Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar Explained

Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar
Native Name:	Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa
Established:	1981
Type:	Islamic university
Principal:	Mufti Izharul Islam^[1]
Location:	Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong
Coordinates:	22.3549°N 91.8158°W
Students:	around 1,500
Faculty:	56
Campus:	Urban

Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar (ar|الجامعة العلوم الإسلامية لالخان بازار), popularly known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa (bn|লালখান বাজার মাদ্রাসা), is a Qawmi madrasah situated in the Lalkhan Bazar area of port city Chittagong.^{[2] [3]} The jamia is founded by Mufti Izharul Islam.^[4] His elder son Mufti Harun Izhar is the assistant director of the jamia.^[5]

Education system

The Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah offers the students Islamic education from the very initial stage up to the highest level. It also offers Specialization (equivalent to a PhD) to the students who have successfully completed Takmil (MA).

Departments

• Department of Hifzul Qur'an
• Department of Fatwaa (Dar al-Ifta)
• Madrasa-tul-Banat (Female Section)

Network of madrasahs

Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah is one of the three large madrasahs — along with Darul Uloom Muinul Islam in Hathazari and Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah in Patiya — that together control over 7,000 smaller schools in Bangladesh.^{[6] [7]} The three schools are closely coordinated.^[6]

Further reading

• News: Hayat . Tushar . 2013-10-08 . Explosion in Ctg madrasa: 1 succumbs to injuries: Police arrested nine people including three teachers . Dhaka Tribune.
• News: 2013-10-13 . Death toll rises to 3 . banglanews24.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151011103941/http://www.en.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/79193.html . 2015-10-11 .
• News: Hayat . Tushar . 2013-10-23 . Mufti Harun to be sent to TFI Cell . Dhaka Tribune.
• News: Mahmud . Tarek . 2015-08-07 . Mufti Izhar held in madrasa blast case . Dhaka Tribune.

Notes and References

1. News: Dutta . Bikash . 2005-07-22 . Islami Oikya Jote leaders From politics to teaching . Probe News Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000312/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=2889 . 2011-07-28 . 2015-08-02.
2. Web site: Madrasah Education: An Observation . 18 October 2009 . Mehdy . Muzib . Bangladesh Nari Progati Sangha . 2015-08-02 . 19 January 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160119021245/http://bnps.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/madrasah-education-an-observation.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: 2005-07-22 . The Aleya Madrassa graduate . Probe News Magazine . https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000406/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=9&morecontentId=49&pgno=2 . 2011-07-28 . 2015-08-02.
4. News: News in Brief. 2013-09-13. The Daily Star. 2017-11-27. en.
5. Web site: কারামুক্ত হেফাজত নেতা মুফতি হারুন ইজহার . 2024-05-24 . মানবজমিন.
6. Book: Riaz, Ali . 2008 . Faithful Education: Madrassahs in South Asia . Rutgers University Press . 978-0-8135-4345-1 . 149 . 2015-08-02.
7. News: Rao . M Rama . 2005-10-31 . Reality Reminder . Asian Tribune . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331065859/http://www.asiantribune.com/news/2005/10/31/reality-reminder . 2012-03-31 . 2015-08-02.