Syed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree | |
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Personal life | |
Born | (1945-03-05) 5 March 1945 (age 79) Bhola, Bengal Presidency |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Main interest(s) | Hadith studies, education |
Occupation | Faqih, academic |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
Website | kamaluddinzafree |
Sayed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree (born 5 March 1945) is an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh. He is the chairman of the board of trustees of Bangladesh Islami University.
Early life and education
Zafree was born on 5 March 1945 in Bhola, Bangladesh. He studied at Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and then studied classical Arabic at Umm al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Career
Zafree founded and served as the principal of Jamea Quasemia Madrsah.
He founded the Bangladesh Islami University in 2006 and serves as the chairman of its governing body. He is also the chairman of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurance of Bangladesh.
TV host
Zafree appears in ATN Bangla as an advisor in its Islamic programs section.
Social activities
Zafree was involved in an awareness campaign against AIDS, funded by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities as part of its intervention program involving religious leaders.
Views
In 2005, at a seminar of Islamic scholars in Dhaka, Zafree and others denounced terrorism in the name of Islam and endorsed the BNP-led government's fight against it.
References
- ^ "Biography". Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Bangladesh Islami University (BIU)".
- Augustin, Sujan (30 June 2014). "Khaleda takes Iftar with orphans, Ulema, Mashaikhs". Risingbd. Risingbd. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- ^ "Islam doesn't allow militancy: alems at seminar". bdnews24.com. 3 December 2005. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
- "Private universities have their role to play". The Holiday. 1 April 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Bangladesh Islami University". Bangladesh Islami University. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Board of Directors". Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurances of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 January 2016.
- "Islamic Section". ATN Bangla. Retrieved 24 January 2016.
- Esack, Farid; de jong, Folkert (2009) . "Muslims Responding To AIDS: Mapping Muslim Organizational and Religious Responses" (PDF). CHART. p. 87. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
- 1945 births
- Bengali Muslims
- Bangladeshi Islamic religious leaders
- Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
- Islamic education in Bangladesh
- Umm al-Qura University alumni
- Living people
- Heads of schools in Bangladesh
- People from Bhola District
- 20th-century Bengalis
- 21st-century Bengalis
- Bangladesh Islami University people