After 14 years of study in Iran, Ansari returned to Kashmir in 2004 and started his religio-political activities. Soon he was elected the president of JKIM. He was the Sub Editor of the monthly
Urdu magazine
Safina, which was published from
Karan Nagar, Srinagar. He is a senior leader of
All Parties Hurriyat Conference. He has been detained many times over the
Kashmir conflict. On 9 July 2023, he was detained again. Ansari, said that the police action against peaceful mourners on and before
Ashura in 2022 is reprehensible and that the government's assertion of taking action during the pandemic is false, as participants were following all SOPs.
Educational upliftment Masroor Abbas worked for the upliftment of the educational level of Shia community in the
Kashmir Valley. In the initial stages when he returned to Kashmir, Masroor organized different classes to teach different subjects especially ethics in modest rooms at different places, the impact of his words was immense, as he imparted the teachings of the Islamic religion to these eager minds. Additionally, he selflessly collaborated with other Islamic organizations to further advance their shared goals in this noble endeavor. Maulana Masroor in his
Friday prayer sermons mostly stressed on education and in his lectures, he shed light on how important education is for the successful society. Maulana Masroor organized and participated into number of educational conferences and seminars to propagate the values of education. He also participated in educational conferences of different colleges as representative of Shia community. Masroor has emphasised the teaching of
kalam. He is also one of the founders of Majlis Ulema Immamia, an amalgam of all Shia clerics of Jammu and Kashmir. ==Politics==