Mufassil Islam is a British Bangladeshi polymath. He is a lawyer, freelance journalist, online activist,political analyst and a theologian scholar. His father Mr Muhammad Nazrul Islam was a lawyer and a lawprofessor who was engaged in the legal profession in Bangladesh and in the US. His father was also aprofessor of law at Central Law College in Dhaka, Bangladesh. His father Mr. Nazrul Islam authored thebest-selling law book, “Reflections on the Law of Evidence”. His maternal grandfather Mr KM SadequrRahman was a prominent corporate law practitioner and a shipping tycoon of Bangladesh and the founderof the largest shipping conglomerate of the country, i.e., the High Speed Group.His paternal grandfather MrMuhamad Sulaiman was a Sufi saint. His maternal great grandfather Mr Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed was aMuslim lawyer of East Bengal and his paternal great grandfather Mr Hashem Munshi was an Islamicscholar and a Muslim preacher. He hails from a lineage of Sufi order. His granduncle Mr. Justice NururlIslam was the Chielf Justice of Bangladesh. Mr Islam moved from Bangladesh to the UK in 1993. He livedin the US from 1994 to 1995 and worked for migration law offices in Georgia and New York. Mr. Islam hasworking experiences with Neil Weinrib, PC, New York, (one of the largest immigration law offices in theUS), law offices of Sris PIC, in Fairfax, Virginian, USA, Ashley Bean and Co Solicitors in London, anImmigration law office. Mufassil Islam was an intern at KRW Law in Belfast, Northern Ireland, which is oneof the biggest human rights law offices in the UK, specialising in digital laws, secret services and legacymatters. Mr. Mufassil Islam has LL.B.(Hons) and LL.M. degrees from the University of Dhaka. He is anAdvocate of the Bangladesh Bar Council. He received higher training on Cyber Law from Berkman Centreof the Harvard University, USA. He completed the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test Course from CentralLaw Training, London, UK. Mr. Islam was an Immigration Law Supervisor Caseworker in the UK. Mr Islamhad to give up his PhD on Human Rights Law from the prestigious Trinity College of the Dublin University inthe final year of his research following death threats from the Islamic State. Mr. Islam is one of thestrongest well known voices against terrorism and extremism. He writes and speaks regularly on politicaland theological issues on world renowned printed and electronic media including the Daily Mail, Daily Star,Daily Express, Russian TV and the BBC. He was the Chairman of the For Britain political party in NorthernIreland. As a regular article contributor on several human rights and political issues in various newspapers,Mr. Islam is also well respected in the academic world. He authored a number of books published from theUK and Bangladesh in several languages. As a fearless social media activist, Mr, Islam sued the FaceBook.Mr. Islam is also the pioneer of video
vlogging in South Asia in Bengali, English and Hindi languages. He isa well-known social media public figure.Islam sued the social media giant over the abuse he was subjected to by others posting on its platform. Theauthor and journalist also alleged censorship of his own account. He issued proceedings against FacebookIreland Ltd, claiming failures to remove the threatening content amounted to breaches of dataprotection, privacy and harassment. It was announced in the Belfast High Courtin Northern Ireland that thecase had concluded on confidential terms, with no admission of liability.Mr. Islam understands the pros and cons of the social media laws to help his clients from being victims ofmoderation failures by the social media’s internal complaint systems and also by the law enforcingagencies.Mr. Islam is an acclaimed debater.A debate with the President of Bangladesh Baptist Bible Society Mr Michael Chuni Mandal in Dhaka,Bangladesh.A debate with the President of Atheist Ireland, Mr Michael Nugget in Dublin, Ireland.A debate with ImamTawhidi in Canada.A debate with the head of Irish Islamic Society, Dr. Umer Al Qadri in Belfast, Ireland.An online debate with Professor Dr. Qutubul Islam Nomani of the University of Dhaka.Mr. Islam is a well-connected public figure who addressed Bangladeshi diaspora and overseasBangladeshi societies around the world. Mr. Islam visited more than eighty countries around the world hasbeen working relentlessly to help Bangladeshis integrate with the mainstream societies of the host nations.Mr. Islam was a student leader during his studies at the University of Dhaka led the students in a massuprising against the then army dictator General Ershad. Mr. Islam was also the elected Secretary of theMature Student Society of the University of Dublin.
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