Who are this Hifazat-e-Islam?

Ahmed shafi
Ahmed shafi

Ahmad Shafi, is the present rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari, Chittagong, Bangladesh. He is a critic of co-education, demands banning women appearing in public with men and organizes fundamentalist Islamist Jamaat movement named Hifazat-e-Islam.

Ahmad Shafi was born in Rangunia, Chittagong. He received his primary education from his family. Then he joined Al-Jamiatul Arabiatul Islamiah, Ziri and spent five or six months there. Finally he took admission at Hathazari Madrasah in 1361 Hijri at the age of 10. In Hathazari Madrasah he studied for 10 years. Then Shafi went to Darul Uloom Deoband for higher studies in the field of Hadith and Tafsir. He studied there for four years before returning to his homeland.

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