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Shah Ahmad Shafi

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Shah Ahmad Shafi ( ) is the present chief of allegedly fundamentalist Islamist group Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh , present rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the chairman of Bangladesh Qawmi Madrasah Education Board .1 He was born in Rangunia , Chittagong and was educated at Hathazari Madrasah and Darul Uloom Deoband . In 2013 he came gained notoriety for the violent protest of Hefajat-e-Islam Bangladesh at Dhaka against the 2013 Shahbag protests movement.2 The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 25 February 2010 . "৩০ জন আহত, গ্রেপ্তার ৩৯, আট ঘণ্টা সড়ক অবরোধ চট্টগ্রামে হেফাজতে ইসলামের কর্মীদের সঙ্গে পুলিশের সংঘর্ষ (Hefajat-e-Islam clash with police at Chittagong, 30 injured and 39 arrested, road blocked for 8 hours)" .3 The Hindu . 7 April 2013 . The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 11 July 2013 .4

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present chief of allegedly fundamentalist islamist group hefajat-e-islam bangladesh

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bangladeshi sunni islamic scholar

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