Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat leader and also Islamic programme presenter Shaikh Nurul Islam Faruqi has been buried next to his father's grave in his home district Panchagarh.
The renowned Islamic scholar was laid to rest around 11am after the last the last namaz-e-janaza was held, our Panchagarh correspondent reported.
Faruqi’s namaz-e-janaza was held at the National Eidgah on Friday after Jumma prayers. Baitul Mukarram Khatib Professor Mohammad Salahuddin conducted the janaza.
Chief Justice Mohammad Mozammel Hossain, Md Ibrahim Bahar, president of Hajj Agencies Association of Bangladesh, Faruqi’s sons Ahmed Reza Faruqi and Faysal Faruqi and others also attended the janaza.
On Wednesday night, unidentified armed assailants slaughtered Faruqi, the presenter of religious programmes on Channel i, at his residence in the capital’s east Rajabazar area.
The deceased was the presidium member and international affairs secretary of Ahle Sunnat Wal Jamaat – an organisation known for opposing the views of Jamaat-e-Islami.
Apart from anchoring the “Shantir Pothe” and “Kafela” programmes on Channel i, he owned Faruque Tours and Travels Private Limited, a Hajj travel agency, and served as the imam of the Supreme Court Mosque.