Zia Uddin is currently the president of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh and Azad Dini Adarah-e-Talim, and an advisor to Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.
19 Facts About Zia Uddin
1.
2.
Zia Uddin has played important roles in the 2013 Shapla Square protests and Khatme Nabuwwat movement, and has spoken out against the construction of the Tipaimukh Dam.
3.
Zia Uddin was born on 4 April 1941 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Kakardia in Beanibazar, Sylhet District.
4.
Zia Uddin's father, Muqaddas Ali, was a hafiz of the Qur'an, and his mother's name was Khairunnessa Begum.
5.
Zia Uddin was the second child of a family of three sons and two daughters.
6.
Zia Uddin's education began with his family and in the local maktab of Kakardia.
7.
Three years later, Zia Uddin enrolled at the Mathiura Eidgah Bazar Madrasa.
8.
Zia Uddin then proceeded to study at Gachbari Jamiul Uloom Madrasa until 1962, before enrolling at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam in Hathazari.
9.
Zia Uddin passed his Master of Arts in Hadith studies from Hathazari in 1965, and studied tafsir the following year.
10.
Zia Uddin's career began in 1967 as a teacher at the Jamia Madania Angura-Muhammadpur.
11.
Zia Uddin is the director of numerous madrasas including Jamia Qasimul Uloom Mewa, Jamia Hatimia Shibganj, Bahadurpur Jalalia Madrasa and Aqakhazana Women's Title Madrasa.
12.
Zia Uddin is advisor to several social, literary and cultural organisations like Ash-Shihab Parishad, IQRA Foundation UK, Al-Hilal Student's Union, Al-Qalam Research Council, Chetana Literary Society, Jagoron Islamic Cultural Society and Hizb-e-Elahi Beanibazar.
13.
Zia Uddin was elected as the general secretary of the party's Beanibazar branch in 1987.
14.
Zia Uddin was elected as an assistant secretary for the Jamiat in 2008.
15.
Zia Uddin has led movements such as the Taslima-Birodhi movement, SUSB naming movement and Fatwa legitimacy movement.
16.
Zia Uddin played a key role in the Shane Resalat Sammelan held in Sylhet on the initiative of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.
17.
Zia Uddin addressed the long march of Hefazat in Dhaka on 6 April 2013.
18.
Zia Uddin served as the Acting President of the Azad Dini Adarah-e-Talim's International Turban Tying Conference from 9 to 11 February 2012.
19.
Zia Uddin completed spiritual studies with Abdul Matin Chowdhury of Fulbari.