Ghulam azam biography books

Bangladeshi politician ()

Ghulam Azam (Bengali: গোলাম আযম; 7 November &#;&#; 23 October ) was a Bangladeshi politician. He served as the Ameer of the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami.^[1]

Ghulam Azam was arrested by the Awami League government on 11 January after he was found guilty in war crimes charges during the Bangladesh Liberation War in

A member of Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan, during the war, he unsuccessfully opposed the breakup of Pakistan.^[2][3] He subsequently led the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh until ^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

On 15 July , a Bangladeshi special tribunal, the International Crimes Tribunal found him guilty of war crimes such as conspiring, planning, incitement to and complicity in committing genocide and was sentenced to 90 years in jail.^[6][7] The tribunal stated that Azam deserved capital punishment for his activity during the Bangladesh Liberation War