Bangladesh
Hefazat-e-Islam Hefazat-e-Islam's convening committee announced at midnight
Dhaka, April 26: A five-member convening committee of Hefazat-e-Islam has been formed with Junaid Babungari as its convener.
Allama Nurul Islam, secretary general of the convening committee, announced the new five-member convening committee in a video message at midnight on Sunday.
Allama Muhibullah Babunagari has been announced as the chief advisor of the new convening committee. The other two members of the announced committee are Maulana Salahuddin Nanupuri and Principal Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury.
Two hours ago, the current committee of Hefazat-e-Islam was dissolved. Ameer (president) of the organization Allama Junaid Babungari said this in a video message from Hathazari Madrasa in Chittagong.
He said the committee was dissolved on the advice of some important members of the central committee. He said that the organization will be managed by the convening committee in future.
In the video message of just 1 minute and 23 seconds, he said that considering the overall situation in the country, the Central Committee of Hefazat-e-Islam, the largest non-political organization in South-East Asia, has been dissolved.
Hefazat-e-Islam Central Committee was formed on 15 November 2020 with Junaid Babunagari as Amir and Nur Hossain Qasemi as Secretary General. Hefazat formed the new committee on September 18 of that year due to the death of Allama Ahmad Shafi, the founding president of the organization. Hefazat appointed Nayeb Amir Maulana Nurul Islam Jihadi as acting secretary general after the death of secretary general Nur Hossain Qasemi on December 13.
Meanwhile, shortly after Babungari's announcement, Maulana Mainuddin Ruhi, the joint secretary general of the committee headed by Shah Ahmad Shafi, announced the formation of a new committee in another video message at 11:30 pm on Sunday. He said that a new committee of Hefazat-e-Islam would be formed in line with the policy of Ahmed Shafi.
