Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib

Dr. Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib (Arabic: د. اسد الله الغالب; Bengali: ড. মুহাম্মাদ আসাদুল্লাহ আল-গালিব) (b. January 15, 1948) is a Bangladeshi professor of Arabic at the University of Rajshahi and leader of the Islamic organization Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (AHAB).

On February 23, 2005, he was arrested on charges following allegations he was leading Islamic militants.^[1] He was further alleged to have received funding from the Revival of Islamic Heritage Society.^[2] Dr. al-Ghalib has denied any involvement with Islamic militancy.^[3][4]

Biography

Early life and education

Muhammad Asadullah Al-Ghalib was born on January 15, 1948 (2nd Magh 1354 B.S.) in a respectable Mandal family of Maulavi Bari in the village Bularati in the Sadar Thana of the present Satkhira District, Bangladesh. His mother Basirun was a pious woman and his father Ustazul Asatizah (teacher of the teachers) Maulana Ahmad Ali (1883-1976 AD) was a renowned religious scholar and leader of Ahle Hadith.

He passed the Dakhil, Alim and Fazil public examinations from Kakdanga Senior Madrasha. In 1969 he passed the Kamil (Muhaddith) Examination from Aramnagar Alia Madrasa. He passed all examinations in the First Division. He secured the 16th place in Alim and 5th place in Kamil examination of the then Madrasha Education Board of the East Pakistan.

He got his I.A. from Kalaroa, Govt. College, Satkhira, B. A. from Majid Memorial City College, Khulna and in 1976 M.A. in Arabic from the University of Dhaka, securing First Class First position. Lastly, he got Ph.D. Degree from the University of Rajshahi on August 20, 1992 by submitting a dissertation on Ahl-i-Hadeeth Movement: Origin and the Development; with special reference to South Asian region.

Career

Firstly, he served as a teacher in Jamia Muhammdia Arabia Madrasha at North Jatrabari, Dhaka. After passing the M.A. examination, he joined the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka, as a part-time Lecturer on 25 September 1980.

Thereafter in the same year on 10 December, he joined as a Lecturer in the dept. of Arabic and Islamic Studies in the University of Rajshahi. When the department was separated in 1995, he stayed in the department of Arabic and has still been working as a Professor.

al-Ghahib has founded a number of Ahle Hadith organizations in Bangladesh. Under the umbrella of Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh (AHAB), established in 1994, are a number of his organizations:

• a youth organization he founded in 1978, Ahle Hadith Jubo Shangha (AHJS);
• a social welfare organization he opened in 1989, the Tawheed Trust;
• a publishing organization he founded in 1992, Hadeeth Foundation Bangladesh; and
• a monthly Islamic magazine, At-Tahreek

Published works

He has written and published as many as 26 valuable books like [insane kamel, shomaz biplober dhara etc. [1] and some others are still awaiting for publication. His short papers and which that have been published in different Journals and periodicals are more than 250. Along with this, he supervised many research works.

References

1. ^ Rahman, Waliur (2005-02-23). "Police hold Bangladesh professor". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4290407.stm. 
2. ^ Montero, David (2005-09-07). "How extremism came to Bangladesh". The Christian Science Monitor. http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0907/p06s01-wosc.html. 
3. ^ Ali, Anwar (2005-02-17). "RU teacher with 'militant link' operates in 42 districts". The Daily Star. http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/02/17/d5021701033.htm. 
4. ^ "Dr. Asadullah Al-ghalib against Terrorism". http://video.aol.com/video-detail/dr-asadullah-al-ghalib-against-terrorism/4291848983. 

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