Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a Bangladeshi Islamist Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission.[1] Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was a member of the Islamist 20-Party alliance.[2] It was a member of Islami Oikya Jote and which it left in 2008.[3]

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ
Party of Islamic Scholars Bangladesh
PresidentZia Uddin
Secretary GeneralManzurul Islam Effendi
FounderMaulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (founder of JUI)
Founded1945 (original)
1972 (current)
Preceded byJamiat Ulema-e-Islam
HeadquartersDhaka
Student wingChhatra Jamiat Bangladesh
Ideology
Political positionfar-right
ReligionSunni Islam, Deobandi
Seats in Jatiya Sangsad
0 / 300
Chairmen in Union Councils
3 / 4,554
Party flag

History

Muhammad Wakkas, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, was elected to parliament in 1986 and 1988 from Jessore-5 as a candidate of Jatiya Party.[4][5] He served as the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Cabinet of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad.[6][7]

In 2016, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh organized a protest against Islamic militancy in Dhaka.[8]

In 2017, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh sought nominations from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, and other Islamist parities, to contest the upcoming General Election in 2018.[9]

Nur Hossain Kasemi, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh criticised the government of India seeking Bangladeshi land to build an airport in Agartala, Tripura in August 2019.[10]

In 2020, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh campaigned to cancel the invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh by the Government of Bangladesh.[11]

Leaders

See also

References
  1. "Islamic parties calculate ahead of polls". Prothomalo. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. Mahmud, Sumon. "Bangladesh Islamist groups plan new alliances for next election". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "A united front for a divided lot". The Daily Star. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  6. "Mufti Wakkas gets 6-month bail". banglanews24.com. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. "Mufti Wakkas granted bail". Dhaka Tribune. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  8. "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh protests". Daily Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  9. "Hefazat takes the Tea Party route". Dhaka Tribune. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  10. "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam slams India's seeking Bangladeshi land". New Age. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  11. Sakib, SM Najmus (28 February 2020). "Bangladeshi govt urged to withdraw Modi invitation". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 26 June 2020.


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