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Islami Bishwakosh (Bengali: ইসলামী বিশ্বকোষ, romanized: Islāmī Bishshokōsh, lit. 'Islamic encyclopedia') is an encyclopedia published by the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh. It is of 25 volumes and also a concise version. The project's leading founder was Abdul Haque Faridi, a Bangladeshi educator and scholar.
The current organization came into effect in 1974, when Sheikh Mujibur Rahman formally inaugurated as the Islamic Foundation. [4] On 20–22 March 1978, the foundation organized a seminar sponsored by the OIC and attended by representatives of 16 countries including Bangladesh. [2] In 1979–80, development of the foundation got a new momentum. [2]
Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. [1] It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, [2] in both Bengali and English. [3] The print version comprises fourteen 500-page volumes. The first edition was published in January 2003 in ten volumes by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
Six of his works have been published, with three remaining unpublished in Bengali, Urdu and Arabic respectively. [3] Mu'tasim Billah was a long-time member of the Islamic Foundation Bangladesh's editorial board, having edited 42 of the Foundation's books and reviewed 51 books. Among his written works are:
Under the patronage of the Islamic Foundation, an encyclopedia of Islam in the Bengali language was being compiled in the late 1980s. [36] Another step toward further government involvement in religious life was taken in 1984 when the semi-official Zakat Fund Committee was established under the chairmanship of the president of Bangladesh. [36]
Many leaders such as Haji Shariyat Ullah, Maulana Karamat and Ali Jaunpuri made great efforts in Bengal for Bengali Muslims but none of them tried to translate the Quran into Bengali. [8] Girish Chandra Sen (c. 1834-1910), a Brahmo missionary, was the first to translate the entire
The book's sophisticated language and lofty thinking had an effect on him. After publishing it, Ali translated another book of Nadwi's, Saviours of Islamic Spirit, which was published by the Islamic Foundation as Islami Renesãr Ogropothik. In 1984, Nadwi visited Bangladesh and Ali pledged bay'ah to him.
Hadeeth Foundation Bangladesh – An Islamic research foundation with Darul Ifta and publishing house, founded on 15 November 1992. Islamic Complex - Founded in 2010. Monthly at-Tahreek – An Islamic research journal first published in September 1997. [6] Sonamoni - A children's wing of Ahlehadeeth Movement Bangladesh, founded in 1994.