History & Formation of JKIM

Since 1947 the oppressed people of Jammu & Kashmir have been continuously raising their voice against the forcible occupation of their land by India. To perpetrate their imperialistic and expansionist designs, besides brutalization and dehumanization of Kashmiri people, the policy of divide and rule, a legacy of British rule has been followed by the various Indian governments in Kashmir. To divide on the lines of sectarian, linguistic, regional and religious basis are some of the dirty tricks adopted by Indians to create wedge between the different communities in Kashmir.
To counter these conspiracies, among many conscientious leaders of Kashmir is Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, (born in 1936) who stood firmly and successfully thwarted such dirty moves of Indians aimed at dividing the Kashmiris on communal lines for the sake of their imperialistic rule over Jammu & Kashmir. The leading light of freedom movement and the champion of right of self determination to Kashmiris has been honestly carrying on the mission.
The founder of JKIM & Islamic Unity leader Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari along with his companions and sympathizers of the nation founded Anjumani Safina (Safina Association), a religious, academic & cultural organization in May 1961. Soon after the foundation of Safina Association, it took positive steps to eliminate the cause of prevailing mental lethargy in the community. It felt the reform was necessary in academic and cultural field. In the academic field, it launched a religio-political monthly magazine named “Safeena” in June 1961.
The association was confined to a limited orbit; therefore in view of the vast interests of the Nation its extent was necessary. It was very important to take revolutionary steps to expose its vast ideologies publicly in political field also. In his quest for forging unity among the people of the valley particularly Muslim, Maulana Ansari and the members of the “Safina Association” made an all-embracing political party "Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen" (JKIM) on the 27th of March, 1962 at its historic Chattabal (Srinagar) General Session of the Organization.
The main object of JKIM was to keep the various sects of Muslims united and fight the divisive forces. The political objective of JKIM is to struggle, by all means allowed to the subjugated peoples by the UN under its General Assembly & Security Council Resolutions, to enable the people of Jammu Kashmir State to exercise their right of self determination and obtain a respectable place in the comity of free nations. JKIM also works for the Social, educational, cultural and economic welfare of the people of Kashmir.
Within a couple of years of formation of JKIM, its branches were established in different cities and towns of Jammu & Kashmir. In 1990 its branches were established in Azad Kashmir and Pakistan.