Sayed Kamaluddin Zafree

Sayed Kamaluddin Abdullah Zafree is an Islamic scholar from Bangladesh. He heads several financial and educational institutions including the Bangladesh Islami University.

Sayed Kamaluddin ‘Abdullah Zafree was born on 5 March 1945 in Bhola, Bangladesh. He completed his basic studies from Dhaka Alia Madrasah and further studied classical Arabic at Umm al-Qura University in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.

Kamaluddin Zafree serves as the principal of Baridhara Madrsah.

He founded the Bangladesh Islami University in 2006 and currently serves as a member of the Majlis Umana or governing body of the university. He is also the chairman of the Central Shariah Council for Islamic Insurance of Bangladesh.

TV host

Kamaluddin Zafree is popular Muslim televangelist and appears in ATN Bangla as an advisor in its Islamic programs section.

Social activities

Kamaluddin Zafree was involved in an awareness campaign against AIDS, funded by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities as part of its intervention program involving religious leaders.

In 2005, at a seminar of ulema in Dhaka, Zafree, together with others, denounced terrorism in the name of Islam and endorsed the BNP led government's fight against it.