Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek has been appointed as the new khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.
The decision came on Thursday, according to a press release from the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued on Friday.
The press release says Mufti Abdul Malek is a renowned Islamic scholar with advanced degrees in Islamic Studies, Hadith and Fiqh from well-known institutions both in Bangladesh and abroad.
He studied under the globally respected Islamic scholar Mufti Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani.
Mufti Abdul Malek also conducted two years of advanced research in Hadith and Islamic law under the guidance of Shaykh Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah, a professor at the Faculty of Usul el-Deen at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Mufti Abdul Malek has travelled to Makkah, Madinah, Pakistan, India and Turkey, and has presented papers at various national and international seminars.
He has authored a total of 16 books in Bangla, Arabic, English and Urdu.
Additionally, he oversees the regular publication of a research journal called The Monthly Al Kawsar.
