Mufti Muhibbullahil Baki made Islamic Foundation DG

The Ministry of Public Administration issued a notification on Thursday night, appointing him to the post for one year on a contractual basis.

Muhibbullahil Baki will replace current Director General Abdus Salam Khan, a Senior District and Sessions Judge.

For the first time, a religious scholar has been appointed as the chief of the Islamic Foundation. Previously, the post was usually held by senior officials from the administration cadre, judges, or other high-ranking government officers.

According to the notification, the appointment will take effect from the date of his joining and is subject to his relinquishing any employment or professional engagement with any other profession, business, institution or organisation.

Muhibbullahil Baki studied at Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Uloom Moinul Islam- Hathazari, Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama in India, and the Department of Arabic at Dhaka University.

He obtained first-class in Kamil (Alia system), Dawra-e-Hadith (Qawmi system) and postgraduate studies at the university level.

Before this appointment, he served as a pesh imam of Baitul Mukarram National Mosque and Andarkilla Shahi Jame Mosque in Chattogram, and as khatib at several prominent mosques across the country.

He also served as Secretary General of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Banks of Bangladesh, reports UNB.