CURRICULUM VITAE DR ABUBAKAR MUHAMMAD ZAKARIA MOJUMDER Professor Department of Al-Fiqh & Legal Studies Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Mobile: +880 1552 373787 Email: [email protected]

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name : Dr Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria Mojumder Present Address: House # 1/104, Dormitory 2, Islamic University Campus, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Permanent Address: Village: Dhanusara, Post Office: Golpasha, Upazilla: Chowddogram, District: Comilla, Bangladesh. Mobile no.: +880 1552 373787 Telephone : (Office) +880 71 62201 Ext. 2531 E-mail: [email protected] website: abubakarzakaria.com Marital Status: Married Nationality: Bangladeshi by birth

EDUCATION 2005 PhD in ‘Aqidah (Creed) Faculty of Da‘wah & Usuluddin Islamic University of Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Specialization: Comparative Religion Dissertation title: “Hinduism And Its Impact on Some Islamic Sects” (in Arabic). Grade: Excellent 1998 Master's & MPhil (Magister Degree) in ‘Aqidah (Creed) Faculty of Da‘wah & Usuluddin Islamic University of Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Specializations: ‘Aqidah, Usuluddin, Contemporary ideologies, and Da‘wah Dissertation title: “Polytheism in ancient & modern age” (in Arabic). Grade: Excellent 1993 Bachelor's degree in Shari‘ah (Islamic law) Faculty of Shari‘ah Islamic University of Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. Grade: Excellent 1988 Kamil in Hadith 2-year diploma in prominent six hadith books From Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board, Dhaka Grade: 1st Class (1st in whole Bangladesh, combined merit list) 1986 Fazil Equivalent to Higher Secondary Certificate

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From Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board, Dhaka Grade: 1st Division 1984 Alim Equivalent to Secondary School Certificate From Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board, Dhaka Grade: 1st Division

OTHER TRAINING 2012 South Asian Training Session (SATS) on International Humanitarian Law (IHL). Organized in Sri Lanka by the International Committee for Red Cross (ICRC). 1993 “Orientalism & Christian Missionary” Intensive training course organized by International Islamic Relief Organization, Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. 1993 “Education & Teaching” Intensive training course organized by International Islamic Relief Organization, Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia. 1991- Diploma in Education 1993 Faculty of Da‘wah and Usuluddin Islamic University of Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2018- present Professor Department of Al-Fiqh Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2011-2017 Associate Professor Department of Al-Fiqh Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2007-2010 Chairman Department of Al-Fiqh Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2006-2011 Assistant Professor Department of Al-Fiqh Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2005-2006 Lecturer Department of Al-Fiqh Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2006-2011 Teacher Arabic Learning Course Institute of Islamic Education & Research Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 1999-2005 Teacher of Arabic as a foreign Language Department for Continuing Education Dr Zakaria | 2

Deanship of Community Service Islamic University of Madinah Munawwarah, Saudi Arabia

PUBLICATIONS I. Books Authored: A. In Arabic: Hinduism and] اهلندوسية وأتثر بعض الفرق اإلسالمية هبا .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (in press its Impact on Some Islamic Sects] (Doctoral dissertation). Madinah, KSA: Saudi Association for the disciplines of ‘Aqidah, Religious, Denominational and Ideological Studies. & Polytheism in Ancient] الشرك يف القدمي واحلديث .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2001 Modern Age] (MPhil thesis.) Riyadh, KSA: Al-Rushd Publications. (1786 pages in 3 volumes) B. In Bengali:

Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2015). Bengali Translation of the Meaning of Holy Quran with Short Tafseer. Madinah, KSA: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. (2950 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria & Md. Abdul Kader. (2014). Tulonamulok Dharma O Muslim Monisha [Comparative Religion & the Muslim Scholars] (2nd ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: University Grants Commission (UGC). (356 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria & Al-Amin. (2013). Islam-e Tort Ain [Tort Law of Islam]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Sobujpatro. (367 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2013). Bibhinno Fiqh er Tulonamulok Projalochona [Comparative Study of Various Fiqh]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Islamic Foundation. (319 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2009). Narir Haj o Umra [Women’s Hajj and Umra] (3rd ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Al-Bayan Foundation. (80 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2004). Islami Ain Na Manar Bidhan: Kichu Prosno O tar Uttor [The Rulings of Not Obeying the Islamic Law: Answer to the Suspicions that may Arise]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Kamiub Publications. (16 pages) Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2004). Bishuddho Poddhotite Umra Palon-er Niyom [Performing Umrah in the light of the Holy Quran and authentic Sunnah]. Dhaka, Bangladesh: Taba Publications. (16 pages)

II. Book Sections Authored: Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2009). “Islam o Tar Rukonsomuho” [Islam and its Pillars]. In Dr Md. Golam Mohiuddin (ed.), Islamic Studies (pp. 13-36). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Grantho Kutir. (288 pages, in Bengali)

III. Books Translated: Muhammad Saleh Al-Uthaimeen. (2014). 30 Majlis of Ramadan. (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria & Ali Hasan Taib, Trans. into Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Sobujpatro. (324 pages)

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Islam & International Humanitarian Law. (2013). (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria, Trans. into Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: International Committee of the Red Cross & Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. (120 pages) The Fundamentals of Iman in the light of the Quran and Sunnah. (2005). (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria & Mohammad Manzur-E-Elahi, Trans. into Bengali). Madinah, KSA: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. (406 pages) Imam Ibn Taimiyyah. (2004). Allah-ke Pete Maddhom Grohon [Intermediaries between Allah and His Creature] (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria, Trans. into Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Kamiub Prokashon. (50 pages) Muhammad ibn Abdul Wahab. (2004). What is Obligatory for Every Muslim to Know (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria, Trans. into Bengali). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Kamiub Publications. Abdul Muhsin al-Abbad al-Badr. (2002).The Significance of Madinah and the manners of Residing in and Visiting it’ (Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria, Trans. into Bengali). Self-published. (21 pages)

IV. Books Edited: Edited more than 300 Islamic books and articles in Bengali, which can be accessed at www.islamhouse.com/25506/

V. Papers Presented in Conferences & Symposia: (refereed) Printing of the Holy] طباعة القرآن الكرمي يف البنغال .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2014 Quran in Bengal Region]. In Papers of Symposium on Glorious Quran Printing and Publishing: between Reality & Aspiration (pp. 1003-1031). Madinah, KSA: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. Ideological] اجلذور الفكرية لظاهرة التكفري عند املسلمني .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2011 Roots of Takfeer Phenomenon among Muslims]. In Scholarly Proceedings of Conference on Takfeer Phenomenon: Causes, Impacts & Solution (pp. 1037-1100). Riyadh, KSA: Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University Press. Study of] االهتمام ابلسرية النبوية ابللغة البنغالية: عرض وحتليل .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2003 the Biographies of Noble Prophet Written in ]. In Symposium on the Attention of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Regarding Sunnah and Prophetic Biography. Madinah, KSA: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. (61 pages.) History of] اتريخ تطور ترمجة معاين القرآن الكرمي ابللغة البنغالية .(Abubakar Muhammad Zakaria. (2001 Development of Translation of the Meaning of the Holy Quran in Bengali Language]. In Symposium on Translations of the Meaning of Glorious Quran: Evaluation of Past and Planning for Future. Madinah, KSA: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex. (62 pages.)

VI. Journal Articles: (refereed) A. In Arabic: "اإلملام بكتب أدلة األحكام" .1 The Quranic Research Journal, Department of Al-Quran and Islamic Studies, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 1, No. 2,

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January, 2015. "الصحابة ومنـزلتهم يف الدين" .2 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Theology & Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 14, No. 1, December, 2007. "عبد هللا بن هليعة بني الرفض والقبول" .3 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Theology & Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 14, No. 2, 2008. "معوقات دعوة اهلندوس إىل اإلسالم" .4 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Theology & Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. "القلب املكاين ضابط من ضوابط الصرف“ .5 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Science, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. "اإلمجاع: أقسامه وأحكامه وحجيته" .6 The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 3, No.1, December, 2007. "القول الفصيح يف ركعات صالة الرتاويح" .7 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law & Shari'ah, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 6, No.1, July, 2006. "األخوة اإلميانية وأثرها على املسلم" .8 The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research,Kushtia, Bangladesh. "شبهات منكري احلديث يف شبه القارة اهلندية والرد عليها" .9 The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. "ابئية أيب متام يف فتح عمورية: دراسة أدبية فنية" .10 The Arabic Research Journal, Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 1, No. 1, July, 2007. "ميزات الشريعة اإلسالمية على القانون الوضعي: دراسة مقارنة" .11 The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. "االحتجاج ابحلديث الشريف يف الدراسات النحوية بني الرفض والقبول" .12 The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research, "اإلمام عبد احلق الدهلوي ورسالته يف علم مصطلح احلديث: دراسة أتصيلة" .13 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Theology & Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 15, No. 2, 2010. "الطريقة التقليدية لدراسة ف الصريف بنغالديش: عرض وتقومي" .14 The Arabic Research Journal, Department of Arabic Language & Literature, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 2, No. 1. "عاشوراء: دراسة حديثية فقهية" .15 The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law & Shari'ah, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, Vol. 6, No. 2.

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B. In Bengali: 16. "ফিকহে োনািী গ্রন্থসমূে একফি সমীক্ষামূলক পর্যাহলাচনা" The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law & Shari'ah, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 5, No. 1, January, 2004. 17. “অনযায়ভাহে অফজযত সম্পদ: ইসলামী শরীয়হতর দৃফিভঙ্গী” The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law & Shari'ah, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, Vol. 6, No.1, July, 2006. 18. “ইমাম র্ুেরী, োদীস শাহে তা女র অেদান” Islamic Foundation Research Journal, Islamic Foundation, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Year 49, Vol.4, April-June 2010. 19. “নেুওয়হতর ফমথ্যা দােীদারহদর পফরণফত: একফি পর্যাহলাচনা” The Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Humanities & Social Science, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh, vol.11, no.2, December 2003. 20. “ো廬লাহদহশর অভু যদয়: আইন ও ইসলামী প্রেফক্ষত” The Journal of Islamic Education & Research, Institute of Islamic Education & Research, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. Vol. 5, No. 1, 2009.

VII. Curriculum Developed: Syllabus of Department of Al-Fiqh, Islamic University, Kushtia. 2007-present Syllabus of Department of Quranic Science, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC). 2011-2012 Syllabus of 2-year Kamil (MA) in Fiqh, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. 2007- present Curriculum of Arabic Learning Course, Institute of Islamic Education and Research (IIER), Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh. 2006 Curriculum of Darul Wahi International Madrasah, Narsingdi, Bangladesh. 2014

EDITORIAL RESPONSIBILTY 2013-2014 Editor, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 9, no. 2. 2013-2014 Editor, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 9, no. 1. 2008-2009 Editorial Board, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 7, no. 2. 2008-2009 Editorial Board, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 7, no. 1. 2007-2008 Editorial Board, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 6, no. 2. 2007-2008 Editorial Board, Islamic University Studies, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah Journal. Kushtia, Bangladesh: Islamic University. Volume 6, no. 1.

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PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES: A. International: 2014 Symposium on Glorious Quran Printing and Publishing: between Reality & Aspiration. Organized by King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. 2011 International Conference on Takfeer (Excommunication) Phenomenon: Causes, Impacts & Solution. Held under the patronage of the Custodian of The Two Holy Mosque King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz Al-Saud in the city of Madinah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. 2009 Islamic University Alumni of Asia Continent Reunion Seminar. Madinah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia. 2003 Symposium on the Attention of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Regarding Sunnah and Prophetic Biography. Organized by King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. 2001 Symposium on Translations of the Meaning of Glorious Quran: Evaluation of Past and Planning for Future. Organized by King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. B. National: 2007 Fiqhul Muamalat: A Necessity of Present Time (Seminar) Organized jointly by the Department of Al-Fiqh, Islamic University, Kushtia, and Central Shari‘ah Board for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh, Dhaka.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, KUSHTIA, BANGLADESH a. DEPARTMENT OF AL-FIQH: Introduction to Al-Fiqh. Islamic Personal Law (Aqidah & Fiqhul Ibadat) Islamic Social Law (Fiqhul Mu‘asharat) Islamic Transaction Law (Fiqhul Mu‘amalat) Usul al-Fiqh Islamic Legal System (Qada) Fiqh of Contemporary Issues (Fiqh an-Nawazil) Law of Tort in Islam Al-Qawa‘id al-Usuliyya b. INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, Arabic Language Stage 1 Arabic Language Stage 2 Arabic Language Stage 3 Arabic Language Stage 4 Express Yourself in Arabic Reading Arabic Writing Arabic

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Listening Arabic Biography of Noble Prophet (sm). Lessons from Hadith Arabic Dictation

ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY, MADINAH, SAUDI ARABIA Arabic Language Stage 1 Arabic Language Stage 2 Arabic Language Stage 3 Arabic Language Stage 4 Express Yourself in Arabic Reading Arabic Writing Arabic Biography of Noble Prophet (sm). Lessons from Hadith Arabic Dictation

HIGER DEGREE RESEARCH SUPERVISION Current: 1. Muhammad Nasir Uddin, PhD student Islamic University, Kushtia 2. Muhammad Eliyas Husain, PhD student Islamic University, Kushtia.

Completed: 1. Muhammad Imranul Haque, MPhil degree Islamic University, Kushtia 2. Muhammad Shahjahan, MPhil degree Islamic University, Kushtia 3. Muhammad Eliyas Husain, MPhil degree Islamic University, Kushtia

UNIVERSITY AND DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE 2005-present Member, Board of Advanced Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2014-2015 Faculty Senate, Faculty of Law and Shari‘ah, Islamic University, Kushtia, and 2006-2007 Bangladesh 2014-2015 Faculty Senate, Faculty of Theology and Islamic Studies, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2014-2015 House Tutor, Lalon Shah Hall, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2013 Member of Committee of Courses, Department of Quranic Science, International Islamic University Chittagong (IIUC), Bangladesh 2012-2014 Head, Kamil (MA) in Fiqh Examination Committee, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2007-2010 Member, Academic Council, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2007-2009 Member, Residence Committee, Islamic University Campus, Islamic Dr Zakaria | 8

University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2006-2010 Member, IU Central Mosque Administration Body, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh 2005-present Head or Member of different examinations committees, Department of Al-Fiqh, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh

REVIEWING RESPONSIBLITES King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, Madinah 1. Revision of the Bengali translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran previously published in the complex. 2. Revision of the abbreviated Bengali translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran named “Tafhimul Quran”, Compiled by Mawlana Abdur Rahim. 3. Revision of the Bengali translation of the meaning of the Holy Quran by Abdul Mateen.

Islamic University, Madinah 1. Revision of the book named At-Tahqeeq wal Idah translated by Mohammad Raqibuddin Ahmad. The revision was required by the Ministry of Religion under the supervision of the office of the Academic Research in the University. 2. Revision of other translated books, required by the office of the Deanship of Community Services at the University.

DA‘WAH ACTIVITIES 1. Coordinator, Editor & Translator in Bengali Language: www.IslamHouse.com 2. Speaker and Lecturer at various Islamic programmes on Peace TV Bangla, Dubai, UAE. 3. Answering questions related to various Islamic topics on the live TV program ‘Jene Nin’ on Islamic TV, Bangladesh. 4. Director of Education and Research, International Islamic Institute for Education and Research (IIIER).

LANGUAGES Bengali: native. Arabic: excellent command. : good command. English: basic conversational skill.

Updated May 2018

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