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Politician of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami

Syed Abdullah Muhammad Taher (Bengali: সৈয়দ আবদুল্লাহ মোহাম্মদ তাহের; born 1958) is a Bangladeshi politician and former Member of Parliament for the Comilla-12 constituency in seventh parliamentary elections from 2001 to 2006 in Bangladesh.^[1] He is a member of Central Working Committee of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,^[2] and its International Affairs secretary.^[3]

Later, Taher was selected as Secretary General of the Islami Chatra Shibir and finally led the organisation as its Central President for two consecutive terms during 1985-86 and 1986–87.^[4]

Taher was elected as a Member of Parliament in Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006^[1][5][6] and was part of two parliamentary bodies, the Public accounts committee and the Public undertaking committee.^{[citation needed]}

Taher was also arrested by joint forces on allegations of extortion, looting and grabbing during the tenure of the military backed caretaker government on 7 March 2007. He was released on ad-interim bail on 7 August 2008.^[7]

Taher was imprisoned several times, most recently in 2013, when he was arrested on 2 January 2013,^[8] by RAB personnel, in connection with various allegations, including arson attacks, attacks on police and conspiracy against the government. He was later released on bail.^{[citation needed]}

Taher met with the First Political Secretary at the United States Embassy Matthew Bay on 16 October 2023.^[9]