Khatme Nabuwwat Announces Year-Long Program With a One-Point Demand at Mass Conference

From the conference, Khatme Nabuwwat Bangladesh announced a year-long program. The organization declared this program with a one-point demand: that the “Qadiani” community (a term used by the group to refer to the Ahmadiyya community) be officially declared non-Muslim.

The group stated that if their demand is not met, they will announce tougher programs.

On Saturday (15 November) afternoon, from the stage of the mass gathering held at Suhrawardy Udyan, Maulana Muhiyuddin Rabbani, Secretary General of International Majlis Tahaffuz-e-Khatme Nabuwwat Bangladesh, announced the programs. He said, “If the Qadianis are not declared non-Muslim, a much harsher program will be announced from the National Ulama-Mashayekh Conference.”

The announced programs include: Collecting public signatures from scholars and general believers until 30 April next year; Submitting memorandums to the deputy commissioners of every district in May and June;  Holding divisional Khatme Nabuwwat conferences in each division from July to November.

Although the organization previously held scattered events in the country, this is the first time an international conference has been organized. Scholars from five countries, including Bangladesh, attended. The event was organized by the Combined Khatme Nabuwwat Council and supervised by the Khatme Nabuwwat Protection Committee.

The group stated that if the demand remains unmet even after these programs, a national conference of prominent scholars will be held in December to determine the next course of action.

Leaders from various Islamic parties, including BNP and Jamaat-e-Islami, delivered speeches at the conference. The event was presided over by Maulana Abdul Hamid (Pir Saheb, Madhupur), Convener of the Combined Khatme Nabuwwat Council and Ameer of the Khatme Nabuwwat Protection Committee Bangladesh. From Pakistan, Maulana Fazlur Rahman—Member of the National Assembly and President of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan—also addressed the gathering.

Other notable attendees included:
— Mufti Syed Muhammad Rezaul Karim, Ameer of Islami Andolon Bangladesh
— Jamaat’s Assistant Secretary General Maulana Rafiqul Islam Khan
— Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Ameer Maulana Shah Muhibbullah Babunagari
— Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Ameer Maulana Mamunul Haque
— Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh President Maulana Ubaidullah Faruq
— Darul Ulum Hathazari Principal Maulana Khalil Ahmad Quraishi
— Chairman of Al-Haiatul Ulya and Befaq Bangladesh Maulana Mahmudul Hasan
— Baitul Mukarram National Mosque Khatib Mufti Abdul Malek

International participants included:
— Sheikh Abdur Rauf Makki, Deputy Ameer, International Khatme Nabuwwat Movement (Saudi Arabia)
— Sheikh Musab Nabil Ibrahim, Professor at Al-Azhar University (Egypt)
— Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, Rector of Darul Uloom Deoband (India)
— Maulana Mahmood Madani, President of Jamiat Ulama-e-Hind
— Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ilyas Ghuman
— Maulana Hanif Jalandhari, Secretary General of Wafaq-ul-Madaris Pakistan
— Ahmad Yusuf Binori, Deputy Rector of Yusuf Binori Town Madrasa, Pakistan

Leaders and activists of Khatme Nabuwwat from across the country joined the event. Security was heightened around Suhrawardy Udyan for the conference, and volunteers of the Khatme Nabuwwat Protection Committee Bangladesh worked to maintain order on the surrounding roads.