Convicted Death Squad Leader Ashrafuzzaman Khan Sighting in Texas
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Will the U.S. pursue justice for Khan’s victims, or will it continue to serve as his safe haven?
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A photograph appearing on the website of the North American Imams Fellowship (NAIF) may provide the most recent publicly known image of Ashrafuz Zaman Khan (Ashrafuzzaman Khan), a Muslim cleric who was sentenced to death in Bangladesh for his role in the brutal execution of 18 intellectuals as a leader of the Al-Badr terrorist militia during the country’s 1971 War of Independence.
The photograph, identified by this author, appears to show Khan attending NAIF’s 2024 annual conference, held at the Ramada by Wyndham DFW Airport in Irving, Texas. The image was subsequently used to promote NAIF’s 2026 conference and currently occupies a prominent position atop the organization’s online photo gallery.
Khan’s connection to NAIF is hardly incidental. He previously served as President of the organization’s Executive Committee, when it operated under the name North American Imams Federation.
Among the featured speakers at the 2024 conference was Nihad Awad, national Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). Awad drew widespread condemnation after publicly expressing joy over the October 7 Hamas massacre of Israeli civilians.
The group that sponsored the event was Islamic Relief, an entity that has been banned in a number of countries. Israel has called it a front for Hamas. The UAE has placed it on its terrorist list. Banks in England have dropped the group’s accounts.
NAIF has also expressed admiration for controversial Islamist figures. In September 2022, the organization mourned the death of Yusuf al-Qaradawi, the longtime spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and a supporter of suicide bombings.
Khan’s history is just as troubling, if not more so.
On November 3, 2013, Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced Khan to death in absentia after finding him guilty of involvement in the abduction, torture and murder of 18 people during the final days of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. His co-defendant, Chowdhury Mueen Uddin, received the same sentence.