Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree


Sayed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree is an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh. He is the chairman of the board of trustees of Bangladesh Islami University.

Early life and education

Zafree was born on 5 March 1945 in Bhola, Bangladesh. He studied at Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board and then studied classical Arabic at Umm al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Career

Zafree serves as the principal of Jamea Quasemia Madrsah.
He founded the Bangladesh Islami University in 2006 and serves as a member of its governing body. He is also the chairman of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurance of Bangladesh.

TV host

Zafree appears in ATN Bangla as an advisor in its Islamic programs section.

Social activities

Zafree was involved in an awareness campaign against AIDS, funded by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities as part of its intervention program involving religious leaders.

Views

In 2005, at a seminar of Islamic scholars in Dhaka, Zafree and others denounced terrorism in the name of Islam and endorsed the BNP-led government's fight against it.