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| {{short description|Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politician}}{{Infobox officeholder
| | #REDIRECT [[Syed Abdullah Mohammed Taher]] |
| | name = Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher
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| | office = Member of parliament for [[Comilla-12]]
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| | native_name = সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের
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| | native_name_lang = bn
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| | image = Dr Syed Taher.jpg
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| | country = Bangladesh
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| | predecessor = Md. Mujibul Haque
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| | successor = Md. Mujibul Haque
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| | termend = October 2006
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| | termstart = October 2001
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| | party = [[Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami]]
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| | birth_date = 1958
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| | birth_place = [[Comilla District]], [[East Bengal]], [[Dominion of Pakistan]] | |
| | nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i
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| | spouse = Dr. Habiba Akhter Chowdhury
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| | children = 3 daughters, 1 son
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| | alma_mater = [[Dhaka Medical College and Hospital]]
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| | occupation = Physician, politician
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| '''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>
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| == Career ==
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| 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>
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| ==Member of Parliament==
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| 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.
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| ==Imprisonment==
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| 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.
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| 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>
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| ==References==
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| [[Category:Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami politicians]]
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| [[Category:1958 births]]
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| [[Category:Dhaka Medical College alumni]]
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| [[Category:8th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
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| [[Category:Bangladeshi people of Arab descent]]
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| [[Category:20th-century Bengalis]]
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