Berkley Center

Abdul Awwal Khan Chowdhury is the missionary in charge for the Ahmadiyya Jama’at of Bangladesh, where he has worked since 1988. A well-known media personality, he participates in Shotter Shondhane, a bi-monthly live phone-in program on Muslim Television Ahmadiyya (MTA) International. A vocal activist against religious fanaticism, he has represented the Ahmadiyya community in numerous international conferences and has visited the United States under the International Visitors Leadership Program. During the anti-Ahmadiyya uprising in Bangladesh, he spoke out boldly and persuasively against radicalism using love, logic, and prayer. Choudhury received a Shahid degree in 1988 from Jamia Ahmadiyya International University of Theology and Modern Languages in Rabwah, Pakistan. He has also served as head of local missionary training courses and as the chief editor and producer of MTA. Along with numerous translations, he has authored two books aimed at countering radicalism in Bangladeshi society: Under the Garb of Religious Edicts and Challenging the Utter Lies of Mufti Noorani.