<div style="text-align: justify; "><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">The government has appointed Islamic law expert and Hadith scholar Mufti Muhammad Abdul Malek as khatib of the Baitul Mukarram National Mosque.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The approval of his appointment came from the government high level yesterday (Thursday), said a press release of the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued today.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mufti Abdul Malek is a renowned Islamic scholar with advanced degrees in Islamic Studies, Hadith and Fiqh from well-known institutions both at home and abroad, the release said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Globally respected Islamic scholar Mufti Justice Muhammad Taqi Usmani is his Ostad (teacher).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mufti Abdul Malek also conducted two years of advanced research in Hadith and Islamic law under the supervision of Sh. Abdul Fattah Abu Ghuddah, one of the best Islami pandit (scholar) of the Arab world and a professor at the Faculty of Usul al-Deen at Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He has travelled to Makkah, Madinah, Pakistan, India and Turkey, and has presented articles at various national and international seminars.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Malek has authored of 16 books in Bangla, Arabic, English and Urdu.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A research journal called the Monthly Al-Kawsar was published regularly under his supervision.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify; ">bnbd24/kh</div>