All Parties Hurriyat Conference
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The All Parties Hurriyat Conference(APHC) (formed March 10, 1993) is a political front formed as an alliance of 26 political, social and religious organizations in Kashmir. It was created to further the cause of Kashmiri separatism. "Hurriyat" in Urdu means "freedom".
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[edit] History
The APHC succeeded another freedom-centric organisation Tehreeki Hurriyat Kashmir(THK)headed by advocate Mian Qayoom and started in 1989.At that time its members among others included:
- Yaseen Malik's Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)
- Shabbir Shah's People's Democratic Front.
- Jamat-e-Islami
- Shakeel Bakshi's Islamic Students League
- Muslim Conference led Abdul Ghani Bhat
The THK was not able to exert much influnce on the politics of Kashmir. This was when the Hurriyat conference was formed. Mirwaiz Moulvi Umar Farooq then the Chairman of the J & K Awami Action Committee played an important role in forming the Conference.
[edit] Objectives
According to its constitution, the APHC was intended to be a union of political, social and religious parties of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. The Purpose/ goals of the organisation are as follows:
- Wage a peaceful struggle to secure the right to self determination(limited without right to indepnedence) of the people of Kashmir.
- Endeavour to find an alternative solution by involving all three parties to the dispute.Viz, India, Pakistan and Kashmir,under UN auspicious or friendly country
- to Project the ongoing struggle to the international Community as a struggle against the "forcible and fraudulent Occupation of Kahmir by India".
- Endeavor to promote a society based on islamic values keeping in mind the Muslim Majority Character of the state.At the same time, safegaurding the rights and Interests of Non Muslims.
[edit] List of Members
The APHC started off as an umbrella organisation with 26 members.
- Aawami Action Committee
- Jamaat-e-Islami
- Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference
- Muslim Conference
- Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front
- People's League
- Ittihad-ul Muslimeen
- All Jammu & Kashmir Employees’ Confederation
- Employees and Workers Confederation
- Anjaman-e-Tablig-ul Islam
- Liberation Council
- Jamiat-e-Ahle Hadith
- Kashmir Bazme Tawheed
- Jamiat-e-Hamdania
- Kashmir Bar Association
- Political Conference
- Tehreek-e-Huriati Kashmiri
- Jamiate Ulama-E-Islam
- Anjamani Auqafi Jama Masjid
- Muslim Khawateen Markaz
- Jammu and Kashmir Human Rights Committee
- Jammu and Kashmir People's Basic Rights (Protection) Committee
- Employees & Workers Confederation (Arsawi Group)
- Students Islamic League
- Islamic Study Circle
- Auquaf Jama Masjid
The important parties of the Executive Council of the APHC are:
- Jamat-e-Islami,Syed Ali Shah Geelani
- Awami Action Committee Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
- People's League,Sheikh Abdul Aziz
- Itehad-ul-Muslimeen Moulvi Abbas Ansari
- Muslim Conference, Prof. Abdul Ghani Bhat
- JKLF, Yasin Malik
- People's Conference,Sajid Lone son of Abdul Ghani Lone.
[edit] Role in the Politics of Kashmir
The APHC does not recognise the Indian Constitution and has stayed away from all elections held in the state of Kashmir so far. It blames the lack of sincereity of India for the failure of the repeated attempts at the resolution of the Kashmir issue. It has consistently criticized and Accused the Indian Troops present in Kashmir of Human Rights Violations.
The APHC is divided into two factions. One, led by Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, favours independence, the second, the Tehreek-i-Hurriyat, led by Syed Ali Shah Geelani favours the accession of Kashmir to Pakistan. From 2004 the Omar Farooq faction has held three rounds of talks with the Government of India.
The Hurriyat boycotted the May 2006 round table conference in Srinagar which leaders of Jammu and Kashmir, and the Prime Minister of India attended. This was a setback to the Hurriyat's dialogue with New Delhi.
The All Parties Hurriyat Conference is not considered truly representative of minority groups in the Kashmir Valley, although some members, such as Bhushan Bazaz from the Hindu community, come from the non-Sunni Muslim populations of Kashmir. Maulana Abbas Ansari, the former head of the APHC, was a Kashmir of Shiite descent.
[edit] External links
'Relevance of Hurriyat' Article in outlook by Rajinder Puri http://outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20060612&fname=Bulls+Eye&sid=1 and also the Jammu and Kashmir freedom front has become close to the APHC now and its military wing still carries out armed struggle against Indian rule. It remains a major protagonist of Kashiri freedom and independence.
