Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen

Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen, JKIM (meaning 'Unity of Muslims', name written in Urdu, Arabic & Persian as: اتحاد المسلمين, Ittihadul Muslimeen) is a Muslim political party in (Indian held) Jammu & Kashmir founded to provide to the people of Jammu and Kashmir a viable, democratic and broad based political platform that would reflect their true will and aspirations and endeavor to realize the vision of a peaceful and prosperous future for the people of the State.
In 1962, Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari, an esteemed & revered Shiite religious personality and the Founder and Chief Patron of JKIM succeeded in discovering the cause of prevailing mental lethargy of the Shia Community of Kashmir and took positive steps to eliminate it. He felt the reform was necessary not only in academic field but also in political field. To work on the political front, the first and largest political party of the Shiite community of Kashmir named "Jammu & Kashmir Ittihadul Muslimeen" (JKIM) was established. JKIM works for the political, Social and economic welfare of the Muslims of Kashmir and demanded a UN supervised plebiscite in Kashmir. It has organized various seminars and conventions which called for the union of the divided parts of Kashmir and holding of plebiscite in accordance with the United Nations resolutions of 1948 - 49.