Islamic scholar Nurul Islam Hashemi dies

CHATTOGRAM, June 02 (bdnews24.com): Kazi Md Nurul Islam Hashemi, chairman of Ahlus Sunnah wal-Jamaah, an Islamic organisation, has died at 92.
Hashemi breathed his last in intensive care at Agrabad's Maa-O-Shishu Hospital in Chattogram on Tuesday.
The popular Islamic scholar had been suffering from a combination of chronic ailments -- heart disease, pneumonia, diabetes and kidney-related illness -- and was admitted to the hospital on May 30.
His doctor Dr Monir Azad told the online news portal that his condition deteriorated after initial signs of some improvement on Monday.
"He suffered a mild stroke in the afternoon and everything was downhill from there as he died in the morning," Dr Azad said. His samples were collected for coronavirus tests, though he had not shown symptoms like a fever or cough.
Meanwhile, President Md Abdul Hamid, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and several other political leaders expressed condolences over his death.
In a condolence message, the prime minister recalled with profound respect Maulana Hashemi's contributions to the preaching and expansion of the holy religion Islam.
Sheikh Hasina prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and conveyed profound sympathy to the bereaved family.
The president expressed sympathy for his family and prayed for his soul in a condolence message from the Bangabhaban's press wing.
Born in the port city in 1928, Hashemi was connected to several religious institutions in Chattogram and is the author of quite a few religious books.