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Ameer-e-ShariahAtaullah Hafezzi
3rd Ameer, Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 29, 2014
Preceded byAhmadullah Ashraf
Personal details
Born (1948-01-10) January 10, 1948 (age 77)
Ludhua, Raipur
NationalityBangladeshi
Political partyBangladesh Khilafat Andolan
ParentMuhammadullah Hafezzi (father)
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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.

In 2015, he was appointed as Muhtamim of Jamia Nuria Islamia.

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.

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References

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