The Shahidi Mosque in Kishoreganj was the residence of its former imam Athar AliAl-Jamia al-Emdadia Madrasa founded by Athar Ali Bengali
Ali's career began with teaching at madrasas in Bengal such as the Jhingabari Alia Madrasah in Sylhet, Jamia Islamia Yunusia in Brahmanbaria and the Jamia Millia in Comilla. By 1909, he was working as an imam of the Shahidi Mosque in Kishoreganj. In 1945, Ali established the Jamia Emdadia Madrasa in Kishoreganj on the premises of the mosque. He also later founded the Darul Uloom Madrasa in Mymensingh.[1]
He was released before the start of the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War, and drifted away from politics. He began focusing more on propagating Islamic teachings to the Bengali Muslim masses through public lectures.[3]
Bibliography
He wrote a number of books relating to Islam. These include:[3]
Bengali: ইসলামী শাসন কেন চাই?, romanized: Islamī Shashôn Kenô Chai?, lit. 'Why do I want Islamic rule?'
Bengali: বাস্তব ক্ষেত্রে সমাজতন্ত্র, romanized: Bastôb Kkhetre Shômajtôntrô, lit. 'Socialism in reality'
Bengali: ইসলামে অর্থবন্টন ব্যবস্থা, romanized: Islame Ôrthôbônṭôn Bebôstha, lit. 'System of economic distribution in Islam'
Death
Ali died on 6 October in 1976 in the premises of a madrasa that he had founded, the Jamia Al Islamia , Chorpara in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, as a result of paralysis.[1]
^Mawlana Nur Muhammad Azmi. "2.2 বঙ্গে এলমে হাদীছ" [2.2 Knowledge of Hadith in Bengal]. হাদীছের তত্ত্ব ও ইতিহাস [Information and history of Hadith] (in Bengali). Emdadia Library. p. 26.
