{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox religious biography | religion = [[Islam]] | honorific_prefix = Mufti | name = Izharul Islam | image = 8-Party pre-election rally at Chittagong 94.jpg | caption = | title = | birth_name = Izharul Islam Chowdhury | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Chittagong]] | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | resting_place = | other_names = | nationality = Bangladeshi | ethnicity = | era = Modern era | region = Southeast Asia | occupation = Cleric | denomination = | jurisprudence = [[Hanafi]] | creed = | movement = [[Deobandi]] | main_interests = [[Fiqh]] | notable_ideas = [[Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar]] | notable_works = | alma_mater = [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]]| | Sufi_order = | disciple_of = | awards = | influences = | influenced = | module = | website = | signature = | party = [[Nizam-e-Islam]], [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh|Hefazat-e-Islam]] | child = | children = Mufti Harun Izhar (son) }}
'''Izharul Islam Chowdhury''' ({{langx|bn|মুফতি ইজহারুল ইসলাম}}) is the founder of [[Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news/news-in-brief-286 |title=News in Brief |date=2013-09-13 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/08/08/103790.php |title=Hefazat Nayeb-e-Ameer Mufti Izhar arrested |work=The Daily Observer |location=Dhaka |access-date=2017-11-27 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042711/http://www.observerbd.com/2015/08/08/103790.php |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/85972 |title=Anti-militant drive at Mufti Izhar's madrasa |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref> He is the present executive president of [[Nizam-e-Islam Party]]<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2017/11/22/hefazat-not-property-individual/ |title=Hefazat-e-Islam is not the property of an individual or a particular family |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SpFaBwAAQBAJ&q=Izharul+Islam&pg=PA65 |title=Political Islam and Governance in Bangladesh |last1=Riaz |first1=Ali |last2=Fair |first2=Assistant Professor of Security Studies C. Christine |last3=Fair |first3=C. Christine |year=2010 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-136-92624-2}}</ref> and Nayeb-e-Ameer of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/5633 |title=Hefajat nayeb-e-ameer Mufti Izhar arrested - National |work=News Bangladesh |access-date=2017-11-27 |archive-date=1 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034923/http://www.newsbangladesh.com/english/details/5633 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/politics/2017/08/03/hefazat-makes-tea-party-move/ |title=Hefazat takes the Tea Party route |work=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Chowdhury studied at [[Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam]] and [[Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah Patiya]].<ref name=":1" />
== Career == In 1992, Chowdhury was a founding leader of the [[Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami Bangladesh|Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh]], an Islamist terrorist organization.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ferocious HujiB now on the wane |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/crime/3613/ferocious-hujib-now-on-the-wane |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=Dhaka Tribune |language=en}}</ref> In 2011, he was placed in remand over his links to banned Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami.<ref>{{Cite news |date=7 January 2011 |title=Mufti Izhar remanded |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-169088 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref>
Chowdhury serves as the director of his madrasa [[Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=2889 |url-status=usurped |title=Islami Oikya Jote leaders From politics to teaching |work=Probe News |date=2011-07-28 |access-date=2017-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728000312/http://www.probenewsmagazine.com/index.php?index=2&contentId=2889 |archive-date=2011-07-28}}</ref> A [[Lalkhan Bazar madrasa blast|bomb explosion]] took place at the dorm of the Madrassah, killing three on 7 October 2013.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=27 March 2014 |title=Arrest warrant issued against Mufti Izhar |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arrest-warrant-issued-against-mufti-izhar-17481 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> Police recovered bomb-making equipment from the room and crude explosives.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=9 August 2015 |title=Hefajat leader Mufti Izhar sent to jail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/city/news/hefajat-leader-mufti-izhar-sent-jail-124000 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> Police filed charges against Chowdhury, his son Harun Izhar, and seven others.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=11 February 2014 |title=Mufti Izhar, son charge-sheeted |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/mufti-izhar-son-charge-sheeted-10807 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> An arrest warrant was issued against him in March 2014.<ref name=":0" /> He was sent to jail in August 2015.<ref name=":2" />
In March 2022, Chowdhury was sentenced to two years imprisonment for submitting a wealth statement to the Anti-Corruption Commission.<ref>{{Cite news |date=20 March 2022 |title=Not submitting wealth info: Former Hefazat leader Mufti Izharul gets 2-yr jail |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/crime-justice/news/not-submitting-wealth-info-former-hefazat-leader-mufti-izharul-gets-2-yr-jail-2986731 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref>
Chowdhury is the Nayeb-e-Ameer of [[Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh]].<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Bangladesh frees Islamist leader accused of instigating violence during Modi's visit, golden jubilee |url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/ztgi0evxwm |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=[[Bdnews24.com]] |language=en}}</ref>
==Works== * ''Hayat-e Mufti-e Azam'' (Biography of [[Muhammad Faizullah]]) in Urdu<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Faizullah,_Mufti |title=Faizullah, Mufti |website=Banglapedia |access-date=2017-11-27}}</ref> * ''Fathul Maraam sharhe faizul kalam''{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
== See also == * [[List of Deobandis]]
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons}}
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