Abdul Khaleque Mondal (1 August 1944 – 23 July 2023) was a

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 ...

politician who was a Jatiya Sangsad member, representing the

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constituency from 2001 to 2006. On 24 March 2022, he was sentenced to death for war crime charges.

Early life and education

Abdul Khaleque Mondal was born on 1 August 1944 in Khalilnagar, Baikari Union,

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, to Chan Mandal and Diljan Bibi. He passed Kamil from

madrasa Madrasa (, also , ; Arabic: مدرسة , pl. , ) is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, secular or religious (of any religion), whether for elementary instruction or higher learning. The word is variously transliterated '' ...

in 1965 and passed BA from

Satkhira Government College Satkhira Government College is a government college in Satkhira, Bangladesh. This college has 16 department, 17 stuff and 2 student hostel. Available courses Graduation courses- Bangla English Economics Political science Philosophy History ...

in 1969. He later earned a master's degree in Islamic studies from the

University of Dhaka The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...

Career

Mondal was the principal of Agardari Kamil Madrasa in Satkhira. He was associated with the then-student organization Islami Chhatra Sangha of

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. He was the Amir of Jamaat's Satkhira district and a member of the Central Majlis Shura. He was elected to the parliament representing the

constituency as a Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami candidate in 2001. He lost the election in 2008 to the Jatiya Party candidate

M. A. Jabbar M. A. Jabbar (30 November 1932 – 18 August 2020) was a Jatiya Party (Ershad), Jatiya Party politician and a Jatiya Sangsad member representing the Pirojpur-3 and Pirojpur-4 constituencies. In February 2015, Jabbar was sentenced to jail until ...

War crimes and convictions

'' The Daily Star'' accused him of supporting

Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh is an Salafi Islamic organisation of Bangladesh. It was founded in the 1980s by Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib ( bn, মুহম্মদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গাল� ...

, an extremist group. In July 2009, Nazrul Islam Gazi from Shimulbarhia village filed a case against Mondal for killing his father Rustam Ali during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Mandal was arrested on 16 June 2015 at a madrasa at Sadar Upazila on charges of planning to orchestrate violence. On 21 August, he was shown arrested in the war crime charges investigated at the International Crimes Tribunal. On 24 March 2022, Mondal was sentenced to death for the war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, detention and torture. He had served in the paramilitary

Razakar Razakar (رضا کار) is etymologically an Arabic word which literally means volunteer. The word is also common in Urdu language as a loanword. On the other hand, in Bangladesh, razakar is a pejorative word meaning a traitor or Judas. In Pakista ...

unit during the war.

Death

Abdul Khaleque Mondal died on 23 July 2023, at the age of 78.

References

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