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{{Short description|Bangladeshi politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Elias Uddin Mollah
|office = Member Of Parliament for [[Dhaka-16]]
|term_start = 29 December 2008
|term_end =
|predecessor = ''Post Established''
|successor =
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|3|2|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Dhaka]], [[Bangladesh]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
}}

'''Elias Uddin Mollah''' (born 2 March 1971) is a [[Bangladesh]] [[Bangladesh Awami League|Awami League]] politician and a member of [[Jatiyo Sangshad|National Parliament of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Awami League MP Elias Mollah calls Africans ‘uncivilised’ after UN peacekeeping mission tour|url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/08/04/awami-league-mp-elias-mollah-calls-africans-uncivilised-after-un-peacekeeping-mission-tour|newspaper=bdnews24.com|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/bn/mps-bangla/members-of-parliament-bangla/current-mps-bangla/2014-03-23-11-45-04?layout=edit&id=2093|title=Constituency 189_10th_En|last=Mollah|first=Elias|website=Bangladesh Parliament|language=bn-bd|access-date=2018-09-07}}</ref> He was elected from [[Dhaka-16]] constituency.<ref>{{cite news |title=Biharis point fingers at Elias|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/biharis-point-fingers-at-elias-28718|newspaper=The Daily Star|date=16 June 2014|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>

== Career ==
Elias was born to Harun al-Rashid Mollah, who was also an MP.<ref name=":0">{{cite news |title=Awami League MP Elias Mollah calls Africans 'uncivilised' after UN peacekeeping mission tour |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/08/04/awami-league-mp-elias-mollah-calls-africans-uncivilised-after-un-peacekeeping-mission-tour |newspaper=bdnews24.com |date=4 August 2015 |access-date=24 February 2022}}</ref> He has not studied beyond [[Secondary school|intermediate level]].<ref name=":0" />

== Controversies ==
=== 2014 Kalshi clashes ===
In 2014 he was accused of being involved in an arson attack on a [[Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh|refugee camp of Stranded Pakistanis]] in [[Mirpur Model Thana|Mirpur]], [[Dhaka]] in which 10 people died.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Farid |title=10 killed in Bangladesh arson attack |url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/16/world/asia/bangladesh-arson-attack/ |work=CNN |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Motive to grab camp's land |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/motive-to-grab-camps-land-29245 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref> Mollah denied involvement and blamed a "vested conspiracy" against him.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chowdhury |first1=Kamran Reza |date=23 June 2014 |title=Bihari Camp Arson Attack: Elias Mollah denies role |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/crime/2014/jun/23/elias-mollah-denies-role |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |access-date=29 December 2022}}</ref>

===Racism===
In 2015 Elias made racist comments about [[black people]].<ref name=":0" /> After a recent trip to [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|the Congo]], he said to journalists:<ref>{{cite news |title=Awami League MP Elias Mollah calls Africans ‘uncivilized’ after UN peacekeeping mission tour |url=http://bdnews24.com/politics/2015/08/04/awami-league-mp-elias-mollah-calls-africans-uncivilised-after-un-peacekeeping-mission-tour |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=4 August 2015 |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
<blockquote> Our army has gone there (Africa) to civilise those black people. I am sure they will accomplish the task.
</blockquote>
He constantly referred to the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo|Congolese]] as "uncivilized black people" and added "People there are yet to become civilised. They take bath every 15 days. After applying soaps before bath, they do not even use water in a bid to retain the aroma."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Liton |first1=Shakhawat |title=Opinion: Shouldn't AL MP Elias apologise? |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/politics/opinion-shouldn%E2%80%99t-al-mp-elias-apologise-122173 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=5 August 2015 |access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref> When pointed out that he was being racist and whether the [[United Nations|UN]] had entrusted the [[UN peacekeepers|Bangladeshi peacekeepers]] with the responsibility to make Africans "civilised", Mollah said, "No... we are only assisting them to get civilised."<ref name=":0" />

===Corruption allegations===
In 2016 he was accused of attempting to illegally occupy private homes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allegation of house grabbing against MP Elias' followers |url=http://en.prothom-alo.com/bangladesh/news/110745/Allegation-of-house-grabbing-against-MP-Elias%E2%80%99 |newspaper=Prothom Alo |access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>

==References==
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