Ataullah Hafezzi
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Ameer-e-Shariah Ataullah Hafezzi | |
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| 3rd Ameer, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan | |
| Assumed office November 29, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ahmadullah Ashraf |
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| Born | January 10, 1948 Ludhua, Raipur |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan |
| Parent | Muhammadullah Hafezzi (father) |
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Ataullah Hafezzi (born January 10, 1948) is a Deobandi Islamist leader and politician who is serving as the Ameer (Head) of the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan, Naeeb-e-Ameer (vice-head) of the Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, director of Jamia Nooria Islamia, and the chief Khatib of Ambarshah Shahi Jam'a Mosque.
Biography
[edit]His political career started with the Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan, a party founded by his father. He served as one of the central leaders of Islami Oikya Jote and led the Islamic Law Implementation Committee. In 2014, he was nominated as the Ameer of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan and elected in 2023.[1]
In 2015, he was appointed as Muhtamim of Jamia Nuria Islamia.[2]
Hafezzi has led several notable protests, including those against the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992, Taslima Nasreen in 1994, and the publication of cartoons deemed offensive in 2007. He has been involved in movements opposing secularism, leading protests under both Khilafat Andolan and Hefazat-e-Islam. He also led it under the banner of Hefazat.[3]
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[edit]- ^ "খেলাফত আন্দোলনের আমির আতাউল্লাহ ও মহাসচিব হাবিবুল্লাহ মিয়াজী পুননির্বাচিত" [Khilafat Andolan's Ameer Ataullah and secretary-general Habibullah Niazi reelected]. RTV (in Bengali). 29 November 2020.
- ^ শ্বেতপত্র: বাংলাদেশে মৌলবাদী সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাসের ২০০০ দিন [Whitepaper: 2000 days of Bangladesh under the fundamentalist sectarian terror] (in Bengali). মৌলবাদী ও সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাস তদন্তে গণকমিশন (Masse' Commission for the Investigation of Fundamentalist and Communal Terrorism). February 2022. pp. 91–93.
- ^ শ্বেতপত্র: বাংলাদেশে মৌলবাদী সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাসের ২০০০ দিন. মৌলবাদী ও সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাস তদন্তে গণকমিশন. February 2022. pp. 91–93.