abdul quader molla (; 14 august 1948 – 12 december 2013) was a politician in bangladesh. he was convicted of war crimes committed during the 1971 liberation war of bangladesh. he is the assistant secretary-general of the jamaat-e-islami, the largest islamist party in the country. he was scheduled to be executed by hanging on 11 december 2013 at 0:01. later, the execution was postponed until 10:30 of the day.