Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani

Muhammad Jasimuddin Rahmani is a Deobandi jihadist Islamic scholar and Mufti from Bangladesh. He was the imam of Hatembagh Jame Masjid in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Jasimusdun Rahmani, a Jihadist, is the chief of an Al-Qaeda affiliated militia organisation, Ansarullah Bangla Team. He was in custody in Bangladesh, charged under the Anti-Terrorism Act. He supported the murder of atheist bloggers.

Early life Rahmani was the Imam of Hatembagh Jame Masjid in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He studied in madrasas in Bangladesh and outside the country. The site and the militant group he headed were held responsible for the murder of several secular activists in Bangladesh. Rahmani was arrested on 12 August 2013 from Barguna, Bangladesh along with 30 members of his organisation for inciting people to commit violent jihad. He was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence.

During the Bangladesh Interim government, he was granted bail in all terrorism related cases, and released in August 2024. He had been in jail over the murder of Ahmed Rajib Haider. Ali Riaz called him part of the “fourth generation” of Islamist militants and follower of Anwar al-Awlaki in an academic paper.