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: Imam-e-Juma (leader of the Friday prayers) at the Shahi Asafi Mosque, Lucknow. Senior member of All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Patron & chairman of the committee of "Shia Orphanage" Gulistan-e-Abutalib a.s., Lucknow. Member of the "Joint Ulema Council", founded after 19 February 2006. National President Rashtriya Shia Sufi Sangh General Secretary Majlis e Ulama e Hind In June 2000 he founded an organization named Tanzeem-e-Pasdaran-e-Husain (a.s.). Involvement in Azadari movement of Lucknow He have been involved in azadari movement protests since 1980s, 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 with Sunni clerics Maulana Qamar Minai and Imam Bukhari of Delhi were arrested on 3 June 1997 for organising a meeting and defying Section 144 I.P.C. He was again arrested on 28 June 1997 at 4:00 a.m. under National Security Act (NSA). The government later entered into a tripartite Shias-Sunnis-Administration agreement and nine main processions on the 1st, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th Muharrum, Chehlum, 8th Rabiul Awwal and 21st Ramzan have been restored. Involvement in Waqf movement of Lucknow The "Waqf Movement" or Tehreek-e-Awqaf which is going on in Lucknow under his leadership has achieved significant success in Lucknow and Delhi (with Dargah e Shah Mardan case). He has been demanding CBI inquiry into the corruption taken place in UP Shia Central Waqf Board from a very long time. So far the governments have given assurance only. He founded of noore hidayat foundation lucknow. 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