Ataullah Hafezzi Explained

Honorific Prefix:Ameer-e-Shariah
Birth Place:Ludhua, Raipur
Birth Date:10 January 1948
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Office:3rd Ameer, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Termstart:November 29, 2014
Predecessor:Ahmadullah Ashraf
Country:Bangladesh
Party:Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Parents:Muhammadullah Hafezzi (father)

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

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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Notes and References

  1. News: 29 November 2020 . খেলাফত আন্দোলনের আমির আতাউল্লাহ ও মহাসচিব হাবিবুল্লাহ মিয়াজী পুননির্বাচিত . Khilafat Andolan's Ameer Ataullah and secretary-general Habibullah Niazi reelected . . bn.
  2. Book: শ্বেতপত্র: বাংলাদেশে মৌলবাদী সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাসের ২০০০ দিন . February 2022 . মৌলবাদী ও সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাস তদন্তে গণকমিশন (Masse' Commission for the Investigation of Fundamentalist and Communal Terrorism) . 91–93 . bn . Whitepaper: 2000 days of Bangladesh under the fundamentalist sectarian terror.
  3. Book: শ্বেতপত্র: বাংলাদেশে মৌলবাদী সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাসের ২০০০ দিন . February 2022 . মৌলবাদী ও সাম্প্রদায়িক সন্ত্রাস তদন্তে গণকমিশন . 91–93.