Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a Bangladeshi Islamic Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission.[1] It is the Successor to the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. 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 | |
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| President | Zia Uddin |
| Secretary-General | Manzurul Islam Effendi |
| Founder | Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (founder of JUI) |
| Founded | 1945 (original) 1972 (current) |
| Preceded by | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
| Headquarters | Dhaka |
| Student wing | Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh |
| Ideology | Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Religious nationalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Religion | Deobandi |
| Seats in Jatiya Sangsad | 0 / 300 |
| Chairmen in Union Councils | 3 / 4,554 |
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History
editMuhammad 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 Muhammad 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
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editReferences
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- ^ "A united front for a divided lot". The Daily Star. 17 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "List of 3rd Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "List of 4th Parliament Members" (PDF). Bangladesh Parliament (in Bengali). Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Mufti Wakkas gets 6-month bail". banglanews24.com. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Mufti Wakkas granted bail". Dhaka Tribune. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh protests". Daily Sun. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Hefazat takes the Tea Party route". Dhaka Tribune. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam slams India's seeking Bangladeshi land". New Age (Bangladesh). Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ Sakib, SM Najmus (28 February 2020). "Bangladeshi govt urged to withdraw Modi invitation". Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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