1. Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was a Bangladeshi politician and journalist who served as the senior assistant secretary general of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and was convicted of war crimes during the 1971 independence war of Bangladesh.
15 Facts About Muhammad Kamaruzzaman
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Besides his political career, Kamaruzzaman was the editor of the Weekly Sonar Bangla.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was born on 4 July 1952, at Sajbarkhila village in Sherpur Thana, Bangladesh.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman's father Moulavi Insan Ali Sarker, was a businessman.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman obtained a master's degree in journalism in 1976 from Dhaka University.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman is alleged to be a member of the East Pakistan Islami Chattra Sangha in Mymensingh.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was the chief organizer of the Al-Badr, a paramilitary force formed to assist the Pakistan army to thwart the Bangladesh independence movement in 1971, of greater Mymensingh region.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was a two-time President of Islami Chhatra Shibir, the student wing of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman became a journalist at the Weekly Sonar Bangla in 1981, later taking the role of editor.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman worked for The Daily Sangram as executive editor.
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In four successive elections between 1991 and 2008 Muhammad Kamaruzzaman unsuccessfully contested the seat Sherpur-1 for Jamaat-e-Islami, losing the last three times to the Awami League candidate Md.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman denied all charges, saying they were politically motivated.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman denied the charges saying the trial was politically motivated and appealed the verdict in the Supreme Court.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman filed a review petition which was dismissed by the appellate division of the Supreme Court.
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Muhammad Kamaruzzaman was executed on 11 April 2015 in Dhaka Central jail.