Kalbe Jawad

Kalbe Jawad is a Shia Muslim cleric from Lucknow, India.

Family background He comes from a family of scholars known as "Khandan-e-Ijtehad", and traces his lineage from Dildar Ali Naseerabadi (also known as Ghufran Ma'ab), their ancestors came to Jais from Sabzevar. He is son of Kalbe Abid; Kalbe Hussain was his grandfather and Kalbe Sadiq was his uncle.

Positions and activities

He has held following positions: Senior member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. & chairman of the committee of "Shia Orphanage" Gulistan-e-Abutalib a.s., Lucknow. Member of the "Joint Ulema Council", founded after 19 February 2006.

In June 2000 he founded an organization named Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain (a.s.). and subsequently led vigorous anti-government demonstrations at Lucknow in 1997 to lift two decades old ban on Azadari processions in Lucknow. He got arrested two times during the movement: He had been demanding CBI inquiry into the corruption taken place in UP Shia Central Waqf Board from a very long time. The governments gave assurance only.

Involvement in demonstrations and rallies He held an anti US/Israel/Denmark rally at Lucknow which was attended by over one million people.

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."

Wahhabism and Jews In the same interview Jawad compared practitioners of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia to 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."

His views on Yogi Adityanath:

In March 2023, he says only Yogi Adityanath can uplift the Shias of Uttar Pradesh.