Anjuman-i-Ulama-i-Bangala

[5] On 3 May 1915, the association initiated an illustrated monthly Bengali publication known as Al-Eslam, with Akram as chief editor.

[2] Notable writers for the paper included Begum Rokeya and Fazlul Hoque Selbarsi.

[2] Its aims included providing Islamic education, countering hostility and misconceptions preached by Christian missionaries as well as reforming and uniting Muslim society to an orthodox fashion through the Quran and Sunnah.

[7] This included actively educating unlettered and illiterate Muslims of Bengal and Assam about shirk and bidʻah.

Many maktabs, madrasas, bayt al-mal and social arbitration boards were founded and funded by the organisation; bringing about solidarity and a strong morale amongst Muslims.