Allama Nur Hossain Kasemi, the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, is no more.

He died on Sunday, December 13 at around 1:15 pm in the ICU of the United Hospital in the capital.

Secretary General Allama Nur Hossain Kasemi’s Press Secretary Mufti Munir Ahmed confirmed the matter.

He was admitted to the United Hospital in the capital on December 1 due to shortness of breath. He was immediately transferred to the ICU on Thursday, December 10 night after his condition suddenly deteriorated.

Munir Ahmed also said that Nur Hossain Kasemi had cold and shortness of breath but had tested negative for coronavirus on several occasions.

Nur Hossain Kasemi has been the Dhaka Metropolitan President of the organization since its inception. A new committee was formed on November 15 after the death of Amir Allama Ahmad Shafi. Allama Babungari was elected Amir and Nur Hossain Kasemi was elected secretary general of the committee.

He is simultaneously the Secretary General of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh and Jamiat-e-Ulamaye Islam Bangladesh, Vice-President of Al Hayatul Ulaya, Senior Vice-President of Befaqul Madarishil Arabia Bangladesh and Shaykhul Hadith and Director General of Jamia Madania of Baridhara Dhaka and Jamia Sobhania of Mahmud Nagar.

One of his last efforts, was supporting the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, by declaring a boycott of French products in response to official French support for the offensive caricatures.

The editor-in-chief of "Al-Mujtama" Magazine Mr. Muhammad Salem Al-Rashed and all the staff of the magazine offer their sincere condolences to the family of the deceased, his students and loved ones, and mourn for the Islamic nation a glorious scholar who spent all his life calling for the values of truth and justice.