result, the Appellate Division acknowledged the potential need for fatwas in certain circumstances and issued a ruling permitting appropriately authorized individuals to issue them. In response, the "National Fatwa Board" was proposed with the cooperation of the top local muftis in Bangladesh. However, the proposal was put on hold when a committee on fatwas was established under the authority of the Al-Haiatul Ulya Lil-Jamiatil Qawmia Bangladesh. The committee included prominent muftis such as Mizanur Rahman Sayed and Muhammad Abdul Malek. See also Bibliography of Deobandi Movement Index of Deobandi movement–related articles References Deobandi fiqh Islamic jurisprudence Law schools Hanafi Schools of Sunni jurisprudence