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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Abdul Nazer Madani
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| birth_place = [[Sasthamkotta]], [[Kerala]], India
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| party = [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]]
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| spouse = Soofiya Madani
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| occupation = [[Islamic Orator|Muslim Orator]]
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| native_name = അബ്ദുന്നാസർ മദനി
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'''Abdul Nazer Mahdani''', also known as '''Abdul Nasser Maudani''' or '''Madani''', is the leader of [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]] (PDP) from [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref name="toi1">{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Abdul-Nasser-Madani-involved-in-more-blast-cases-Karnataka-Police/articleshow/21351630.cms|title=Abdul Nasser Madani involved in more blast cases: Karnataka Police |date=July 26, 2013|website=The Times of India|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

Mahdani was accused of involving in [[1998 Coimbatore bombings]], but was acquitted of all charges after spending nine and half years in [[Coimbatore Central Prison]].<ref name="hindu_release">{{cite web|title=Maudhany freed, Basha found guilty in Coimbatore blasts case|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080259070100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016214828/http://hindu.com/2007/08/02/stories/2007080259070100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 October 2007|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2007-08-02|access-date=2 August 2007}}</ref><ref name="IE">{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/madani-s-custody-in-bangalore-takes-political-colour/1047264/ |title=Madani's custody in Bangalore takes political colour |work=Indian Express|access-date=19 December 2012}}</ref> He is under judicial custody in relation with the [[2008 Bangalore serial blasts]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/report/madani-faking-illness-for-more-conspiracies-says-ktaka-govt/20110429.htm Madani pretending to be ill, SC told - Rediff.com India News]</ref>

In 1992, Mahdani became the target of an assassination attempt where he lost his right leg and is fitted with a prosthetic limb.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|date=2006-09-11|title=HC directs RSS leader to surrender in Madani attack case|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2006/09/11/hc-directs-rss-leader-to-surrender-in-madani-attack-case-1157980219.html|access-date=2020-02-17|website=One India|language=en}}</ref><ref name="hindu_release" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110208191822/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/chennai/madani-slams-cbi-karnataka-cops-586 Madani slams CBI, Karnataka cops]. deccanchronicle.com. 13 June 2010</ref><ref>[http://news.oneindia.in/2006/09/11/hc-directs-rss-leader-to-surrender-in-madani-attack-case-1157980219.html HC directs RSS leader to surrender in Madani attack case]. News.oneindia.in (11 September 2006). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref>

==Political Activism==
At a young age, Mahdani began delivering sermons at a local mosque in the Kollam district. His oratory skills were well received, and he soon built up a following.<ref name="Special">[http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/may/03spec.htm Special: Are Kerala's Muslims enamoured with Abdul Nasser Madani?]. Rediff.com. Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref>
He subsequently formed the Islamic Seva Sangh (ISS) and later launched the PDP.[https://web.archive.org/web/20110907150047/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/06/stories/2006120608540300.htm The Hindu : Kerala / Kollam News : Four PDP members expelled from party]</ref>

===Chengara Solidarity March===
Abdul Nasser Mahdani delivered a speech at [[Chengara]] Adivasi Protest in support of the struggle in May 2008. He declared the objective of Muslim-Dalit-Adivasi Unity under the banner of "Power to [[Avarna]]s and Liberation to [[The Oppressed]]"<ref name="youtube.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX9nqr8GyFo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/YX9nqr8GyFo |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=A Full Length Film on the Fabricated Cases on Abdul Nasar Maudany and Others|last=Free Maudany Campaign|date=2013-11-30|website=Youtube|access-date=2020-02-17}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecompanion.in/let-the-walls-speak-the-many-meanings-of-azaadiand-freedom/|title=Let The Walls Speak: The many meanings of Azaadi|last=Wahab|first=Hisham Ul|date=2016-08-15|website=The Companion|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

===Free Madani Campaign===
With the aim of providing legal and financial aid to PDP chairman Abdul Nasser Madani, who has been arrested in connection with the Bangalore blast case, to wage legal and political battle, Justice For Madani Forum was constituted under the aegis of various Muslim organisations on 25 August 2010.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2010/aug/26/justice-for-madani-forum-set-up-181375.html | title=Justice for Madani Forum set up | date=26 August 2010 | newspaper=The New Indian Express | access-date=12 August 2019 }}</ref> The Justice for Madani Forum demanded that the Bangalore blast case, in which PDP leader Abdul Nasser Madani, has been listed as an accused, should be probed by any agency outside the state of Karnataka, preferably by the National Investigating Agency (NIA).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-justice-for-madani-forum-demands-nia-probe-in-bangalore-blast-case-1439847|title=Justice for Madani Forum demands NIA probe in Bangalore blast case|date=2010-09-18|website=DNA India|language=en|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>

==Controversies==

;Islamic Seva Sangh
Mahdani had set up the Islamic Seva Sangh in 1989. It was banned in 1992 for alleged subversive act along with [[Students Islamic Movement of India|SIMI]] and [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] following the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|Babri Masjid demolition.]]<ref name="Special" /><ref>[https://archive.today/20130125174142/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Madani-finally-held-flown-to-Bangalore/Article1-587721.aspx Madani finally held, flown to Bangalore]. Hindustan Times (16 August 2010). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.flonnet.com/fl1811/18110360.htm An ineffective move] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130125004327/http://www.flonnet.com/fl1811/18110360.htm |date=25 January 2013 }}</ref>

;Alleged connections with Thadiyantavide Nazeer
Investigators allege that suspected south India commander of the [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]] Thadiyantavide Nazeer came into militancy through ISS founded by Mahdani.<ref name="ThadiyantavideNazeer.dailypioneer">[http://dailypioneer.com/nation/118334-kerala-forms-5-doc-team-to-study-madani-health.html The Pioneer]</ref><ref name="articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com">[http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2009-12-12/news/28382058_1_coimbatore-bomb-blasts-sufiya-madani-islamic-seva-sangh Madani's wife charged with aiding LeT man - Economic Times]</ref> Nazeer is suspected to have established links with [[LeT]]<ref name="articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140106122236/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-01/kochi/31957835_1_dacoity-case-bangalore-police-ismail-alias Dacoity case: CB arrests Thadiyantavide Nazeer|work=The Times of India]</ref> and was picked up by Bangladeshi authorities and handed over to BSF on the Meghalaya border.<ref name="articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com"/>
In connection with the Bangalore blast case, police have presented phone records to the court proving that Madani contacted the main accused Nazeer several times before and after the blast. Phone calls were made from a number registered in Madani's wife Soofiya's name.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page%3Darticle%26sectid%3D10%26contentid%3D2010082620100826052303834d19b4744 |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827183111/http://www.bangaloremirror.com/index.aspx?page=article&sectid=10&contentid=2010082620100826052303834d19b4744 |archive-date=27 August 2010 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/89664/F |title=Archived copy |access-date=23 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205710/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/89664/F |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> According to the police, after orchestrating the blasts Nasir went in hiding at Madani's office at Anvarssery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2010/jun/22/after-the-2008-bomb-blasts-nasir-called-his-le-125542.html|title=After the 2008 bomb blasts, Nasir called his 'le|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref> However Madani's advocate B. V. Acharya has contended that it is "only a make believe theory to implicate Madani".<ref>[https://archive.today/20130630022920/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=711521]<nowiki/>{{Dead link|date=February 2020}}</ref>

;Allegation on Coimbatore blast case
[[File:Coimbathoormadhani.jpg|right|thumb|madani after his release from Coimbatore jail]]
He was allegedly involved in the Coimbatore serial bomb blasts case held on 14 February 1998, that killed 58 people. Mahdani was imprisoned for nine years. Later, Mahdani was acquitted of all charge.<ref>[http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=40360&n_tit=Mangalore%3A+Unravelling+Bomb+Blasts+will+Trigger+off+Communal+Unrest+-+Madani: Mangalore Unravelling Bomb Blasts will Trigger off Communal Unrest - Madani]</ref>

;High Court and Supreme court observations in Bangalore blast case
Mahdani is lodged in Karnataka jail and is in judicial custody for his involvement in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts, which killed one person and injured 20 more, and for similar incidents in [[2008 Ahmedabad bombings|Ahmedabad]], Surat and [[Jaipur bombings|Jaipur]].<ref name="hindustantimes.com">[https://archive.today/20130125084731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/SC-bench-split-on-granting-bail-to-blast-accused-Madani/Article1-693529.aspx SC bench split on granting bail to blast accused Madani]. Hindustan Times (5 May 2011). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> As per former Karnataka state Home Minister [[V. S. Acharya]], Mahdani also allegedly admitted role in the [[2010 Bangalore stadium bombing]] on 17 April 2010,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130629173816/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-08-24/india/28323301_1_low-intensity-explosions-bomb-blasts-cricket-stadium Madani admits to role in Bangalore stadium blasts – Times Of India]. Articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com (24 August 2010). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> which he had denied earlier.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/news/madani-says-he-will-surrender-before-court/660586/ Madani says he will surrender before court]. Indian Express (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref><ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/75085/madani-jail-threat-again.html Madani under jail threat, again]. Deccanherald.com. Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> This assertion regarding the confession of Mahdani was rejected by Mahdani's counsel and said that the allegation baseless and devoid of facts, and is politically motivated.<ref name="confes">{{cite news |author=ET Bureau |title=Madani 'confesses' role in Bangalore blasts |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=25 August 2010 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/madani-confesses-role-in-bangalore-blasts/articleshow/6429692.cms |access-date=25 August 2010 }}</ref> After a court issued a fresh non-bailable warrant,<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131222174800/http://www.sify.com/news/court-issues-another-nbw-against-madani-news-national-kgybx6dhjbe.html?tag=madani Court issues another NBW against Madani]. Sify.com. Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> Mahdani claimed that he proffered to surrender so as to avoid 'unpleasant situations' when he was to be arrested.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131222194838/http://www.sify.com/news/i-will-surrender-before-a-court-madani-news-national-kipukdejjhf.html I will surrender before a court: Madani]. Sify.com (15 August 2010). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref>

On 11 February 2011, the [[Karnataka High Court]] had rejected Mahdani's plea. stating that there is seldom ever any direct evidence in such cases as conspiracies of this nature are hatched in complete secrecy.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/news/report/madani-faking-illness-for-more-conspiracies-says-ktaka-govt/20110429.htm Madani pretending to be ill, SC told – Rediff.com India News]. Rediff.com (29 April 2011). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> At the final hearing [[Markandey Katju|Justice Markandey Katju]] uttered that he was wondering as to how a person on a wheel chair could pose a threat if released on bail.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/How-can-wheelchair-bound-Madani-be-a-threat-asks/articleshow/8050993.cms|title=How can wheelchair-bound Madani be a threat, asks |website=The Times of India|language=en|date=2011-04-22|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>''The [[Supreme Court of India|Supreme Court]] bench was divided on granting bail to Mahdani and posted the matter to [[Chief Justice of India]] to form a new bench to decide on the plea.<ref name="Yahoo1">[http://in.news.yahoo.com/sc-split-verdict-madanis-bail-plea-bangalore-blast-104359060.html SC split verdict on Mahdani's bail plea in Bangalore blast case]. In.news.yahoo.com (4 May 2011). Retrieved on 24 March 2012.</ref> In March 2013 Mahdani was granted a 5-day interim bail to attend his daughter's wedding and to visit his ailing father.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/fwire/pdps-madani-allowed-to-attend-daughters-marriage-police-to-monitor-652216.html|title=PDP's Madani allowed to attend daughter's marriage, police to monitor|website=Firstpost|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref> On 21 October 2013, the Supreme Court of India directed the Karnataka Government to immediately shift Mahdani to a private hospital for treatment. The court also allowed his wife to be along with him as a bystander during his stay in the hospital.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/give-immediate-medical-treatment-to-maudany-court-tells-karnataka/article5259187.ece | title=Give immediate medical treatment to Maudany, court tells Karnataka | date=22 October 2013 | newspaper=The Hindu | access-date=12 August 2019 }}</ref> On 24 July 2017, his bail application for attending his son's marriage on 9 August was rejected by NIA court. In response to this, his party PDP called for state wide harthal in Kerala on 26 July 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/kerala/2017/07/24/nia-court-rejects-madani-plea-son-wedding-pdp-hartal-kerala.html|title=NIA court rejects Madani's plea to attend son's wedding, PDP hartal in Kerala Wednesday|website=OnManorama|access-date=2020-02-17}}</ref>
[[File:Bangalorearrest.jpg|right|thumb|Mahdani while being arrested for Bangalore blast case]]
An article by an investigative journalist at ''[[Tehelka]]'' suggests that the testimony of one of the witnesses in the case was fabricated by the investigating agency. It also alleges that one other witness was "brutally tortured" to give a testimony against Madhani.<ref>{{Cite web|last=KK|first=Shahina|title=Why is this man still in prison? {{!}} Tehelka - Investigations, Latest News, Politics, Analysis, Blogs, Culture, Photos, Videos, Podcasts|url=http://old.tehelka.com/why-is-this-man-still-in-prison/|access-date=2020-10-01|website=old.tehelka.com|language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Murder attempt case'''

Madhani has been named the first accused in a case registered in 2013 relating to the alleged attempt in 1998 to murder RSS ideologue [[P. Parameswaran]] and Father K. K. Alavi, a convert into Christianity from Islam.<ref name="alavi">{{Cite news|url=http://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/murder-attempt-case-madhani-questioned-by-kerala-police-english-news-1.713963|title=Murder attempt case: Madhani questioned by Kerala police|work=Mathrubhumi|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206095945/http://english.mathrubhumi.com/mobile/news/kerala/murder-attempt-case-madhani-questioned-by-kerala-police-english-news-1.713963|archive-date=6 December 2017}}</ref> The case relates to Madhani offering money to murder both individuals. Madhani dismissed the charges and said he was not involved in it and alleged political conspiracy against him.<ref name="alavi"/> In September 2015, Crime Branch had submitted to the court that Parameswaran and Alavi had stated that they had never faced any attempt on their life as alleged in the complaint and that no evidence could be obtained to substantiate this allegation against Mahdani.<ref name="nie">{{cite news |author=New Indian Express |title=No Proof on Plot to Kill Parameswaran, Alavi |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 September 2015|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2015/sep/29/No-Proof-on-Plot-to-Kill-Parameswaran-Alavi-821831.html |access-date=29 September 2015 }}</ref><ref name="toi">{{cite news |author=TOI |title=Conspiracy to kill RSS ideologue: No interference in probe, says crime branch |newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=14 February 2017 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/conspiracy-to-kill-rss-ideologue-no-interference-in-probe-says-crime-branch/articleshow/57134065.cms |access-date=14 February 2017 }}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111128012407/http://maudany.in/ Maudani's Official Website] Maudani's Official Website
*{{cite news|url=http://www.newstodaynet.com/2006sud/06mar/2003ss1.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121130330/http://newstodaynet.com/2006sud/06mar/2003ss1.htm|archive-date=21 November 2008|title=An object of electoral worship}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060524222502/http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/jan052005/n13.asp Coimbatore blast case] Deccan Herald – 5 January 2005
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927004814/http://www.newindpress.com/Column.asp?ID=IE620061007014645&P=old Afzal mercy as national discourse _ a national shame] Newindpress – 27 December 2006

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