Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
# Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a Bangladeshi Islamist Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was a member of the Islamist 20-Party alliance. It was a member of Islami Oikya Jote and which it left in 2008.

## History

Muhammad Wakkas, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, was elected to parliament in 1986 and 1988 from Jessore-5 as a candidate of Jatiya Party. He served as the Minister of Religious Affairs in the Cabinet of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad.

In 2016, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh organized a protest against Islamic militancy in Dhaka.

In 2017, Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh sought nominations from Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh, and other Islamist parities, to contest the upcoming General Election in 2018.

Nur Hossain Kasemi, Secretary General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh criticised the government of India seeking Bangladeshi land to build an airport in Agartala, Tripura in August 2019.

In 2020, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh campaigned to cancel the invitation to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit Bangladesh by the Government of Bangladesh.

## Leaders

* Deen Muhammad Khan
* Ashraf Ali Bishwanathi
* Muhiuddin Khan
* Abdul Momin Imambari
* Zia Uddin
