| Abdul Mannan | |
| Native Name: | আবদুল মান্নান |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Office: | Minister of Religious Affairs |
| Term Start: | 1986 |
| Term End: | 14 June 1988[1] |
| Constituency Mp1: | Comilla-24[2] |
| Term Start1: | 2 April 1979 |
| Term End1: | 24 March 1982 |
| Predecessor1: | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury[3] |
| Successor1: | Position abolished |
| Constituency Mp2: | Chandpur-6 |
| Term Start2: | 10 July 1986 |
| Term End2: | 6 December 1990 |
| Predecessor2: | Position created |
| Successor2: | Alamgir Hyder Khan[4] |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Death Place: | Dhaka, Bangladesh |
Abdul Mannan (died 6 February 2006) was a Bangladeshi religious leader and journalist who served as the minister for religious affairs in the cabinet of Hussain Muhammad Ershad. He was a key collaborator of the Pakistani Army and was accused of war crimes during the Liberation war of Bangladesh.[5]
Mannan was a general secretary of the Islamic Advisory Council and Regional Council during the administration of Ayub Khan.
On 29 September, under the leadership of Mannan, a group of the teachers of Madrasah met Amir Abdullah Khan Niazi. At that meeting, Mannan gave a copy of the Quran to general Niazi and stated that they are ready to support the Pakistan army to preserve the security of Pakistan and the glory of Islam.[6]
Mannan was allegedly involved in the abduction and murder of physician AFM Alim Chowdhury.[7]
After independence, he became the president of the Jamiat-e- Mudarressin Bangladesh, an organisation of madrasah teachers and the founder of the Daily Inqilab, one of the country's highly circulated newspapers.[8] In Saptahik Bichitra (a weekly magazine), Mannan denied that he had been a member of Peace committee and claimed that he had not issued any statement in favor of Pakistan Army and the genocide committed by them.
In 1979, he was elected a lawmaker from Chandpur and was appointed minister by President Hussain Muhammad Ershad's cabinet.[9] [10]
Hotel Intercontinental and Holy Family Hospital was declared neutral zones by the government on 11 December 1971. Mannan took shelter in one of these zones.[11]
In a report released in March 1994, a People's Inquiry Commission, identified, in addition to Ghulam Azam, eight others as the collaborators of the Al-Badr in the atrocities. Mannan was one of those identified collaborators.[10]
Shyamoli Nasrin Chowdhury, wife of the AFM Alim Chowdhury, alleges that Mannan was responsible for the death of her husband.[12]
Mannan died on 6 February 2006 at his Banani residence in Dhaka. His funeral was held at the Gausul Azam Mosque Complex in Mohakhali the next day where he was buried.