Amir Hamza calls Khatib Abdul Malek ‘a foot-licking slave of falsehood’

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Dhaka Magazine Desk • Nilphamari

Published: Monday, 26 October 2026

Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh’s MP for Kushtia-3 and Islamic speaker Mufti Amir Hamza has raised fresh questions about Mufti Abdul Malek, the Khatib of the National Mosque Baitul Mukarram. Referring to the Khatib, he said, "Can it be accepted that the Khatib of such a large mosque commits shirk? He is not the Khatib of just any ordinary mosque, but of Baitul Mukarram. And Abu Jahl was the president of the Kaaba Sharif."

These remarks by Amir Hamza, made at a waaz mahfil at the municipal mosque in Nilphamari recently, were broadcast on a YouTube channel named ‘Joni Islamic TV’. In the speech, Amir Hamza also said, "If one prays one time at the Kaaba Sharif, one gets the reward of one lakh rakats, yet Abu Jahl was the president of that mosque. Now many who become president of the municipal mosque in Nilphamari think, who can stop them from Paradise?"

Emphasizing faith free from shirk, he said, "Those who have knowledge but do not act according to it and practice foot-licking servitude to falsehood—their honor will never increase." Citing the examples of Allama Delawar Hossain Sayeedi and Khatib Obaidul Haque, he said, "If one engages in foot-licking servitude to falsehood, one’s prestige does not increase throughout the world; rather, it remains confined to a limited circle."