Syed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree | |
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Personal life | |
Born | |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Main interest(s) | Hadith studies, education |
Occupation | Faqih, academic |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Muslim leader | |
Influenced by | |
Website | kamaluddinzafree |
Sayed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree (born 5 March 1945) is an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh.[1] He is the chairman of the board of trustees of Bangladesh Islami University.[2] He is the chairman of the Sharia Council of Prime Islami Life Insurance Limited.[3]
Zafree was born on 5 March 1945 in Bhola, Bangladesh. He studied at Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and then studied classical Arabic at Umm al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.[1]
Zafree founded and served as the principal of Jamea Quasemia Madrsah.[4][5]
He founded the Bangladesh Islami University in 2006[6] and serves as the chairman of its governing body.[7] He is also the chairman of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurance of Bangladesh.[8]
Zafree appears in ATN Bangla as an advisor in its Islamic programs section.[9]
Zafree was involved in an awareness campaign against AIDS, funded by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities as part of its intervention program involving religious leaders.[10]
In 2005, at a seminar of Islamic scholars in Dhaka, Zafree and others denounced terrorism in the name of Islam and endorsed the BNP-led government's fight against it.[5]