Bangla Bhai
Bangla Bhai | |
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Bangla Bhai | |
| Born | Siddique ul-Islam 1970 Rajshahi, Bangladesh |
| Died | 30 March 2007 (aged 36–37) Jhalakathi, Barisal, Bangladesh |
| Other names | Azizur Rahman |
| Years active | 2004–2007 |
| Employer | Shaykh Abdur Rahman |
| Organization | Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh |
| Known for | 2005 Bangladesh bombings |
| Political party | Islami Chhatra Shibir (c. 1980s–1995) Chhatra League (c. before 1980s) |
| Criminal status | Executed by hanging |
| Spouse | Fahima |
| Children | 1 |
Reward amount | ৳5,000,000 (c. US$42,000 in 2025) |
Wanted by | Government of Bangladesh |
| Details | |
| Victims | 500+ |
Siddique ul-Islam (Bengali: সিদ্দিকুল ইসলাম, romanized: Siddikul Islam), known popularly as Azizur Rahman (Bengali: আজিজুর রহমান, romanized: Ajijoor Rohoman, lit. 'Dear to the Most Merciful' in Arabic) or Bangla Bhai (Bengali: বাংলা ভাই, lit. 'Bangla Brother') (1970 – 30 March 2007), was a Bangladeshi Radical Extremist and the military commander of the Al Qaeda affiliated radical Islamist organization Jagrata Muslim Janata Bangladesh (lit. 'Awakened Muslim Masses of Bangladesh'), known in popular usage as the JMJB. Most active in the north-western section of Bangladesh around the Rajshahi region, Bangla Bhai gained nationwide and worldwide notoriety for bombings and other terrorist activities.