Izharul Islam Chowdhury

Izharul Islam Chowdhury (Bengali: মুফতি ইজহারুল ইসলাম) is the founder of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar.^[1][2][3] He is the present executive president of Nizam-e-Islam Party^[4][5] and Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.^[6][7]

Mufti Izharul Islam
Personal life
Born	Izharul Islam Chowdhury Chittagong
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Children	Mufti Harun Izhar (son)
Era	Modern era
Region	Southeast Asia
Political party	Nizam-e-Islam, Hefazat-e-Islam
Main interest(s)	Fiqh
Notable idea(s)	Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar
Alma mater	Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam
Occupation	Cleric
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Movement	Deobandi

Early life and education

Chowdhury studied at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam and Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya.^[8]

Career

In 1992, Chowdhury was a founding leader of the Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh, an Islamist terrorist organization.^[9] In 2011, he was placed in remand over his links to banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.^[10]

Chowdhury serves as the director of his madrasa Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar.^[8] A bomb explosion took place at the dorm of the Madrassah, killing three on 7 October 2013.^[11] Police recovered bomb-making equipment from the room and crude explosives.^[12] Police filed charges against Chowdhury, his son Harun Izhar, and seven others.^[11][13] An arrest warrant was issued against him in March 2014.^[11] He was sent to jail in August 2015.^[12]

In March 2022, Chowdhury was sentenced to two years imprisonment for submitting a wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.^[14]

Chowdhury is the Nayeb-e-Ameer of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.^[15]

Works

• Hayat-e Mufti-e Azam (Biography of Muhammad Faizullah) in Urdu^[16]
• Fathul Maraam sharhe faizul kalam^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of Deobandis