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'''Ghulam Azam''' ({{lang-bn|গোলাম আযম}}) (born [[7 November]] [[1922]]), is a [[Bangladesh]]i political leader. The former [[Ameer]] of [[Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh]], he opposed the independence of Bangladesh upon its liberation on December 16 1971, and was a permanent resident of England until 1978, and was forced to maintain [[Pakistani]] [[citizenship]] until 1994 due to the decision by the Bangladeshi government at the time to refuse him citizenship. In 1994, the [[Supreme Court]] upheld the decision to restore his citizenship of Bangladesh as a matter of birth-right.<ref name="Universal Declaration of Human Rights">[http://www.
==Early political career==
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== Bangladesh Liberation War ==
Ghulam Azam wrote all his activities of 9 months of the war in his biography ''Jibone Ja Dekhlam
Azam was on way to Dhaka from West Pakistan on 3 December when midway through the flight, the plane changed direction to Saudi Arabia because of the Indian declaration of war against Pakistan. A few weeks later [[East Pakistan]] emerged as newly independent country [[Bangladesh]] and Ghulam Azam along with his political party [[Jamaat-e-Islami]] was banned by new country's government and Azam's [[Bangladesh]] citizenship was cancelled.
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Ghulam Azam announced his retirement from active politics in late 2000. He was succeeded by [[Motiur Rahman Nizami]].<ref name="Islamic Voice"/>
Ghulam Azam's party, Jamaat-e-Islami, has been accused by a section of political parties and secular organizations as a patron of recently (2002-2006) rising militancy and behind a number of terrorist bombings.
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