Kamaluddin Zafree Explained

Religion:Islam
Syed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree
Birth Date:5 March 1945
Birth Place:Bhola, Bengal Presidency
Nationality:Bangladeshi
Occupation:Faqih, academic
Denomination:Sunni
Main Interests:Hadith studies, education
Influences:Ibn Baz, Yusuf al-Qaradawi

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.[1]

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.[2]

Career

Zafree founded and served as the principal of Jamea Quasemia Madrsah.[3]

He founded the Bangladesh Islami University in 2006[4] and serves as the chairman of its governing body.[5] He is also the chairman of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurance of Bangladesh.[6]

TV host

Zafree appears in ATN Bangla as an advisor in its Islamic programs section.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bangladesh Islami University (BIU).
  2. Web site: Biography . Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree . 23 January 2016.
  3. News: Augustin . Sujan . Khaleda takes Iftar with orphans, Ulema, Mashaikhs . 23 January 2016 . Risingbd . Risingbd . 30 June 2014.
  4. News: Private universities have their role to play . 23 January 2016 . The Holiday . 1 April 2011.
  5. Web site: Bangladesh Islami University . Bangladesh Islami University . 23 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160201142034/http://www.biu.ac.bd/content/professor-kamaluddin-abdullah-zafree . 1 February 2016.
  6. Web site: Board of Directors . Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurances of Bangladesh . 23 January 2016.
  7. Web site: Islamic Section . ATN Bangla . 24 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Muslims Responding To AIDS: Mapping Muslim Organizational and Religious Responses . Esack . Farid . de jong . Folkert . 2009 . First published 2007 . CHART . 87 . 1 September 2018.
  9. News: Islam doesn't allow militancy: alems at seminar . 16 May 2016 . bdnews24.com . 3 December 2005.