What is Iftikhar Hussain Ansari?
{{Infobox politician | name = Iftikhar Hussain Ansari | native_name = افتخار حسین انصاری | image = | constituency = [[Pattan]], [[Baramulla]], Kashmir | residence = [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir]] | alma_mater = [[Sultanul Madaris]], [[Lucknow]], India and Madras-e- Baghdadi kufa,Iraq | birth_date = 26 April 1942 | birth_place = Srinagar, [[Jammu and Kashmir]], India | death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|9|30|1942|4|26|df=y}} | death_place = Dar-ul-Jawad, Qamarwari Srinagar | party = [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]], [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference]] | otherparty = '''President''', All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association, '''Chairman''', Imam Hussain A.S Charitable Trust | children = [[Imran Reza Ansari]], Irfan Reza Ansari, and a daughter }} '''Molvi Iftikhar Hussain Ansari''' ([[Kashmiri language|Kashmiri]]: मौलवी इफ्तिखार हुसैन अंसारी <small>([[Devanagari]])</small>, مولوی افتخار حسین ااری <small>([[Nastaʿlīq script|Nastaleeq]])</small>) (26 April 1940 &ndash; 30 September 2014) was a [[Kashmiri people|Kashmiri]] [[Shia Islam|Shia]] cleric, politician and a businessman. He succeeded his father [[Molvi Muhammad Jawad Ansari]] as president of [[All Jammu and Kashmir Shia Association in Jammu & Kashmir]] in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shias of Kashmir: Socio-Political Dilemmas|url=http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|publisher=Kashmir Observer|accessdate=24 April 2013|archive-date=4 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104214200/http://kashmirobserver.net/news/features/shias-kashmir-socio-political-dilemmas|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was a sitting member of [[Jammu and Kashmir]]'s Legislative Assembly for the [[Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]. He was earlier a member of [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference|National Conference]] and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]].<ref na