Ameer-e-Jamaat

2022-07-04

Jamaat Ameer demands release of detained party leaders, activists and renowned Islamic scholars prior to Eid-ul-Azha

-Dr. Shafiqur Rahman

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Ameer Dr. Shafiqur Rahman has issued the following statement on 4th July 2022 demanding the release of all the detained leaders and activists and noted religious scholars including Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former lawmaker Allama Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, former MP Principal Maulana Abdul Khaleq Mondol, Nayeb-e-Ameer, and former MP Maulana ANM Shamsul Islam, Secretary General and former MP Professor Mia Golam Porwar, Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan and Chittagong city Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury prior to Eid-ul-Azha.

In the statement, he further said, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami’s Nayeb-e-Ameer, world renowned religious scholar and former MP Maulana Delawar Hossain Sayedee has been kept behind the bar for last 12 years. Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam is imprisoned for 11 years ad former MP Principal Maulana Abdul Khaleq Mondol is experiencing imprisonment for almost 7 years. Besides, Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer, and former MP Maulana ANM Shamsul Islam, Secretary General and former MP Professor Mia Golam Porwar, Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan and Chittagong city Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury have been remaining jailed for many days in connection with some false cases.

Former Jamaat Ameer Professor Ghulam Azam’s son and former Brigadier General Abdullahil Aman Al Azmi and Jamaat’s former executive committee member Shaheed Mir Quasem Ali’s son and Supreme Court lawyer Barrister Mir Ahmad Bin Quasem had been abducted from their houses since August of 2016 and since then, they are missing. They were picked up by some people, who claimed themselves as law enforcers. But for last 6 years, these families have not received any information about their whereabouts. They are eagerly waiting for the safe return of their missing family member. We are urging to give them back so that they can celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha with their families.

Finally, I am calling upon the concerned authorities to release of all detained leaders, activists and noted religious scholars and Islamic personnel including Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former lawmaker Allama Delawar Hossain Sayedee, Assistant Secretary General ATM Azharul Islam, former MP Principal Maulana Abdul Khaleq Mondol, Nayeb-e-Ameer, and former MP Maulana ANM Shamsul Islam, Secretary General and former MP Professor Mia Golam Porwar, Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan and Chittagong city Jamaat’s Nayeb-e-Ameer and former MP Shahjahan Chowdhury prior to Eid-ul-Azha to give them a chance to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha with their families.