{{short description|Politician of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher | native_name = {{nobold|সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের}} | native_name_lang = bn | image = Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher 2025 (cropped).jpg | caption = Taher in 2025 | country = [[Bangladesh]] | order = 7th | office = Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Jatiya Sangsad{{!}}Deputy Leader of the Opposition | prime_minister = [[Tarique Rahman]] | leader = [[Shafiqur Rahman]] | term_start = 17 February 2026 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Anisul Islam Mahmud]] | successor = | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|Member of Parliament]] | constituency1 = [[Comilla-11]] | term_start1 = 17 February 2026 | predecessor1 = [[Mujibul Haque Mujib]] | office2 = | constituency2 = [[Comilla-12]] | term_start2 = 10 October 2001 | term_end2 = 29 October 2006 | predecessor2 = [[Mujibul Haque Mujib]] | successor2 = [[Mujibul Haque Mujib]] | office3 = General Secretary of [[International Islamic Federation of Student Organizations]] | term_start3 = 1992 | term_end3 = 1998 | predecessor3 = [[Mustafa Osman Ismail]] | successor3 = Dr. Ömer Faruk Korkmaz | office4 = President of [[Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir]] | term_start4 = 1986 | term_end4 = 1987 | predecessor4 = Muhammad Tasneem Alam | successor4 = [[Shamsul Islam (Chittagong politician)|Shamsul Islam]] | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|01|01|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Comilla District|Comilla]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan|Pakistan]]<br /><small>(now [[Bangladesh]])</small> | spouse = Dr. Habiba Akhter Chowdhury | alma_mater = [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital]] | occupation = [[Politician]] | honorific_prefix = [[The Honourable#Bangladesh|The Honourable]] | honorific_suffix = [[Member of Parliament (Bangladesh)|MP]] }}
'''Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher''' ({{langx|bn|সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের}}; born 1958) is a Bangladeshi physician, politician, Islamic scholar, and social worker. He is the Nayeb-e-Ameer (Vice President) of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]] and a member of its Central Working Committee.
He previously served as a Member of Parliament from the [[Comilla-12]] constituency during the [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|seventh parliamentary elections]] from 2001 to 2006. Following constituency re-delimitation, Comilla-12 is now known as [[Comilla-11]].
According to user-provided information, he again became a Member of Parliament from the [[Comilla-11]] constituency on 13 February 2026, succeeding [[Mujibul Haque Mujib]].
He was elected General Secretary of the Dhaka Medical College Student Union (DMCSU).
== Career == Dr. Taher was nominated as Secretary General of the Islami Chatra Shibir and finally led the organisation as its Central President for two consecutive terms during 1985-86 and 1986–87.<ref name=shibircentral>{{cite web |title=Shibir Central Page: Ex president Profile of Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher |url=http://www.shibir.org.bd/news/category/25/312 |website=[[Islami Chhatra Shibir]]|language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819201700/http://www.shibir.org.bd/news/category/25/312 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>
Taher was elected as a Member of Parliament in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006<ref name="elections">{{cite web | url=http://www.amardesh.info/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2001 | title=Bangladesh election results for Comilla-12 constituency, 2001 | publisher=[[Amar Desh]] | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907172550/http://www.amardesh.info/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2001 | archive-date=7 September 2014 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="electionadam">{{cite web | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/bangladesh20019.txt | title=Seventh Parliamentary Bangladesh Elections, 2001: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive | publisher=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive | access-date=7 September 2014 | author=Psephos Adam Carr}}</ref><ref name="electioncommission">{{cite web | url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf | title=Statistical Report: 8TH Jatiya Shangsad Election, 2001 | publisher=[[Election Commission Bangladesh]] | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> and was part of two parliamentary bodies, the Public accounts committee and the Public undertaking committee.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
Taher was also arrested by joint forces on allegations of extortion, looting and grabbing during the tenure of the military backed [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|caretaker government]] on 7 March 2007. Later he was released & he was the first person in the country to get corruption free certificate from government.<ref name="taherdailystar">{{cite news | title=Ex-Jamaat MP Taher freed on bail | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=49478 | newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)]] | date=8 August 2014 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>
Taher was imprisoned several times, He was arrested on 2 January 2013,<ref name="financialexpress">{{cite news | title=Jama'at leader Taher arrested | url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMDNfMTNfMV8zXzE1NTUxNQ== | newspaper=[[The Financial Express (Bangladesh)]] | location=[[Dhaka]] | date=3 January 2013 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> by [[Rapid Action Battalion|RAB]] personnel, in connection with various allegations, including arson attacks, attacks on police and conspiracy against the government. He was later released on bail. His most recent imprisonment was on 25 July 2024 in July uprising and later he was released on 5 August 2024 after coup.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}} [[File:Muhammad Yunus with Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher.jpg|thumb|Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher is seen exchanging greetings with [[Muhammad Yunus]].]] Taher met with the First Political Secretary at the United States Embassy Matthew Bay on 16 October 2023.<ref>{{Cite news |date=30 October 2023 |title=Is the US fanning BNP-Jamaat violence in Bangladesh? |url=https://en.somoynews.tv/news/2023-10-30/is-the-us-fanning-bnp-jamaat-violence-in-bangladesh |access-date=18 September 2024 |work=[[Somoy TV]]}}</ref>
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