Srinagar:<\/b><\/i> Muhammad Ashraf Ali, popularly known as Ashraf Sehrai, was born in 1944 in TekiporaLolab in Kupwara district. His forefathers had migrated to this part of Kashmir from pre-Partition Pakistan. <\/i>
\nSehrai studied in Tekipora till primary level before moving to Sogam High School for further studies. He passed his matriculation examination in 1959. He was a bright, intelligent but shy student who took great interest in debates and discussions on religious and political discourses since his childhood. Sehrai earned a scholarship in class 10 for his excellent command over Persian, Arabic and Urdu languages. He did BA (Hons) in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). <\/i><\/p>\n
When Syed Ali Geelani was the district president of the Jamaat-e-Islami for Kupwara district, he would visit Tekipora frequently. The two struck a chord instantly.<\/i>
\nSehrai was impressed by Geelani\u2019s knowledge of the Quran, Hadees (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW)) and writings of Jamaat founder MaulanaAbulAlaMaududi. <\/i>
\nHe has been affiliated with Geelani since 1959. Sehrai\u2019s love for literature and poetry hasn\u2019t diminished, but he doesn\u2019t write anymore because of his political engagements. In 1965, when he was 22 years old, Sehrai was jailed for the first time for \u201canti-government activities\u201d. He was imprisoned at Srinagar Central Jail for about six months. He has also been detained in jails outside the state.<\/i>
\nIn 2004, he and Geelani formed the TeH.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In 1965, when he was 22 years old, Sehrai was jailed for the first time for \u201canti-government activities\u201d. Srinagar: Muhammad Ashraf Ali, popularly known as Ashraf Sehrai, was born in 1944 in TekiporaLolab in Kupwara district. His forefathers had migrated to this part of Kashmir from pre-Partition Pakistan. Sehrai studied in Tekipora till primary level […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}