Mamunul leads ulema team on ‘unofficial’ trip to Afghanistan

In a move that has raised eyebrows across Bangladesh’s political spectrum, Mamunul Haque, Amir of the Bangladesh Khilafat Majlis, has arrived in Kabul alongside six other clerics, just as his party stages nationwide protests demanding implementation of the “July Charter”. The delegation, which includes senior figures from Hefazat-e-Islam and prominent mosque imams, landed in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday morning via Dubai, fresh from performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia. While officially billed as a “visit by the Ulama community”, the trip was announced in a formal press release by the Khilafat Majlis, listing high-level meetings with Taliban ministers, the Chief Justice, and senior officials of the self-styled “Islamic Emirate”. Other members on the delegation are Maulana Abdul Hamid (Pir of Madhupur),...