Syed Fazlul Karim
{{Short description|Bangladeshi Islamic scholar}}
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| honorific_prefix = Amir-ul-Mujahidin, Mawlana
| name = Muhammad Fazlul Karim
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| title = Pir Saheb Charmonai
| birth_name = Fazlul Karim
| birth_date = 1935
| birth_place = Charmonai, Barisal, Bengal Province
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2006|11|25|1935}}
| death_place = Charmonai, Barisal, Bangladesh
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| party = Islami Andolan Bangladesh
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| occupation = Politician, teacher
| religion = Islam
| denomination = Sunni
| jurisprudence = Hanafi
| movement = Deobandi
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| main_interests = Sufism, political Islam
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| children = Syed Rezaul Karim
Syed Faizul Karim
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| parents = Syed Muhammad Ishaq
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Syed Fazlul Karim ({{langx|bn|সৈয়দ ফজলুল করিম}}; 1935 – 25 November 2006) was an Islamic scholar and politician. He was the founder of Islami Andolan Bangladesh,{{cite news |title=Countrymen want to see Islamic force in power: Charmonai Pir |url=https://bdnews24.com/politics/countrymen-want-to-see-islamic-force-in-power-charmonai-pir |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=2005-06-16}} and founded a residential madrassah in Charmonai, Barisal, southern Bangladesh.{{Cite book |last=Hossain |first=Khalid |author-link=A F M Khalid Hossain |script-title=bn:নিভে যাওয়া দীপশিখা |publisher=Akabir Studies and Publishing House |year=2022 |isbn=9789849591405 |location=Chittagong |pages=142 |language=bn |trans-title=Extinguished lamp}}{{Cite book |last=Kasemi |first=Mazharul Islam Osman |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/26343/bikhyato100-olama-mashayekher-chhatro-jibon |title=Student Life of 100 Famous Scholars |publisher=Baad Comprint and Publications |year=2015 |location=Bangladesh |pages=329 |language=bn |script-title=bn:বিখ্যাত ১০০ ওলামা-মাশায়েখের ছাত্রজীবন |trans-title=}}
Early life and education
Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim was born in 1935, in the village of Charmonai in Barisal, Bengal Province.{{Cite news |last=Anowari |first=Ibrahim |date=20 February 2020 |title=Maulana Fazlul Karim : His life and work |url=https://m.dailyinqilab.com/article/269410/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%93-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE |work=Daily Inqilab}} He belonged to a Bengali Muslim family who were the hereditary Pirs of Charmonai, with his grandfather, Sayed Amjad Ali, being a descendant of Ali, the fourth Caliph of Islam. His father, Syed Muhammad Ishaq, was the first Pir of Charmonai. Karim began studying with his father at an early age, later joining his father's madrasa in Charmonai. After completing his degree in Islamic studies from alia madrasah, he joined Jamia Qurania Arabia Lalbagh, Dhaka. He completed Dawra e Hadith from this institution in 1957.{{Cite news |last=Siddique |first=HM Abu Bakr |date=25 November 2021 |title=Maulana Syed Fazlul Karim (R.A.), a saint |url=https://www.jugantor.com/islam-life/491296/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%88%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%A6-%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AE-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9.-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A3%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%95 |work=Jugantor}}
Career
Karim started his career as a teacher at Charmonai Madrasah.{{Cite book |last=Nijampuri |first=Ashraf Ali |url=https://www.kitabghor.com/books/the-handrede-bangla-mayer-kriti-sontan.html |title=The Hundred (100 Great Scholars from Bangladesh) |publisher=Salman Publication |year=2013 |isbn=978-112009250-2 |edition=1st |location=Hathazari, Chittagong |pages=376}} In 1987, he established Islami Shashontantra Andolan. He served as the head of the movement until his death in 2006.
Death
After long suffering from diabetes and kidney disease, Fazlul Karim died at the age of 71 in his own home at village Charmonai in Sadar upazila of Barisal district on 25 November 2006. He had two wives, seven sons and a daughter.{{cite news |title=Charmonai Pir passes away |url=https://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/11/26/d61126061975.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2006-11-26 |access-date=2016-02-01}}
References
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Category:People from Char Monai
Category:Islami Andolan Bangladesh politicians
Category:Bangladeshi Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Category:Bangladeshi Islamic religious leaders
Category:20th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
Category:20th-century Bengalis
Category:Bangladeshi political party founders
Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent