Ruhul Amin (scholar)

Ruhul Amin was born on 12 March 1962 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Gowhardanga in Tungipara, Gopalganj, then part of East Pakistan's Faridpur district. His father was the Islamic scholar Shamsul Haque Faridpuri and they trace their paternal ancestry to an Arab soldier who was part of Bakhtiyar Khalji's army during his conquest of Bengal. His ancestors settled in Jessore where they propagated Islam. His grandfather's great-grandfather, Mawlana Abdul Awwal al-Ghazi, relocating the family to Faridpur. Ruhul Amin's grandfather's grandfather, Chand Ghazi, was a student of Syed Ahmad Shaheed and took part in the Battle of Balakot against the Sikhs. His grandfather, Muhammad Abdullah ibn Chiragh Ali, was a munshi and participant of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. ==Education==

He studied at the Jamia Islamia Darul Uloom Khademul Islam in Gowhardanga, where he completed his hifz and Hadith (Masters) at Daora and Ifta. == Career ==

Ruhul Amin has been the vice chancellor of Gowhardanga Madrasa since 2003. He is the President of Befaqul Madarisil Qawmia Gowhardanga Bangladesh and a permanent member of Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh, the highest authority of Qawmi Madrasa. On 31 March 2022, he was nominated Khatib of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque. He is the Governor of the Board of Government of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. He is the editor of the monthly Al-Ashraf. He assisted the court as Amicus Curiae, the country's top scholar in ruling on the validity of the fatwa. He was expecting the nomination of Awami League from Narail-1 constituency in the Eleventh Parliamentary Election. He was instrumental in the official recognition of the Qawmi Madrasa Charter. He has been in hiding ever since the fall of Sheikh Hasina's government. == Criticism ==

Ruhul Amin was heavily criticised for referring to then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as "Qaumi Janani" during a speech at the Suhrawardy Udyan on 4 November 2018. His words regarding Hasina were, "''You have recognized Bangabandhu's daughter, ignoring everything. You have found yourself in many embarrassing situations, and you have responded to them. You (Sheikh Hasina) have played the role of the mother of 1.4 million students. Today, I want to declare in the ocean of Qaumi that you are the mother of the Qaumi. From today, I have given you this title. If it were not for your maternal role, the anti-nationals, enemies of the companions, Jamaat-Maududists would not have allowed this (recognition) to happen in this country.''" == See also ==