Nurul Islam Jihadi ( bn, নুরুল ইসলাম জিহাদী; 1948 – 29 November 2021) was a Bangladeshi Deobandi Islamic scholar, educator and spiritual figure. He was the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and

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, Chancellor and Shaykh al-Hadith of Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom. He was also a member of the Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Hathazari and

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, founder and patron of many mosques and madrasas, including Jamia Khatamunnabiyyin in United Kingdom.

Name and lineage

Jihadi was born in 1948, to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family in the village of Dhurung in Fatikchhari, Chittagong District,

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

. His father's name was Abdur Rashid.

Life and career

After completing his education, he started his career as a teacher at Kaigram Madrasa in

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. After teaching in Kaigram madrasa for one year, he was called to Babunagar madrasa and became a teacher there. After teaching at Babunagar Madrasa for a few years, he taught at Ashraful Ulum Bara Katara Madrasa in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city i ...

till 1982. At this time, after the death of his father, he went to his home and rejoined Babunagar Madrasa. On 10 July 1984, he founded Al Jamiatul Islamia Makhjanul Uloom in

Khilgaon Khilgaon ( bn, খিলগাঁও) is a Thana of Dhaka District in the Division of Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is bounded by Rampura and Badda Thana on the north, Motijheel, Sabujbagh and Demra Thanas on the south, Rupganj Upazila on the east and Ramn ...

, Dhaka district. He was the Chancellor and Shaykh al-Hadith of this seminary. He has been serving as an important member of Majlis-e-Shura of Darul Uloom Hathazari and

. In 1966, he founded a non-political organization called "Islamic Movement Council" to resist Islamophobes. He was in the companionship of Siddique Ahmad for a long time. He was the Secretary General of International Majlis-e Tahaffuj-e Khatme Nabuwat Bangladesh, established in 1990 with the aim of accelerating the anti-

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movement and the Khatme Nabuyat movement. On 26 December 2020, he was elected Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh following the demise of Nur Hossain Kasemi in December 2020. He remained in this post until his death. Jihadi died on 29 November 2021.

Publications

His books include: *''Akhlak-e Rasul (Saw.)'' (Character of the Prophet) *''Bright stars'' *''The Qadiani fitna and the position of the Muslim nation'' *''Rules of Qurbani'' *''Gulshan-e Nur'' *''Asmane ilm ki chand darakhsande sitare'' (Urdu) *''Tazkera-e Khatib-e Azam'' (biography of Siddique Ahmad) *'' Sheikh Sadi's Advice'' *''Nukushe Zindegi and Pandey Namaye Nasir'' *''Qawmi Madrasa, objective method results'' etc.

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* Mahmudul Hasan * Nur Hossain Kasemi *

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* A F M Khalid Hossain

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