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{{short description|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher
| office = Member of parliament for [[Comilla-12]]
| native_name = সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Dr Syed Taher.jpg
| country = Bangladesh
| predecessor = Md. Mujibul Haque
| successor = Md. Mujibul Haque
| termend = October 2006
| termstart = October 2001
| party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]
| birth_date = 1958
| birth_place = [[Comilla District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]]
| nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i
| spouse = Dr. Habiba Akhter Chowdhury
| children = 3 daughters, 1 son
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital]]
| occupation = Physician, politician
}}

'''Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher''' ({{lang-bn|সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের}}; born 1958) is a [[Bangladeshi]] politician and former Member of Parliament for the Comilla-12 constituency in [[2001 Bangladeshi general election|seventh parliamentary elections]] from 2001 to 2006 in [[Bangladesh]].<ref name="elections">{{cite web | url=http://www.amardesh.info/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2001 | title=Bangladesh election results for Comilla-12 constituency, 2001 | publisher=Amardesh | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907172550/http://www.amardesh.info/EADetailsYear.php?sol=251&Year=2001 | archive-date=7 September 2014 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> He is a Central Working Committee member of [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]],<ref name="jamaatweb1">{{cite web | url=http://jamaat-e-islami.org/en/newsdetails.php?nid=MTUyMw== | title=Dr. Syed Abdullah Taher visits ailed Kazi Zafar | publisher=Jamaat-e-Islami website | date=18 May 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907192145/http://jamaat-e-islami.org/en/newsdetails.php?nid=MTUyMw== | archive-date=7 September 2014 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> and its International Affairs secretary.<ref name="tahertribune">{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2014/09/05/major-parties-express-mixed-reactions-over-al-qaeda-statement/|title=Major parties express mixed reactions over al-Qaeda statement|date=6 September 2014|newspaper=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

== Career ==
Later, he was selected as Secretary General and finally led the organisation as its Central President for two consecutive terms during 1985-86 and 1986–87.<ref name=shibircentral>{{cite web |title=Shibir Central Page: Ex president Profile of Dr. Syed Abdullah Mohammad Taher |url=http://www.shibir.org.bd/news/category/25/312 |website=Shibir |language=bn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819201700/http://www.shibir.org.bd/news/category/25/312 |archive-date=19 August 2014 |access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

==Member of Parliament==

He was elected as a Member of Parliament in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006<ref name="elections" /><ref name="electionadam">{{cite web | url=http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/b/bangladesh/bangladesh20019.txt | title=Seventh Parliamentary Bangladesh Elections, 2001: Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive | publisher=Psephos Adam Carr's Election Archive | access-date=7 September 2014 | author=Psephos Adam Carr}}</ref><ref name="electioncommission">{{cite web | url=http://www.ecs.gov.bd/MenuExternalFilesEng/124.pdf | title=Statistical Report: 8TH Jatiya Shangsad Election, 2001 | publisher=Election Commission, Bangladesh | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> and was part of two parliamentary bodies, the Public accounts committee and the Public undertaking committee.

==Imprisonment==

Taher was imprisoned several times, most recently in 2013, when he was arrested on 2 January 2013,<ref name="financialexpress">{{cite news | title=Jama'at leader Taher arrested | url=http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/old/index.php?ref=MjBfMDFfMDNfMTNfMV8zXzE1NTUxNQ== | newspaper=The Financial Express | location=Dhaka | date=3 January 2013 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref> by [[Rapid Action Battalion|RAB]] personnel, in connection with various allegations, including arson attacks, attacks on police and conspiracy against the government. He was later released on bail.

He was also arrested by joint forces on allegations of extortion, looting and grabbing during the tenure of the military backed [[2006–08 Bangladeshi political crisis|caretaker government]] on 7 March 2007. He was released on ad-interim bail on 7 August 2008.<ref name="taherdailystar">{{cite news | title=Ex-Jamaat MP Taher freed on bail | url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/print_news.php?nid=49478 | newspaper=The Daily Star | date=8 August 2014 | access-date=7 September 2014}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians]]
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Dhaka Medical College alumni]]
[[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]
[[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
[[Category:21st-century Bengalis]]