| Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh | |
| Native Name: | জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ Party of Islamic Scholars Bangladesh |
| Country: | Bangladesh |
| Secretary General: | Manzurul Islam Effendi |
| Founded: | 1945 (original) 1972 (current) |
| Predecessor: | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam |
| President: | Zia Uddin |
| Ideology: | Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Religious nationalism |
| Position: | Far-right |
| Religion: | Deobandi |
| Seats1 Title: | Seats in Jatiya Sangsad |
| Seats2 Title: | Chairmen in Union Councils |
| Headquarters: | Dhaka |
| Student Wing: | Chhatra Jamiat Bangladesh |
| Flag: | Flag of the Jamiat Ulema-e Islam.svg |
| Founder: | Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (founder of JUI) |
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]
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 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]
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