Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar
Madrasa in Chittagong District, Bangladesh
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Jamiatul Uloom Al-Islamia Lalkhan Bazar (Arabic: الجامعة العلوم الإسلامية لالخان بازار), popularly known as Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa (Bengali: লালখান বাজার মাদ্রাসা), is a Qawmi madrasah situated in the Lalkhan Bazar area of port city Chittagong.[2][3]
Lalkhan Bazar Madrasa | |
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| Type | Islamic university |
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| Established | 1981 |
| Principal | Mufti Izharul Islam[1] |
| Faculty | 56 |
| Students | around 1,500 |
| Location | Lalkhan Bazar, Chittagong 22.3549°N 91.8158°E |
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History
The jamia is founded by Mufti Izharul Islam,[4] founding leader of the Harkat-ul Jihad al-Islami Bangladesh.[5] His elder son Mufti Harun Izhar is the assistant director of the jamia.[6] A bomb explosion took place at the dorm of the Madrassah killing three on 7 October 2013.[7] Police recovered bomb-making equipment from the room and crude explosives.[8] Police filed charges Mufti Izharul Islam, Mufti Harun Izhar, and seven others.[7]
Education system
The Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah offers the students Islamic education from the very initial stage up to the highest level. It also offers Specialization (equivalent to a PhD) to the students who have successfully completed Takmil (MA).
Departments
- Department of Hifzul Qur'an
- Department of Fatwaa (Dar al-Ifta)
- Madrasa-tul-Banat (Female Section)
Network of madrasahs
Lalkhan Bazar Madrasah is one of the three large madrasahs — along with Darul Uloom Muinul Islam in Hathazari and Al-Jamiah Al-Islamiah in Patiya — that together control over 7,000 smaller schools in Bangladesh.[9][10] The three schools are closely coordinated.[9]
