Faḍl al-Ḥaqq ibn Wājid ad-Dīn al-Amīnī,or simply Fazlul Hoque Amini was an Islamic scholar and politician from Bangladesh. He served as an MP in the Parliament of Bangladesh from 2002 to 2007. He was an expert in the fields of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh),hadith and tasawwuf. He also held a number of positions on the boards of qaumi madrasahs. He was also the principal of Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh in Lalbagh,Dhaka,one of the largest Deobandi Islamic schools of Bangladesh.
Al-Jāmiʿah al-Ahliyyah Dār al-ʿUlūm Muʿīn al-Islām,popularly known as the HāṭhazārīMadrasa or the Great Madrassah,is a Qawmi institution of Hathazari,located in Bangladesh's Chittagong District. Established in 1901,it is the largest and oldest Deobandi seminary in the country. According to a 2009 National Bureau of Asian Research report,the highly reputed institution ranks among top ten madrasa in the subcontinent.
The Khelafat Majlish,also spelt Khelafat Majlis,is a far-right Islamist political party in Bangladesh. The party was founded in Dhaka,the capital of Bangladesh,in 1989 by Deobandi scholar Azizul Haque along with Ahmad Abdul Qadir and former leaders of the National Awami Party and Tamaddun Majlish. Since its founding,it has only ever gained one seat in the country's National Parliament. The party split into two in 2005,with Azizul Haque's faction taking the name Bangladesh Khelafat Majlish.
ʿAzīz al-Ḥaqq ibn Irshād ʿAlīad-Dākawī,simply known as Azizul Haque or by his epithet Shaykh al-Hadith was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,politician,writer,translator and Islamic lecturer. He is the founder of Khelafat Majlish and first Bangali translator of Sahih al-Bukhari. He was Vice Chancellor of Jamia Rahmania Arabia Dhaka.
Shah Ahmad Shafi was a Bangladeshi Sunni Islamic scholar,the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh,Rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board. He was born in 1930 in Rangunia,Chittagong and was educated at Hathazari Madrasah and Darul Uloom Deoband.
Islami Andolan Bangladesh,abbreviated as IAB,is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh. It was founded in 1987 by Fazlul Karim as Islami Shashontantra Andolan,and took its current name in 2008.
Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree is an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh. He is the founder of the non-profit Bangladesh Islami University,currently serving as the chairman of its Board of Trustees,and has established many madrasas and orphanages across the country. Zafree is also a member of the Supreme Council of the Muslim World League and a member of the Central Sharia Board for the Islamic Banks of Bangladesh. He currently serves as the imam of the Uttara Jame Mosque in Dhaka.
Izharul Islam Chowdhury is the founder of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar. He is the present executive president of Nizam-e-Islam Party and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.
Narail-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2008 by Kabirul Haque Mukti of the Awami League.
Narail-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad of Bangladesh since 2019 by Mashrafe Mortaza of the Awami League.
Muḥammad Waqqāṣibn Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-Jasarī,or simply known as Muhammad Wakkas,was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,teacher,former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa,the largest madrasa in South Bengal,accommodating roughly 2000 students.
Mufti Abdus Sattar Akon was a teacher,politician and former leader of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami political party. He was the former Member of Parliament of Bagerhat-4.
Athar Ali was a Bangladeshi Islamic activist,author,teacher and politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement,and was former president of the Nizam-e-Islam Party. Ali was also a khalifah of Ashraf Ali Thanvi,one of the founders of the Deobandi movement.
Khandaker Nurul Islam,also known by his daak naam Nuru Mia,was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He was a member of the country's first National Parliament as a member of the Awami League from the Faridpur-2 constituency.
Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim,also known by his title Charmonai Pir,is a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar,politician,religious speaker and social reformer who serving as the second leader of Islami Andolan Bangladesh. He is also President of the Bangladesh Mujahid Committee and Bangladesh Quran Education Board,and the Vice President of Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh.
Nurul Islam Jihadi was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar,educator and spiritual figure. He was the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and International Majlis-e Tahaffuz-e-Khatm-e Nobuwat Bangladesh,Chancellor and Shaykh al-Hadith of Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom. He was also a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Hathazari and Befaqul Madarisil Arabia Bangladesh,founder and patron of many mosques and madrasas,including Jamia Khatamunnabiyyin in the United Kingdom.
Ruhul Amin Bangladeshi Deobandi is an Islamic scholar and educator. He is currently serving as the Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque of Bangladesh in the capacity of State Minister. He is the Muhtamim of Gowhardanga Madrasa.
Abdus Salam Chatgami was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,educator,writer and researcher. He was considered one of the prominent Islamic scholars of South Asia for his research work. Chatgami had served as the Grand Mufti in both Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Muḥammad FayḍAllāh ibn Hidāyat ʿAlīal-Islāmābādī,popularly known as Mufti Faizullah,was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar,mufti,poet,educator and a reformer. He was among early students to study at the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He was an alumnus of Darul Uloom Deoband and later served as the Chief Mufti of the Darul Uloom Hathazari. He established Mekhal Madrasa following in the style of Ashab-e Suffah. He authored over 100 books in Arabic,Persian and Urdu.
Shamsuddin Qasemi was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar,politician,author and educationist. He was the founding president of the Khatme Nabuwwat Andolan Council,former secretary-general of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh,former principal of Jamia Madania Chittagong and Jamia Hussainia Arzabad,and the founding chief-editor of the monthly Paygam-e-Haqq and weekly Jamiat magazines. He is also noted for his contributions during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971.
