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Motiur Rahman Nizami
Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান নিজামী; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a Bangladeshi politician, Islamic scholar, and former ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who served as the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry. He was also a member of parliament from the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
According to some reports, he was in charge of Al-Badr during the Bangladesh War of Independence. On 29 October 2014, he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal. While various political entities had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and purported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for war crimes of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide; the court delayed his verdict in June 2014 because of the state of his health.
In 2004, Nizami was convicted under separate charges for arms trafficking to Assam, India, and was sentenced to death, along with 13 other men, in January 2014. On 18 December 2024, the HC acquitted Nizami in the arms smuggling case filed over the sensational 10-truck arms haul in Chattogram, observing that there was nothing in the police report regarding who had smuggled the arms, from whom, and where.
On 29 October 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in masterminding the Demra massacre, in which 800–900 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed and the rape of women. He was executed by hanging at Dhaka Central Jail on 11 May 2016. He is the third minister of Bangladesh to be hanged. He was frequently listed on The 500 Most Influential Muslims.
Maulana Nizami was born in Pabna District on 31 March 1943. He completed his primary education in his home village of Manmathpur, and then studied at Boailmari Madrasah, Santhia. He passed the 'Dakhil' examination with first class in 1955. Afterwards he stood sixteenth at the 'Alim' (equivalent to Matriculation) examination from the then East Pakistan Madrasah Education Board in 1959. Then he passed the 'Fazil' (Honours) examination with first class in 1961. He obtained a 'Kamil' (Masters) in Fiqh (Islamic Law) degree with first class from Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka, in 1963,f where he secured the second place in the Education Board. He also graduated from Dhaka University (DU) in 1967.
Nizami rose in the ranks of the East Pakistan branch of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in the 1960s, having led the student organization, East Pakistan Islami Chhatra Sangha (now Islami Chhatra Shibir). After the independence of Bangladesh, the new regime in power banned all religion-based political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami. After the assassination by military officers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975, Ziaur Rahman became president in a coup in 1977. He permitted top Jamaat leaders, such as Ghulam Azam and Nizami, to return to Bangladesh in 1978; they revived Jamaat-e-Islami, which became the largest Islamist party in the country. Nizami emerged as a key leader of the Jamaat, organising the Islami Chhatra Shibir, which serves as the student wing of Jamaat.[citation needed]
In 1991, he was elected as a member of parliament, representing Jamaat-e-Islami for the constituency of Pabna-1; he was Jamaat's Parliamentary Party leader until 1994. During the June 1996 elections, he lost to the candidates of both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), an ally of Jamaat, and the Awami League in his constituency. Professor Abu Sayed of the Awami League gained his seat.
In 1971, Nizami was a chief of the infamous Al-Badr militia. Along with the Pakistan Army, this militia abducted and massacred 989 Bengali intellectuals, including professors, journalists, litterateurs, doctors and activists in general.
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Motiur Rahman Nizami (Bengali: মতিউর রহমান নিজামী; 31 March 1943 – 11 May 2016) was a Bangladeshi politician, Islamic scholar, and former ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, who served as the Minister of Agriculture and Minister of Industry. He was also a member of parliament from the Pabna-1 constituency from 1991 to 1996 and again from 2001 to 2006.
According to some reports, he was in charge of Al-Badr during the Bangladesh War of Independence. On 29 October 2014, he was convicted of masterminding the Demra massacre by the International Crimes Tribunal. While various political entities had originally welcomed the trials, in November 2011, Human Rights Watch criticised the government for aspects of their progress, lack of transparency, and purported harassment of defense lawyers and witnesses representing the accused. Nizami was the last high-profile suspect to be tried for war crimes of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide; the court delayed his verdict in June 2014 because of the state of his health.
In 2004, Nizami was convicted under separate charges for arms trafficking to Assam, India, and was sentenced to death, along with 13 other men, in January 2014. On 18 December 2024, the HC acquitted Nizami in the arms smuggling case filed over the sensational 10-truck arms haul in Chattogram, observing that there was nothing in the police report regarding who had smuggled the arms, from whom, and where.
On 29 October 2014, he was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in masterminding the Demra massacre, in which 800–900 unarmed Hindu civilians were killed and the rape of women. He was executed by hanging at Dhaka Central Jail on 11 May 2016. He is the third minister of Bangladesh to be hanged. He was frequently listed on The 500 Most Influential Muslims.
Maulana Nizami was born in Pabna District on 31 March 1943. He completed his primary education in his home village of Manmathpur, and then studied at Boailmari Madrasah, Santhia. He passed the 'Dakhil' examination with first class in 1955. Afterwards he stood sixteenth at the 'Alim' (equivalent to Matriculation) examination from the then East Pakistan Madrasah Education Board in 1959. Then he passed the 'Fazil' (Honours) examination with first class in 1961. He obtained a 'Kamil' (Masters) in Fiqh (Islamic Law) degree with first class from Madrasah-e-Alia, Dhaka, in 1963,f where he secured the second place in the Education Board. He also graduated from Dhaka University (DU) in 1967.
Nizami rose in the ranks of the East Pakistan branch of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan in the 1960s, having led the student organization, East Pakistan Islami Chhatra Sangha (now Islami Chhatra Shibir). After the independence of Bangladesh, the new regime in power banned all religion-based political parties, including Jamaat-e-Islami. After the assassination by military officers of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in August 1975, Ziaur Rahman became president in a coup in 1977. He permitted top Jamaat leaders, such as Ghulam Azam and Nizami, to return to Bangladesh in 1978; they revived Jamaat-e-Islami, which became the largest Islamist party in the country. Nizami emerged as a key leader of the Jamaat, organising the Islami Chhatra Shibir, which serves as the student wing of Jamaat.[citation needed]
In 1991, he was elected as a member of parliament, representing Jamaat-e-Islami for the constituency of Pabna-1; he was Jamaat's Parliamentary Party leader until 1994. During the June 1996 elections, he lost to the candidates of both the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), an ally of Jamaat, and the Awami League in his constituency. Professor Abu Sayed of the Awami League gained his seat.
In 1971, Nizami was a chief of the infamous Al-Badr militia. Along with the Pakistan Army, this militia abducted and massacred 989 Bengali intellectuals, including professors, journalists, litterateurs, doctors and activists in general.