Bangladesh Islami Front

Not to be confused with Islamic Front Bangladesh.

The Bangladesh Islami Front (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ফ্রন্ট) is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh.^[2] In the 2001 parliamentary election, the party fielded 16 candidates. Together, they gathered 29,002 votes (0.05% of the national vote), but the party won no seats in the Jatiya Sangsad.^[3] The party's student wing is Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena.

Bangladesh Islami Front বাংলাদেশ ইসলামী ফ্রন্ট
Chairman	M. A. Matin
Secretary-General	S. U. M Abdus Samad
Presidium	Sk Abdul Karim Siraj Pr. Ali Hossain Syd Mosiud Dowla MA Wahid Saburi
Founded	21 December 1990; 34 years ago (1990-12-21)
Headquarters	205/5 Fakirapool, Al-Bashir Plaza (5th Floor), Kalvart Road, Dhaka-1000[1]
Student wing	Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena
Seats in the Jatiya Sangshad	0 / 300
Election symbol
Party flag
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History

The party was founded on 21 December 1990.

Alliance

Bangladesh Islami Front entered into the Jatiya Party-led Sammilita Jatiya Jote (United National Alliance) in 2017.^[4]

Death of one of its Prominent Presidium Member

On 27 August 2014, Nurul Islam Farooqi, who was a presidium member of Islami Front, was murdered following an invasion of his home.^[5] In August, 2014, Islami Chhatra Sena chief Muhammad Nurul Haq Chisty announced at a press meeting that a half-day strike across Bangladesh would be observed, and demanded for the arrest and trial of Farooqi's killer.^[6][7] The student party formed a human chain on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway's Ashuganj Goalchattor area on 25 August 2015, demanding an exceptional punishment for Farooqi's killer.^[8]

Election results

Jatiya Sangsad elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Outcome
1991	S.U.M Abdus Samad	202	0.00%	0 / 300	New	68th	Extra-parliamentary
Feb 1996		Boycotted		0 / 300	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
Jun 1996		38,974	0.09%	0 / 300	0	16th	Extra-parliamentary
2001		30,761	0.06%	0 / 300	0	12th	Extra-parliamentary
2008		31,785	0.05%	0 / 300	0	20th	Extra-parliamentary
2014		2,585	0.02%	0 / 300	0	11th	Extra-parliamentary
2018		60,372	0.07%	0 / 300	0	13th	Extra-parliamentary

See also

• List of Islamic political parties