Harun Izhar

Harun Izhar^[1] is a Bangladeshi Deobandi islamic scholar, writer and religious personality. He is the former education, culture secretary and central leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.^[2] And Assistant Director of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar. He is the son of Izharul Islam Chowdhury, president of Nizam-e-Islam Party and former influential leader of Hefazet Islam.^[3]

He is the son of Nizam-e-Islam Party President Mufti Izharul Islam Chowdhury.^[4] And he has a younger brother Musa Bin Izhar.^[5]

He studied at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Chittagong and now currently he is the Assistant Director of Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa in Chittagong.^[6]

In 2009, Izhar and two alleged Lashkar-e-Taiba operatives were arrested in Chittagong while planning an attack on the Indian High Commission and US Embassy.^[7]

On July 10, 2013, Harun Izhar was arrested for alleged connection with the grenade attack in Chittagong's Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa. He was in prison for a long time. Later he was released.^[8]

In 2021, he was arrested by RAB from Chittagong's Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa on the night of April 28 that year on the charge of directly supporting the sabotage that took place in different parts of the country around the issue of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's arrival in Bangladesh to celebrate Bangladeshi independence. Later, he was released from Chittagong Central Jail on Monday night, May 22, 2023.^[9]

• Haque, Aminul; Izhar, Harun (2020). Allahr Kache Phire Ashar Golpo আল্লাহর কাছে আসার গল্প [The story of coming to Allah] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Songkolpo Prokashon. ISBN 9789843473684.
• —— (2021). Chetonar Ishtehar চেতনার ইশতেহার [Manifesto of Consciousness] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Shobdotoru.
• —— (2023). Nususer Aloke Jahiliyah নুসূসের আলোকে জাহিলিয়াহ [Ignorance in the light of the Texts] (in Bengali). Chittagong: Chintapotro Prokashon.
• —— (2023). Darsul Akida দারসুল আকিদা [Discussion of Faith] (in Bengali). Dhaka: Nashat Publication.
• —— (2023). Jiboner Orthogulo Quraner Shobde Shobde (1) জীবনের অর্থগুলো কুরআনের শব্দে শব্দে (১) [Meanings of Life in Quran Word by Word (1)] (in Bengali). Chittagong: Chintapotro Prokashon.
• —— (2024). Al Quraner Dars (1) আল কুরআনের দারস (১) [Discussion about the Quran (1)] (in Bengali). Chittagong: Chintapotro Prokashon.

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