Shah Ahmad Shafi
Bangladeshi Islamic scholar
Shah Ahmad Shafi (Bengali: শাহ আহমদ শফী) (1916 – 18 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi educator. He was the chief of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh. He was rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari from 1986 until his death and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board.[1][2][3] He was born in Rangunia, Chittagong.[4][5]
Shafi died on 18 September 2020 from a heart attack caused by diabetes in Dhaka, aged 104.[6]
References
change- ↑ "Kawmi madrasa leaders to help govt fight militancy". The Daily Star. 19 April 2009.
- ↑ "Unknown Islamist group flexes its muscles in Ctg". The Daily Star (Bangladesh). 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ "৩০ জন আহত, গ্রেপ্তার ৩৯, আট ঘণ্টা সড়ক অবরোধ চট্টগ্রামে হেফাজতে ইসলামের কর্মীদের সঙ্গে পুলিশের সংঘর্ষ (Hefajat-e-Islam clash with police at Chittagong, 30 injured and 39 arrested, road blocked for 8 hours)". Prothom Alo. 25 February 2010. Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
- ↑ [1] Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Khalidi, Toufique Imrose (6 May 2013). "Behind the rise of Bangladesh's Hefazaat". AL Jazeera. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
- ↑ "Shah Ahmed Shafi, chief of Bangladesh Islamist group Hifazat-e Islam, dies". Archived from the original on 2020-10-08. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
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