Siddique Ahmad

Siddique Ahmad (1903 – 19 May 1987) was a 20th-century Bangladeshi Islamic scholar and politician, widely known as Khatib-e-Azam for his oratory skills. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of East Pakistan in 1954 and later held key positions in the Nizam-e-Islam Party, serving as Secretary-General and Vice President. In the late 1960s, when the party merged with the Pakistan Democratic Party, he opposed the merger and revived the original organization under the name Markazi Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam and Nizam-i-Islam, once again serving as Secretary-General and contesting the 1970 general elections. He did not support the Bangladesh Liberation War, and after the country's independence, he was imprisoned for 22 months and faced a ban on Islamist political activity. Following the lifting of the ban, he resumed his political activities as the founding chairman of the Islamic Democratic League and later reestablished his own party as the Bangladesh Nezame Islam Party, serving as its president. He also held the position of Sheikh al-Hadith at Al Jamia Al Islamia Patiya and was Secretary-General of Anjuman-e-Ittihadul Madaris Bangladesh. Provided by Wikipedia