Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh (KNAB) Islamic extremist organization that has positioned itself as an Anti-Ahmadiyya group in Bangladesh. They have campaigned for to seize Ahmadiyya mosques and have the Government of Bangladesh declare Ahmadiyya non-Muslims. They have attacked the homes and mosques of the Ahmadiyya community in Bangladesh.[1] The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom described them as "a group of anti-Ahmadi Islamic clerics" International Religious Freedom Report in 2005.[2]

History

Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh is a splinter group of the International Khatme Nabuwat Movement, Bangladesh (IKNMB).[3] Hifajate Khatme Nabuwat Andolon (HKNA) is a similar anti-Ahmadiyya group in Bangladesh.[4]

In December 2003, KNAB bought out a procession from the North gate of Baitul Mokarram National Mosque to lay siege to a Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosque in Bakshibazar, Dhaka.[5]

On 19 March 2004, Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh threatened that they will drive out all the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community members living in Barguna District.[4]

On 24 June 2006, Bangladesh Police foiled at attempt by Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh to lay siege to an Ahmadiyya Muslim Community mosque in Uttara Thana, Dhaka.[6] They tried to take over the mosque forcefully but were prevent by Rapid Action Battalion.[7]

In June 2007, leaders of Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh and the International Khatme Nabuwat Movement, Bangladesh were charged with attacking an Ahmadiyya mosque in Jyotindra Nagar, Satkhira District.[1]

In 2008, Chairman of Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh, Mufti Nur Hossain Nurani, Bimanbandar Golchattar Murti Protirodh Committee that forced the Caretaker government to remove a statue of a baul singer in front of Zia International Airport. He also called for the resignation of the Special Advisor to the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker government, Mahbub Jamil.[8]

Muballig (religious preacher) of Rajshahi District of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community reported that his community members were being harassed by Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh, Ahle Hadith Andolon Bangladesh, Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, and Sunni Muslims in December 2015.[9]

On 23 April 2021, Noor Hossain Noorani, President of Khatme Nabuwat Andolon Bangladesh and leader of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, was arrested over violence in Munshiganj District.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 "OPERATIONAL GUIDANCE NOTE BANGLADESH" (PDF). refworld.org. UK Border Agency.
  2. ↑ "Bangladesh". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  3. ↑ Annual Report on International Religious Freedom 2006, October 2007, 110-1 Joint Committee Print, S. Prt. 110-32. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2008. p. 676.
  4. 1 2 "Bangladesh - Timeline Year 2004". www.satp.org. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  5. ↑ "Ahmadiyyas appeal for govt protection". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  6. ↑ "Police Foil Anti-Ahmadiyya Siege Plan". archive.thedailystar.net. The Daily Star. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  7. ↑ "At least 15 injured in anti-Ahmadiya violence". Hindustan Times. 2006-06-24. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  8. ↑ "Removal of sculptures sparks protests". The Daily Star. 2008-10-17. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  9. ↑ "JMB regroups without watch". The Daily Star. 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  10. ↑ "Hefazat leader Noorani arrested in Munshiganj". Dhaka Tribune. 2021-04-23. Retrieved 2021-04-23.
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