Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal

বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ওলামা দল
Formation	30 September 1979
Founder	Ziaur Rahman
Location	Bangladesh
Affiliations	Bangladesh Nationalist Party

Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী ওলামা দল, lit. 'Bangladesh Nationalist Islamic Clergy Party')[1] is the Islamic scholar (Ulama) wing of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).[2]

History

Firoze Noon and President Ziaur Rahman in 1979

On 30 September 1979, President Ziaur Rahman founded the Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal with Muslim scholars (Ulama).[2] Later on, Maulana SM Ruhul Amin was made the president and Moazzem Hossain as the general secretary when the first conference of the group occurred.[3][4]

Central Committee

171-member committee was formed on 5 April 2019 and then a new partial standing committee was formed on 26 April 2024 with the approval of Bangladesh Nationalist Party,[5] and another central committee was announced in July 2024, The committee has 137 members including Mawlanas and religious scholars.[6][7]

See also

• Politics of Bangladesh
• List of Islamic political parties
• Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
• Islam in Bangladesh

References

1. জাতীয়তাবাদী ওলামা দলের নতুন আংশিক কমিটি. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
2. "BNP announces partial committee of Ulama Dal". New Age (Bangladesh). 26 April 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
3. "Bangladesh Jatiotabadi Ulama Dal". Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
4. ওলামা দলে যুক্ত হচ্ছেন না প্রখ্যাত আলেমরা. Jago News 24 (in Bengali). 11 May 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
5. অনুমোদন পেল ওলামা দলের ১৩৭ সদস্যের আহ্বায়ক কমিটি গত ২৬ এপ্রিল ওলামা দলের পাঁচ সদস্যের নতুন আংশিক কেন্দ্রীয় আহ্বায়ক কমিটি অনুমোদন দেয় বিএনপি।. BDNews24 (in Bengali). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
6. ওলামা দলের ১৩৭ সদস্যের কেন্দ্রীয় কমিটি ঘোষণা. Jugantor (in Bengali). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
7. ওলামা দলের পূর্ণাঙ্গ কমিটি ঘোষণা. Daily Kalbela (in Bengali). 2 July 2024. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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