Islamic Front Bangladesh | |
Abbreviation: | IFB |
Country: | Bangladesh |
Native Name: | ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ |
President: | Allama Sayed Mohammad Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi |
Secretary General: | Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin (Zubair) |
Foundation: | 21 December 1990 |
Headquarters: | Kabbokash Super Market, 10/5, Plot-3/D, Kawran Bazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215[1] |
Student Wing: | Islami Chattrasena |
Youth Wing: | Islamic Yubafront Bangladesh |
Ideology: | Islamism Islamic fundamentalism |
Position: | Far-right |
Registered: | 16/11/2008 |
Slogan: | To Establish the Society and the state on the basis of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah |
Website: | http://islamicfrontbd.com/ |
Symbol: | 100px |
Flag: | Flag of Islamic Front Bangladesh.png |
Islamic Front Bangladesh (Bengali: ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ) is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh.[2] registered by Bangladesh Election Commission. It was founded on 21 December 1990.
Sayed Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi is the president of the party, and Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin (Zubaer) its secretary.[3]
In December 2006, the party aligned itself with the Awami League-led 'Grand Alliance'.[4] [5]
It claimed that Bangladesh 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 | Party leader | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | Position | Government |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2008 | Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin | 1,020 | 0.00% | New | 36th | ||
2014 | Boycotted | 0 | |||||
2018 | 31,468 | 0.04% | 0 | 16th |