He was invited to speak at the East London Mosque on 14 July 2006; the then-secretary general of the Muslim Council of Britain, Muhammad Abdul Bari, supported his invitation.
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On 13 July 2006, the British journalist Martin Bright released a documentary called Who Speaks For Muslims? It included Sayeedi and identified him as having extreme views.
A week prior to Dr Azad's assault, Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, one of the renowned religious leaders of Bangladesh demanded, in the parliament, that Dr Azad's political satire Pak Sar Jamin Sad Bad would be banned and demanded the introduction of the Blasphemy Act on the author.
Mobarak Hossain Khan | Syed Abul Hossain | Sadeque Hossain Khoka | Delwar Hossain Sayeedi | Anwar Hossain | Saber Hossain Chowdhury | Rubel Hossain | Nazmul Hossain | Mohammed Mosharref Hossain | Mir Mosharraf Hossain | Mehrab Hossain | Faisal Hossain | Amir Hossain Amu |
At the time of the Skype controversy, the trials of Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, Motiur Rahman Nizami and Ghulam Azam were underway at ICT-1 and the trial of Delwar Hossain Sayeedi had nearly finished.