashmir, but off late, the numbers have been dwindling. Today he is the Chairman of Separetist Group Tahreek Huriyat and a member of Jammati Islamia.[3] Childern and Member of GroupsbPolitical Activitiesb
Geelani has been viewed as a key separatist leader in Kashmir.Omar Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, has blamed Geelani for the rise in militancy and bloodshed in Kashmir, while Omar's father and former Union Minister Farooq Abdullah has urged Geelani to follow a path which would "save Kashmiri people from further destruction".In October 2013 he was re-elected for the fourth time to serve three-year term as the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), a faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, which split up in 2003.He founded the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat party, to which he was separately reelected as chairman for a three-year term in September 2013.Geelani has called for numerous general strikes or shutdowns, in response to the deaths of unnamed suspected militants, local militants and death of civilians in Kashmir.bAnnual Meetingb
Syed Ali Shah Geelani received the invitation to participate in the annual meeting of the "foreign ministers" of "member states" of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) and the "Kashmir contact group" to be held in New York from September 27, 2015.bDeath of Burhan Muzaffar Wanib
After the death of Burhan Muzaffar Wani and the ongoing 2016 Kashmir Unrest that lasted for five consecutive months, to restore normalcy in Kashmir, Geelani sent a letter to United Nations listing six Confidence Building measures (CBMS).[4] Political ActivitiesbLiteratureb

Syed Ali Shah Geelani infront of People
bBooksb
His books Roodad-e-Qafas, and 'Kralagund se Pakistan tak'. In his book, Safar-e-Mehmood Main Zikar-e-Mazloom, Geelani states that Islam is the inspiration in their struggle against "oppressive Indian troops"In 2007 during Geelani’s treatment in delhi he authored a book “ROHIDEEN KA SHANASA... IQBAL” and in 2008 he wrote second volume of the same book. "Geelani’s Safar-e-Mehmood Main Zikar-e-Mazloom released". [5] LiteraturebElectoral Politicsb
Geelani had appealed to people of Kashmir to boycott the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections completely, not accepting the proposals for self-rule or autonomy that had been offered by the People's Democratic Party and the then ruling National Conference.But despite of repeated boycott appeals, 2014 assembly election recorded record voter's turnout of more than 65% which was highest in 25 years of history .After record voting percentage in Kashmir, Geelani, along with other separatists, were criticised by biased Indian media for misleading people of Kashmir and for not representing true sentiments of Kashmiri people.[6] Electoral PoliticsbIllnessb

Syed Ali Shah Geelani Illness
bDoctors Discoveredb
During a regular check-up doctors discovered that Geelani's "only kidney has developed malignancy".An infection forced doctors, four years ago, to remove his left kidney. Although the cancer was in its early stages, it was life threatening, and he needed to have surgery. Following the advice of his doctors at Apollo Hospital, Geelani was set to travel to either the UK or the USA for specialized treatment.bRequest For a Visab
However his request for a visa was turned down by the Americans, and as his health deteriorated he went to Mumbai for surgery. Doctors at the Tata Memorial Hospital successfully performed surgery on his kidney.The reason given by the U.S. for turning down Geelani's request for a visa was, that he has" failed to renounce violence". This decision was declared a violation of his human rights by his supporters and family.[7] IllnessbDeath Rumourb
On March 12 2014, rumors of Geelani's death, spread by edits to his Wikipedia entry, "a particular Hindi news channel", and pages on Facebook led the government of Kashmir to suspend internet and phone service, according to some sources.However, the then Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said that the failures had nothing to do with Geelani's health and were due to a snapped power line as well as an optical fibre cut due to heavy snowfall, which left most of the valley without power. The cuts in Internet service, hours after a statement by Hurriyat that Geelani would be flown to New Delhi for medical treatment, were blamed for spreading the rumours.[8] Death RumourbKashmirb

Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani visted today the house of Mohammad Maqbool at Maloora.
bGeelani Supportb
Geelani would only support a dialogue process aimed at resolving Kashmir issue in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of the people of the state. But he belies dialogue between India and Pakistan starts under diplomatic compulsions, it is nothing but just a time delaying tactics. He is of the opinion that Kashmirs are not enemies of India or hold any grudge against its inhabitants. We are desirous of a strong India and Pakistan and it is only possible when Kashmir issue is resolved to pave the way for peace, prosperity and development in the region.bKashmiri Peopleb
He said, "Kashmir is not any border dispute between India and Pakistan which they can solve by bilateral understandings. It is the issue concerning future of 15 million people. The Hurriyat is not in principle against a dialogue process but without involvement of Kashmiri people, such a process has proved meaningless in the past. We don’t have any expectations of it being fruitful in future too." He further stated, "India should immediately and unconditionally release political prisoners, and withdraw cases against youth, which are pending in the courts for the past 20 years".[9] KashmirbSeparatism and Relations with Pakistanb

Kashmir and Pakistan