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Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (Jamaat-e-Islami Politician)
Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury (died 6 April 2013) was a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician and the former Member of Parliament from Nilphamari-3. Career Chowdhury was elected to Parliament in 1996 from Nilphamari-3 as a candidate of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. He was reelected in 2001 from Nilphamari-3. His constituency, Jaldhaka Upazila Jaldhaka ( bn, জলঢাকা, ''Joldhaaka'', means ''covered under water'') is an upazila of Nilphamari District in the Division of Rangpur, Bangladesh. Geography Jaldhaka is located at . It has 45456 households and total area 303.52 k ..., is a stronghold of Jamaat-e-Islami. In 2008 he was expelled from Jamaat-e-Islami, on charges of stealing of government corrugated iron sheets in court. Controversy Chowdhury forced Jaldhaka College Principal Md Rahmat Ullah to resign an appointed Mozaharul Islam, a member of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. The decision was protested by the student body of the college. Md. Rahmat Ullah was reinstate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী, Bānglādēsh Jāmāyatē Islāmī, Bangladesh Islamic Assembly), previously known as Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh, or Jamaat for short, was the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh. On 1 August 2013, the Bangladesh Supreme Court cancelled the registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami, ruling that the party is unfit to contest national elections. Its predecessor, the party (Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan), strongly opposed the independence of Bangladesh and break-up of Pakistan. In 1971, paramilitary forces associated with the party collaborated with the Pakistan Army in mass killings of Bengladeshi nationalists and pro-intellectuals. Upon the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the new government banned Jamaat-e-Islami from political participation since the government was secular and some of its leaders went into exile in Pakistan. Following the assassination of the first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
