Ghulam Azam

Ghulam Azam
Leader of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh
In office
1960–2000
Preceded byMaulana Abdur Raheem
Succeeded byMotiur Rahman Nizami
Personal details
Born(1922-11-07)November 7, 1922
Dhaka, Bengal, British Raj (now Bangladesh)
Died23 October 2014(2014-10-23) (aged 91)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Political partyJamaat-e-Islami
Spouse(s)Afifa Azam
Relationswife
Children6
Alma materDhaka University
OccupationPolitician

Ghulam Azam (Bengali: গোলাম আযম; 7 November 1922 – 23 October 2014) was the Ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh until 2000.[1][2] Azam hated the idea of independence of Bangladesh during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.[3][4] Azam was convicted for war crimes in July 2013.[5]

Azam died in Dhaka, Bangladesh from a stroke, aged 91.[6][7]

References

  1. ↑ "Azam found guilty of Bangladesh war crimes". aljazeera. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Prof. Ghulam Azam Retires Archived 2001-03-06 at the Wayback Machine, Islamic Voice, December 2006.
  3. ↑ Uddin, Sufia M. (2006). Constructing Bangladesh: Religion, Ethnicity, And Language in an Islamic Nation. University of North Carolina. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-8078-3021-5.
  4. ↑ H. Evans in 'The Post-colonial States of South Asia:Democracy, Development and Identity', edited by A. Shastri and A. Wilson, Palgrave, 2001, p. 71.
  5. ↑ "Bangladesh: Islamist leader found guilty of war crimes". euronews. Archived from the original on 24 October 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
  6. ↑ Staff Correspondent (23 October 2014). "War criminal Golam Azam dies". Daily Prothom Alo. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
  7. ↑ Julfikar Ali Manik, Moniruzzaman Uzzal (23 October 2014). "War criminal Ghulam Azam dies". Dhaka Tribune. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2014.