Obaidullah Hamzah | |
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| ওবায়দুল্লাহ হামযাহ | |
.jpg) Hamzah in 2022 | |
| 6th Chancellor of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya | |
| Assumed office 7 July 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Halim Bukhari |
| Secretary-General of Bangladesh Tahfizul Quran Organisation | |
| Assumed office 13 August 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Rahmatullah Kawthar Nizami |
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| Born | 1972 (age 51–52) Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh |
| Alma mater | Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya |
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| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Movement | Deobandi |
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| Disciple of | Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi |
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Obaidullah Hamzah (Bengali: ওবায়দুল্লাহ হামযাহ; born 1972) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar, educator and economist. He is the sixth Director-General of Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya and the head of its Arabic department.[1] He is also the secretary-general of the Bangladesh Tahfizul Quran Organisation, Chairman of the sharia supervisory committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd and Social Islami Bank Limited, the chief editor of the Bengali monthly At-Tawhid and the chief editor of Arabic magazine Balagh ash-Sharq.
Hamzah was born in 1972, to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Digalia-Palang in Ukhia, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. His father's name was Amir Hamzah. Hamzah completed his initial education at the Digalia-Palang Qasimul Uloom Madrasa before proceeding to study at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya where he completed his master's in Hadith studies. He received first class at the central examinations from the Anjuman-e-Ittehad al-Madaris examination board. In 1992, he gained first class from the Hadith exams by Befaqul Madarisil Arabia. The following year, he completed his studies of Bengali literature and research department from the Patiya madrasa.[2]
After completing his education, Hamzah started his career as a teacher of Hadith at the Dar as-Sunnah Madrasa in Cox's Bazar. Between 1994 and 2000, Hamzah was employed as a teacher and translator under the Saudi ministries of religious affairs and defence. In 2001, he became a teacher at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya. From 2003 to 2005, he was the host of an Islamic radio programme in South Africa. In 2008, he took participated in the International Islamic Conference for Dialogue held in Mecca. Hamzah toured Thailand in 2012, where he gave speeches in 30 different colleges, Islamic institutions, radio stations and Thai Muslim TV. In 2013, Hamzah took part in an International Humanities Law Course in Beirut, Lebanon which was a part of a joint venture by the Arab League and International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement.[2][3] He became a member of the Social Islami Bank's sharia board in 2013.[4] Hamzah has also held the role of khatib at the Halishahar A-Block Central Mosque.[2] After the death of Rahmatullah Kawthar Nizami on 13 August 2019, Hamzah was elected as the next secretary-general of the Bangladesh Tahfizul Quran Organisation.[5] During a shura at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya on 25 August 2020, Hamzah was appointed as the assistant-director of the madrasa. After Abdul Halim Bukhari's death in 2022, Hamzah was nominated as the acting director-general,[6] and subsequently the director-general on 7 July 2022.[7][8]
Hamzah is the chief editor of the Arabic magazine Balagh ash-Sharq and the chief editor of the Bengali monthly magazine At-Tawhid. Among his written and edited books are:[10]
