Haji Shariatullah
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Founder of the Faraizi reform movement
“He transformed religious reform into organized rural social action.”
He initiated the Faraizi movement in Bengal, mobilizing rural Muslims around religious reform and social discipline.
In early 19th-century colonial Bengal, his movement emerged amid agrarian pressure, social hierarchy, and changing authority structures.
He became a foundational figure in Muslim social reform and grassroots mobilization in Bengal.
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