Azmi to conduct janaza of his father

Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Motiur Rahman Nizami and Nayeb-e-Ameer Delwar Hossain Sayedee are unlikely to have parole on Saturday to lead the Namaj-e-janaza (funeral prayers) of former Jamaat Ameer Ghulam Azam. The namaj-e-janaza of Azam, who died at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University (BSMMU) Hospital on Thursday night, is scheduled to be held at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after Zohr prayers today. Jail, hospital and family sources said Azam expressed his last wish either Motiur Rahman Nizami or Delwar Hossain Sayedee would lead his janaza. On Friday, Azam’s lawyer Tajul Islam had told the reporters that they would apply for parole for both Nizami and Sayedee. Tajul said the family has been informed of Azam’s last wish to be buried at the family graveyard and to get Jamaat leaders Sayedee or Nizami to conduct the janaza. ‘We will move the court for parole for Sayedee or Nizami to conduct the janaza,’ Tajul said. When contacted, State Minister for Home Affairs Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said: ‘I don’t know whether a person convicted of war crimes is eligible to be freed on parole to lead janaza. On Saturday morning, Ghulam Azam’s son Abdullahil Amaan Azmi said that he would conduct his father’s funeral prayers at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque after the Zohr prayers. He said Azam will be buried at his family graveyard at Moghbazar. On Saturday morning, Abdullahil Azmi and lawyer Tajul Islam seemed busy for Azam’s last rites, according to a news agency.