Written By :- Affan Nomani , Editor & Research Scholar. For the first time in the history of West Bengal, the influential religious place Furfura Sharif is in the news for political reasons because pirzada of Furfura Sharif contesting the Assembly election in West Bengal. Furfura Sharif is in the news because pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, the 35-year-old who has floated the Indian Secular Front (ISF) ahead of the Bengal polls. Abbas Siddiqui-led ISF, a formation suddenly embraced by the Left Front and the Congress ahead of the Bengal polls. The main reason behind the alliance between ISF, Left front and Congress is that Furfura Sharif is very influential in Bengali Muslims and its effect on more than 90 seats. Furfura Sharif was home to Pir Hazrat Abu Baqr Siddique, a 19th-century Sufi saint. Abbas Siddiqui is his great-grandson and the first pirzada to join politics. Pir Abu Bakr Siddique ( 1846-1939) was not only a religious or spiritual Pir but also an educationalist and philanthr