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Islamic Front Bangladesh

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Islamic Front Bangladesh
ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ
AbbreviationIFB
PresidentAllama Sayed Mohammad Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi
Secretary-GeneralAbul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin (Zubair)
Founded21 December 1990
Registered16/11/2008
HeadquartersKabbokash Super Market, 10/5, Plot-3/D, Kawran Bazar, Tejgaon,Dhaka-1215[1]
Student wingIslami Chattrasena
Youth wingIslamic Yubafront Bangladesh
IdeologyIslamism
Islamic fundamentalism
Political positionFar-right
SloganTo Establish the Society and the state on the basis of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
http://islamicfrontbd /

Islamic Front Bangladesh(Bengali:ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ) is anIslamistpolitical partyinBangladesh.[2]registered byBangladesh Election Commission.It was founded on 21 December 1990.

History[edit]

Sayed Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi is the president of the party, and Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin (Zubaer) its secretary.[1][3]

In December 2006, the party aligned itself with theAwami League-led 'Grand Alliance'.[4][5]

It claimed thatBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami,the largest Islamist party in Bangladesh before its deregistration, was distorting the religion.[6]

The party is associated with the student group Islami Chattrasena.

Election results[edit]

Jatiya Sangsad elections[edit]

Election Party leader Votes % Seats +/– Position Government
2008 Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin 1,020 0.00%
0 / 300
New Increase36th Extra-parliamentary
2014 Boycotted
0 / 300
Steady0 Extra-parliamentary
2018 31,468 0.04%
0 / 300
Steady0 Increase16th Extra-parliamentary

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^abরাজনৈতিক দলসমূহের নিবন্ধন[Registered Political Parties].Election Commission Bangladesh(in Bengali). 4 May 2016. Archived fromthe originalon 14 September 2016.Retrieved16 May2016.
  2. ^"Extremists responsible for Farooqi's murder, claims family".bdnews24.Retrieved8 May2016.
  3. ^"Ittefaq.Com".Nation.ittefaq.2008-05-23. Archived fromthe originalon 2016-03-03.Retrieved2016-05-11.
  4. ^Singh, Supriya (March 2007)."Bangladesh in 2006: Teetering Political Edifice and Democracy"(PDF).Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.
  5. ^"Dec 06 SABangladesh"(PDF).Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 7 June 2007.
  6. ^"Jamaat distorts Islam under govt patronage: Islamic Front".The Daily Star.2004-04-20.Retrieved2016-05-11.