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Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain | |
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আবুল ফয়েজ মুহাম্মদ খালিদ হোসেন | |
_(cropped).jpg) Hossain in 2025 | |
| Adviser for Religious Affairs | |
| Assumed office 8 August 2024 | |
| President | Mohammed Shahabuddin |
| Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
| Preceded by | Faridul Haq Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1959-02-02)2 February 1959 (age 66) |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Political party | Islami Andolan Bangladesh |
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| Main interest(s) | |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanafi |
| Teachers | Abdul Halim Bukhari |
| Movement | Deobandi |
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| Disciple of | |
| Website | www |
Abul Fayez Muhammad Khalid Hossain (popularly known asDr. A F M Khalid Hossain, born 2 February 1959) is a Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and currently serves as theAdviser for Religious Affairs in theYunus interim government since 8 August 2024. His appointment marks the first time an Islamic scholar has held this advisory role in Bangladesh.[1] He is also the Vice President ofHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and serves as the Education Adviser forIslami Andolan Bangladesh. He previously held the position of President of Islami Chhatra Samaj, the student wing of theNizam-e-Islam Party.[2] In academia, he is a visiting professor at theInternational Islamic University Chittagong and has previously served as an adjunct professor at theAsian University of Bangladesh. He was also the head of the Department of Islamic History and Culture atOmargani M.E.S. College. His editorial roles include serving as the editor of the monthly journalAt-Tawheed and assistant editor ofBalagh al-Sharq. He serves as a columnist for four national newspapers and has authored over two hundred research articles in a range of journals, includingThe Muslim World League Journal. He has published 20 books and was a key figure in editing volumes 3 to 9 of the second edition of theIslami Bishwakosh and theSirat Encyclopedia, both published by theIslamic Foundation Bangladesh.
Khalid Hossain, born on 2 February 1959 inMadarsha Union,Satkania Upazila ofChittagong District, hails from aBengali Muslim family, with his father, Muhammad Habibullah, being an Islamic scholar.[3] He began his education at Babunagar Government Primary School, where he studied until class three. Between 1969 and 1971, he attendedAl Jamia Al Islamia Patiya and completed his Alim in 1971, followed by a Fazil degree in 1973, achieving first class at Satkania Mahmudul Uloom Alia Madrasa.[4] From 1973 to 1975, he studied Hadith at Chittagong Chandanpura Darul Uloom and later obtained his Kamil degree from theBangladesh Madrasah Education Board in 1975.[5] His religious education included studying various Islamic texts:Sahih al-Bukhari under the guidance of Muhammad Amin, a disciple ofAshraf Ali Thanwi;Sahih Muslim with Matiur Rahman Nizami ofMirsharai;Sunan al-Tirmidhi with Ismail Arakani Qasemi; andSunan Abi Dawud under Nawab Hasan Qasemi. In 1982, he obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Honors) in Islamic History and Culture from theUniversity of Chittagong, followed by a Master of Arts in the same field in 1983. He earned a Ph.D. in 2006 from the University of Chittagong, focusing onThe Sermons of the Prophet Muhammad: A Socio-cultural Study.[6] His teachers includedAbdul Halim Bukhari, and he also became a disciple ofJamir Uddin Nanupuri,Shah Ahmad Shafi, andZulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi inSufism.[7]
He began his professional career in 1987 as a lecturer in Arabic language and literature at Satkania Alia Mahmudul Uloom Fazil Madrasa.[8] From 1992 until January 2019, he served as a professor and head of the Department of Islamic History and Culture atOmargani M.E.S. College.[9] He has been the editor of the monthly religious and literary magazineAt-Tawheed, published by Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya since 2007, and has also served as the Khatib of Hazrat Uthman Jame Mosque in Halishahar A-Block and a teacher at Al Jamiyatul Arbiyatul Islamia Ziri.[10] In addition to his academic roles, he has worked as an adjunct professor at theAsian University of Bangladesh and has taught in various capacities at institutions such as Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya andJamia Darul Ma'arif Al-Islamia. During his student years (1973–1984), he worked as a correspondent for several newspapers, includingDaily Sangbad,Daily Banglar Bani,The Bangladesh Times, andThe New Nation.[11] On January 2, 2021, he was appointed as the Education Adviser forIslami Andolan Bangladesh.[12] He was later elected vice-president ofHefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh on August 31, 2023.[13] On July 8, 2023, he was appointed as a visiting professor in the Department of Quranic Sciences and Islamic Studies at theInternational Islamic University Chittagong.[14] Following the political changes in 2024, after the fall ofSheikh Hasina's government and the formation of aninterim government led byMuhammad Yunus, Hossain was appointed as anAdviser for Religious Affairs, taking office on August 8, 2024.[15]
Khalid Hossain's first article,The Life and Work of Hazrat Umar Farooq (RA), was published byAt-Tawheed.[11] Currently, he serves as the editor ofAt-Tawheed and assistant editor of the Arabic magazineBalag al-Sharq, both produced byAl Jamia Al Islamia Patiya.[7] He also writes regularly for four national newspapers. His editorial work includes multiple volumes of the second edition of theIslami Bishwakosh and the Sirat encyclopedia, both published byIslamic Foundation Bangladesh.[11] Additionally, he is involved in verifying the authenticity of Zulfiqar Ahmad Naqshbandi's Bengali translation. In 1989, he authoredKhatib-e-Azam Maulana Siddique Ahmad: The Source of a Revolution and has published over 20 books.[16] His translation projects includeMaslak-e Ulama-e-Deoband,Muslims in India, andKarwan-e-Zindagi (Volume 3). His edited works featureSirat-e Ayesha (Ra.),Rise of Global Islam,Aso Nari Porda Kori, andPrayers for Men and Women, while his compilations includeNive Jawa Dipshikha andSelected Essays-1.[17] His latest publication,Islamic Regulations, was released on 15 February 2025, with its cover formally unveiled byFaruk-e-Azam at an event in Dhaka.[18]
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