Muhammad Wakkas

Muhammad Wakkas
Member of 3rd/4th Jatiya Sangsad
In office
1986–1991
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Succeeded byKhan Tipu Sultan
Minister of Religious Affairs
In office
1 August 1986 – 28 August 1988
PresidentHussain Muhammad Ershad
Preceded byAbdul Mannan
Succeeded byShamsul Islam
Secretary-General of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
In office
1991–2016
Preceded byShamsuddin Qasemi
Succeeded byNur Hossain Kasemi
Member of 8th Jatiya Sangsad
In office
2001–2006
Prime MinisterKhaleda Zia
Preceded byKhan Tipu Sultan
Succeeded byKhan Tipu Sultan
Personal details
Political partyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
Jatiya Party (1986-1996)
Islami Oikya Jote (1991)
Bangladesh Nationalist Party (2001-2008)
Personal
Born(1952-01-15)15 January 1952
Died31 March 2021(2021-03-31) (aged 69)
ReligionIslam
DenominationSunni
JurisprudenceHanafi
MovementDeobandi
Alma materDarul Uloom Deoband
TeachersQazi Mu'tasim Billah

Muḥammad Waqqāṣ ibn Muḥammad Ismāʿīl al-Jasarī (Arabic: محمد وقاص بن محمد إسماعيل الجسري; 15 January 1952 – 31 March 2021), or simply known as Muhammad Wakkas (Bengali: মুহাম্মদ ওয়াক্কাস), was a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, teacher, former Member of Parliament and State Minister. He was the founder of Jamia Imdadia Madaninagar Madrasa, the largest madrasa in South Bengal, accommodating roughly 2000 students.[1]

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