Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Leader Maulana Abul Kalam Muhammad Yusuf Passed away in prison

February 09, 2014: The senior Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami A.K.M Yusuf has passed away in prison from a reported cardiac arrest. (Innalillahe wa Inna ilahyhe rajeon) Moulana Yusuf has been undergoing trial for alleged war crimes and crime against humanity in 1971 in the Internation Crimes Tribunal (ICT) – 2. Yusuf is among the top Jamaat leaders against whom charges of war crimes have been brought by the Awami League government. He was in the prison for the trial of WC. He was refused for bail for his treatment. He was a prominent scholar, author of many books and established many institutes in Bangladesh.