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{{Short description|Indian Shi'a cleric (born 1953)}}
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| name = Maulana Kalbe Jawad
| image = Maulana Kalbe Jawwad, Shia Cleric, part of eminent Muslim citizens delegation calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on April 13, 2016.jpg
| caption = Maulana [[Kalbe Jawwad]], Shia Cleric, part of eminent Muslim citizens delegation calling on the Prime Minister, [[Narendra Modi]], in New Delhi on April 13, 2016.
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'''Kalbe Jawad''' is a [[Shia Islam|Shia Muslim]] cleric from [[Lucknow]], [[India]].<ref name="indiatoday">{{cite web|title=Who is Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi?|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/maulana-syed-kalbe-jawad-naqvi-shia-muslim-cleric-lucknow-imam-e-juma-189143-2014-04-15|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=20 May 2020|date=15 April 2014}}</ref>

==Family background==
He comes from a family of scholars known as ''"[[Ijtihadi family|Khandan-e-Ijtehad]]"'',<ref>{{cite journal|last=Jones|first=Justin|title=Khandan-i-Ijtihad: Genealogy, history, and authority in a household of 'ulama in modern South Asia|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/modern-asian-studies/article/khandaniijtihad-genealogy-history-and-authority-in-a-household-of-ulama-in-modern-south-asia/E51CE754CED7926CCBB7245554B1224E|journal=Modern Asian Studies|year=2020|volume=54|issue=4|language=en|pages=1149–1191|doi=10.1017/S0026749X18000598|s2cid=210553618 |issn=0026-749X|url-access=subscription}}</ref> and traces his lineage from [[Dildar Ali Naseerabadi]] (also known as [[Ghufran Ma'ab]]), their ancestors came to Jais from [[Sabzevar]].<ref name="indiatoday"/><ref name="Milli">[http://www.milligazette.com/dailyupdate/2006/20060525_muslim_india_politics.htm The Milli Gazette Online, ''Who is Kalbe Jawwad'' By Rizvi Syed Haider Abbas, 24 May 2006]</ref> He is son of [[Kalbe Abid]]; [[Kalbe Hussain]] was his grandfather and [[Kalbe Sadiq]] was his uncle.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gayer|first=Laurent|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qSnmSjPO6JsC&pg=PA353|title=Muslims in Indian Cities: Trajectories of Marginalisation|date=2012|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-176-8|language=en}}</ref>

==Positions and activities==

He has held following positions:<ref name="indiatoday"/>
* ''Imam-e-Juma'' (leader of the Friday prayers) at the [[Asafi Imambara|Shahi Asafi Mosque]], [[Lucknow]].<ref name="Wallace">{{Cite book|last1=Wallace|first1=Paul|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wZ6HAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA161|title=India's 2009 Elections: Coalition Politics, Party Competition and Congress Continuity|last2=Roy|first2=Ramashray|date=5 May 2011|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=978-81-321-0774-3|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Milli"/><ref name="pasdaran-home">{{cite web|url=http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/|title=Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain, home.|access-date=23 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414115744/http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/|archive-date=14 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KHYMAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Kalbe+Jawad%22|title=Muslim India|date=2007|publisher=Muslim India|language=en}}</ref>
* Senior member of [[All India Muslim Personal Law Board]].<ref name="Wallace"/><ref name="Milli" />
* Patron<ref>[http://www.shiayateemkhaana.com/committe.html shia yateem khaana, Lucknow, Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120727013039/http://www.shiayateemkhaana.com/committe.html |date=27 July 2012}}</ref> & chairman<ref>[http://www.shiayateemkhaana.com/ shia yateem khaana, Lucknow, Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303180537/http://shiayateemkhaana.com/ |date=3 March 2009}}</ref> of the committee of "Shia Orphanage" ''Gulistan-e-Abutalib a.s.'', Lucknow.
* Member of the "Joint Ulema Council", founded after 19 February 2006.<ref name="Milli" />
* National President Rashtriya Shia Sufi Sangh
* General Secretary Majlis e Ulama e Hind<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://majliseulamaehind.com/about_us.php|title=Majlis-E-Ulema-E-Hind|website=majliseulamaehind.com|language=en|access-date=30 March 2018|archive-date=16 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180416222121/http://www.majliseulamaehind.com/about_us.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In June 2000 he founded an organization named ''Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain (a.s.)''.<ref name="pasdaran-home"/>

===Involvement in Azadari movement of Lucknow===
He have been involved in azadari movement protests since 1980s,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AbtVAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Kalbe+Jawad%22|title=South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies|date=1992|publisher=Published under the auspices of the Pakistan American Foundation|language=en}}</ref> and subsequently led vigorous anti-government demonstrations at Lucknow in 1997 to lift two decades old ban on [[Azadari in Lucknow|Azadari processions in Lucknow]].<ref name="Milli" /><ref name="pasdaran-aza">{{cite web|url=http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/aza.html|title=Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain, Azadari Movement|access-date=23 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020142345/http://pasdaranehussain.com/aza.html|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He got arrested two times during the movement:<ref name="pasdaran-aza"/>
* He with Sunni clerics Maulana Qamar Minai and Imam Bukhari of Delhi were arrested on 3 June 1997 for organising a meeting and defying Section 144 I.P.C.
* He was again arrested on 28 June 1997 at 4:00 a.m. under National Security Act (NSA).

The [[Government of Uttar Pradesh|government]] later entered into a tripartite Shias-Sunnis-Administration agreement and nine main processions on the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Muharrum, Chehlum, 8th Rabiul Awwal and 21st Ramzan have been restored.<ref name="pasdaran-aza"/>

===Involvement in Waqf movement of Lucknow===
The "Waqf Movement" or ''Tehreek-e-Awqaf'' which is going on in Lucknow under his leadership has achieved significant success in Lucknow and Delhi (with Dargah e Shah Mardan case).<ref name="pasdaran-waqf">{{cite web|url=http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/waqf.html|title=Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain, Waqf Movement|access-date=23 March 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020205335/http://pasdaranehussain.com/waqf.html|archive-date=20 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> He has been demanding CBI inquiry into the corruption taken place in UP Shia Central Waqf Board from a very long time. So far the governments have given assurance only.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/UP-LUCK-maulana-kalbe-jawad-demand-cbi-probe-for-shia-waqf-board-5118985-PHO.html|title=वक्‍फ बोर्ड की नहीं हुई CBI जांच तो पूरा मुहर्रम बड़े इमामबाड़े में: मौलाना कल्‍बे जव्‍वाद|date=20 September 2015|website=Dainik Bhaskar|language=hi|access-date=18 July 2019}}</ref>
He founded of noore hidayat foundation lucknow.<ref>noorehidayatfoundation.org</ref>

===Involvement in demonstrations and rallies===
He held an anti US/Israel/Denmark rally at Lucknow which was attended by over one million people.<ref name="pasdaran-news">[http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/news.html Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain, News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020190045/http://pasdaranehussain.com/news.html |date=20 October 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/Cleric-detained--supporters-go-on-rampage-in-Lucknow/711205 |title=Cleric detained, supporters go on rampage in Lucknow |newspaper=[[The Indian Express|Express news service]] |date=15 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-15/lucknow/28229849_1_shia-cleric-lucknow-road-maulana-kalbe-jawwad |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103225148/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-15/lucknow/28229849_1_shia-cleric-lucknow-road-maulana-kalbe-jawwad |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 November 2012 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |title=Shia tussle spills on to Lucknow road |date=15 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article886463.ece |title=Dispute over college sparks violence |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |location=Lucknow |date=15 November 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Row-over-Shia-College/Article1-626215.aspx |title=Row over Shia College |first=Rohit |last=Singh |newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=Lucknow |date=14 November 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203202837/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Row-over-Shia-College/Article1-626215.aspx |archive-date=3 December 2010 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

===Execution of Nimr al-Nimr===
In an interview condemning the [[execution of Nimr al-Nimr]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] which was posted on the Internet on 3 January 2016 (as translated by [[MEMRI]]), Jawad accused [[Israel]] and the [[United States]] to be involved in the execution, stating that: "Israeli and American hands are involved in [the execution of Sheikh Al-Nimr in Saudi Arabia] and so are other Arab countries, which have unleashed cruelty on the minorities, and are supporting and backing terrorism. They are all involved in this. They don't want any voices to be raised against terrorism."<ref>{{YouTube|id=LMXi83fe0lolist=UUweyNwo4cZM5gsIpuG4Zlew|title=MAULANA S KALBE JAWAD CONDEMS KILING [sic] OF SHIA CLERIC SHEIKH NIMR}}</ref><ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indian-Shias-outraged-at-the-execution-of-Saudi-cleric-Sheikh-Nimr-call-for-nationwide-protest/articleshow/50418846.cms Indian Shias outraged at the execution of Saudi cleric Sheikh Nimr, call for nationwide protest], ''[[The Times of India]]'', 2 January 2016.</ref>

===Wahhabism and Jews===
In the same interview Jawad compared practitioners of [[Wahhabism]] in [[Saudi Arabia]] to [[Judaism|Jews]], stating that: "This is the path of the Jews. According to their [[Talmud]], none but the Jews have the right to live. The Jewish mentality and the Wahhabi mentality are one and the same. That is why we say that there is no difference between the Saudis and the Jews. Their policies are the same, and they support one another. In fact, the Jews are their patrons."<ref>[http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/5309.htm Shiite Indian Cleric Kalbe Jawad: Jewish and Wahhabi Mentality Responsible for Terrorism], [[MEMRI]], Clip No. 5309 (transcript) (Video clip [http://www.memritv.org/clip/en/0/0/0/0/0/0/5309.htm available here]), 3 January 2016.</ref>

His views on Yogi Adityanath:

In March 2023, he says only Yogi Adityanath can uplift the Shias of Uttar Pradesh.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/only-modi-yogi-can-help-uplift-shias/articleshow/98594086.cms | title='Only Modi, Yogi can help uplift Shias' | newspaper=The Times of India }}</ref>

==References==
<ref>{{cite news |title=In U-turn, Shia cleric Kalbe Shawad takes back appeal to Muslims and SC/STs to buy firearms |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/jul/22/in-u-turn-shia-cleric-kalbe-shawad-takes-back-appeal-to-muslims-and-scsts-to-buy-firearms-2007724.html |work=The New Indian Express}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=History shows Kashmir will reject Kalbe Jawad's divisive agenda |url=https://thekashmirwalla.com/history-shows-kashmir-will-reject-kalbe-jawads-divisive-agenda/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220110145740/https://thekashmirwalla.com/history-shows-kashmir-will-reject-kalbe-jawads-divisive-agenda/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=10 January 2022 |work=The Kashmir Walla |date=21 December 2020}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=Maulana Kalbe Jawad reacts to Waseem Rizvi's plea in SC |url=https://www.siasat.com/maulana-kalbe-jawad-reacts-to-waseem-rizvis-plea-in-sc-2109904/ |work=The Siasat Daily |date=14 March 2021}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=jawad: Panel Should Apprise Pm Of Woes: Jawad {{!}} Lucknow News - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/panel-should-apprise-pm-of-woes-jawad/articleshow/90673848.cms |work=The Times of India |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=Lucknow News: हिजाब विवाद इस्लामोफोबिया का एक उदाहरण...शिया धर्मगुरु कल्बे जवाद ने क्‍यों कही ये बात? |url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/metro/lucknow/other-news/shia-maulana-kalbe-jawad-said-that-hijab-row-is-a-example-of-islamophobia/articleshow/90332855.cms |work=Navbharat Times |language=hi}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=Back those who prevented riots: Shia Cleric Jawad |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/back-those-who-prevented-riots-shia-cleric-jawad/articleshow/89736568.cms |work=The Economic Times}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=Muslims should support party that gives maximum tickets: Maulana Kalbe Jawad |url=https://www.siasat.com/muslims-should-support-party-that-gives-maximum-tickets-maulana-kalbe-jawad-2208022/ |work=The Siasat Daily |date=14 October 2021}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title='Marriage at early age prevents girls going wayward': UP cleric on proposal to raise marriageable age to 21 |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/marriage-at-early-age-prevents-girls-going-wayward-up-cleric-on-proposal-to-raise-marriageable-age-to/841384 |work=www.timesnownews.com |language=en}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite news |title=शिया धर्म गुरू कल्बे जवाद ने भाजपा की शान में पढ़े कसीदे, सपा को सुनाई खरी-खरी |url=https://zeenews.india.com/hindi/zeesalaam/news/shia-leader-maulana-kalbe-jawad-big-statement-over-bjp-and-sp/1103624 |work=Zee News |language=hi}}</ref>
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2899923}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110414115744/http://www.pasdaranehussain.com/ Pasdarane Husain - Website of an organisation run by Maulana Syed Kalbe Jawwad]
* [http://www.milligazette.com/dailyupdate/2006/20060525_muslim_india_politics.htm An article entitled "Who is Kalbe Jawwad"]

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OrvilleBurgos99 at 08:52, 25 March 2026