Syed Fazlul Karim (; 1935 – 25 November 2006) was an
Islamic scholar
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and politician. He was the founder of
Islami Andolan Bangladesh
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, and founded a residential
madrassah
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in Charmonai,
Barisal
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, southern
Bangladesh
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.
Early life and education
Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim was born in 1935, in the village of Charmonai in
Barisal
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,
Bengal Province. He belonged to a
Bengali Muslim
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family who were the hereditary ''
Pirs of Charmonai'', with his grandfather,
Sayed Amjad Ali, being a descendant of
Ali
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, the fourth
Caliph
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of
Islam
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. His father,
Syed Muhammad Ishaq, was the first Pir of Charmonai. Karim began studying with his father at an early age, later joining his father's madrasa in Charmonai. After completing his degree in Islamic studies from alia madrasah, he joined
Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh
Al-Jāmiʿah al-Qurʼāniyyah al-ʿArabiyyah Lālbāgh (), better known simply as Lalbagh Madrasah (), is a Qawmi madrasa providing higher Islamic studies in Dhaka, Bangladesh It has seven education sections from kindergarten to post-graduate lev ...
,
Dhaka
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. He completed ''Dawra e
Hadith
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'' from this institution in 1957.
Career
Karim started his career as a teacher at Charmonai Madrasah.
In 1987, he established
Islami Shashontantra Andolan. He served as the head of the movement until his death in 2006.
Death
After long suffering from diabetes and kidney disease, Fazlul Karim died at the age of 71 in his own home at village Charmonai in Sadar upazila of
Barisal
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district on 25 November 2006. He had two wives, seven sons and a daughter.
References
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Deobandis
1935 births
2006 deaths
People from Char Monai
Islami Andolan Bangladesh politicians
Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Bangladeshi Islamic religious leaders
20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Chormonai movement
20th-century Bengalis
Bangladeshi political party founders
Bangladeshi people of Arab descent
Bengali Muslim scholars of Islam
Disciples of Muhammadullah Hafezzi