Enayetullah Abbasi

Enayetullah Abbasi — full name Dr. Sayyed Muhammad Enayetullah Abbasi wa Siddiqi — is a Bangladeshi scholar, debater and Sufi pir. He is the sitting (gadinashin) pir of Abbasi Manzil, the Jaunpuri darbar at Siddhirganj, Narayanganj, and amir of Tahrike Khatme Nubuwat Bangladesh. ^{1 2}

The Business Standard's 2021 feature on Bangladesh's YouTube preachers counted him among the country's five most popular preachers. ³ His lectures and debates are broadcast on his organisation's YouTube channel, Abbasi Tv LTD., which counted 656,000 subscribers in Twitchmetrics' Bangladesh ranking updated on 4 November 2026 — a dated platform figure, not a museum-verified fact. The channel is his organisation's, not a bare personal handle, and it is a different channel from the unrelated Pakistani "Abbasi TV", whose figures are not used here. ⁴

His family's home is at Pathantuli, Siddhirganj, in Narayanganj District. His father, Nesar Ahmad Abbasi, died on 13 March 2006, and on 17 March 2006 he formally took up the seat of gadinashin pir of Abbasi Manzil Jaunpuri Darbar Sharif. The darbar's published genealogy traces the family's line back to Shah Karamat Ali Jaunpuri; his biography presents that lineage expressly as the darbar's own published account, not as independently verified history, and it is recorded here on that basis. ¹

He is amir of Tahrike Khatme Nubuwat Bangladesh, and serves as muhtamim and Shaykh al-Hadith of the movement's Karamatia Matlaul Uloom Madrasa. ^{1 2}

His public work is preaching and debate: he speaks at waz mahfils across Bangladesh, and The Business Standard describes a preaching economy in which feuds and debates between preachers of different schools are themselves a major draw on YouTube. ³ Focus on Western Islamism reports that he is known in Bangladesh as the "Helicopter Huzur", for using helicopters and other extravagant means of travel to preach across the country. ²

This section sets out different positions as reported in the sources. It is not a verdict by the museum.

His self-description and the schools. The Business Standard asked him about the differences among Bangladesh's schools of preaching, reporting that he "introduces himself as a Hanafi Muslim" and quoting his answer: "The Salafists are a different 'Ferka'. They originate from Wahhabis. However, among the existing schools of Islamic interpretation in Bangladesh, there is no basic difference. All are on the same page when it comes to the basic issues of Islam." ³

On incitement by other preachers. Asked by the same paper about incitements by some preachers against atheists and women, he said: "Some speakers become proponents while explaining certain issues. Islam will not take responsibility for their speeches. But they will not be able to cause any harm because knowledgeable scholars are now in the field." ³

The 2023 United Kingdom tour, as characterised by FWI. Focus on Western Islamism, a project of the Middle East Forum, reported that he arrived in the United Kingdom in June 2023 to take part in eight Islamic events at the invitation of the British Bengali station iON TV, and that at least two of his planned talks were cancelled after British police contacted the hosting mosques. The same piece characterises his preaching as openly calling for the killing of Ahmadiyyah Muslims, Hindus, atheists and Jews, drawing on the exiled Bangladeshi activist Asad Noor. That characterisation is FWI's and its sources', and is recorded here as an attributed position, not in the museum's voice. ²

The October 2026 journalists remark. The Dhaka Diary reported that at a waz mahfil in Matlab, Chandpur, on 19 October 2026, speaking about press coverage of a former state minister's anti-drug raid, he said of Bangladesh's journalists that they "should be beaten like dogs". The remark drew wide criticism — from the fact-checking editor Qadruddin Shishir, from press-club and university figures, and from fellow scholars — as an incitement against a whole profession. Speaking the next day at a mahfil in Uttarkhan, Dhaka, he clarified that he had abused only "yellow journalists" who take money to turn heroes into zeroes and zeroes into heroes, and not journalists as a whole, adding that journalism is an honourable profession a country needs. ⁵

His reach anchor is his organisation's channel: Abbasi Tv LTD. at 656,000 subscribers (Twitchmetrics, Bangladesh ranking updated 4 November 2026). The Business Standard already counted him among the country's five most popular preachers in 2021, in a preaching scene where, as the paper describes, debate and feud videos are watched by millions. ^{4 3}

• The Business Standard, "How religious preachers are taking hold of YouTube in Bangladesh", 2021, as read on 5 November 2026. ³
• Sam Westrop, "Britain Opens its Door to Bangladesh's Most Dangerous Preacher", Focus on Western Islamism, 23 June 2023. ²
• Islami Lecture, "Dr Anayet Ullah Abbasi Biography" (Bengali), as read on 5 November 2026. ¹
• Twitchmetrics, "The Most Popular Bangladesh Youtube Live Streamers, November 2026", updated 4 November 2026. ⁴
• The Dhaka Diary, report on the October 2026 journalists remark (Bengali), as read on 5 November 2026. ⁵