Oliur Rahman

Oliur Rahman was a East Pakistani homeopath, translator, and islamic exegete. The founding president of the Awami Ulama Party, he was killed by members of the Al-Badr militia during the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals.

Early life Oliur Rahman was born on 7 February 1932 in Maiarchar, Sylhet District, Assam Province, British India (located in present-day Tukerbazar Union, Bangladesh). Shah Habibur Rahman Khorasani, father of thirteen children including Oliur, was a descendant of Sufi saint Shah Kamal Quhafah, a companion of Shah Jalal. Oliur's ancestors had originally migrated from Khorasan. His younger brother, Safiur Rahman Khorasani, was an instructor at the Public Administration Institute before the independence of Bangladesh and later became a professor. After passing the Alim examination in 1949 and the higher secondary examination in 1950, Oliur passed the Fazil examination in 1951. In 1953, he passed the Dawra-e-Hadith examination. He also took part in the 1969 East Pakistan mass uprising. on Friday, 11 December, he moved to a friend's house in Lalbagh. When he went to offer friday prayers at a mosque there, members of the Al-Badr located him. That night he decided to stay over at his friend's house, but the Al-Badr forces abducted him and his friend from the house. Later, Oliur's friend returned and informed the locals and the family that they had been abducted and taken to Rayerbazar, where they were confined in a cell and Oliur was tortured. He was killed on 14 December. However, Oliur's body was never found. In 2001, he was awarded the Islamic Foundation Award. In 2024, Ministry of Liberation War Affairs recognized him as liberation war's martyred intellectual by a government gazette.

Works Oliur's notable works: শরীয়তের দৃষ্টিতে ছয়দফা ৬ দফা ইসলামের বিরোধী নহে যুক্তি ও কষ্টি পাথরে ছয়দফা জয়বাংলা ও কয়েকটি স্লোগান প্রসঙ্গে স্বতন্ত্র ধর্ম দপ্তর: একটি জাতীয় প্রয়োজন