BIIT met at Condolence for Dr Barzinjis passing

On October 3, 2015, Bangladesh Institute of Islamic Thought

(BIIT) offered its heartfelt condolence to the kind wife,
children, many grandchildren and rest of the family of Dr.
Jamal al-Barzinji on his passing. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi
rajiun (To Allah we belong and to Him we return).
Dr. Jamal Barzinji, a pioneer in establishing Muslim American
institutions and one of the co-founders, a trustee & vice
president for Research & Publications of IIIT, who passed away on September 26 in the United
State, the second day of the Muslim feast of sacrifice at the age of 76. He was suffering from a
rare form of cancer..
The condolence meeting began with a recitation from the verse of Holy Quran by Mr Khurshed
Alam Bhuiyan, Assistant Director for Finance of BIIT and was chaired by the Vice President for
Publication of BIIT Mr M A Rashid Khan.
On behalf of BIIT, executive member Mr Solaiman
Miah recalled his working experience at IIUM
with Dr Barzinji when Dr Barzinji served there as
a Dean of Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed
Knowledge and Human Sciences & Mr Miah as a
Faculty. Mr Miah became surprised, being a PhD
and MSc in Chemical Engineering, how could a
man like Barzinji transformed the Kulliyyah into
a world-class academic unit. Actually, under the
leadership of Dr Jamal, the Kulliyyah reflected the philosophy of integration of knowledge that
brought together the disciplines based on Divine Revelation with those that were rooted in
humanistic and social science inquiry, added Mr Solaiman Miah in his speech.
From the chair, Mr M A Rashid Khan described Dr Barzinji as an intellectual, an educator and an
international community builder, a brilliant strategist & a humanitarian. He told that with the
passing of Dr Barzinji, we lost him physically in one hand. But most importantly we will also be
missing from his scholarly directions on the other hand because the death of an Islamic scholar
& a visionary leader at international level like him is an innumerable loss for the Muslim
community over the world and for human
beings at large.
He ended the address with a formal prayer for
the soul of Dr Barzinji and for peace, prosperity
and wellbeing of his immediate family. May
Allah (swt) Shower him with His mercy, Reward
him for his dedicated service and Grant him the
highest rank in paradise.
Mr Abdullah Al-Amin, Assistant Director
(Admin) of BIIT was the moderator of the program where Mr Mahfuzar Rahman, Assistant
Director (Research & Publication) along with staffs of BIIT was present.