Islamic Front Bangladesh

Not to be confused with Bangladesh Islami Front.

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.

Islamic Front Bangladesh ইসলামিক ফ্রন্ট বাংলাদেশ
Party logo
Abbreviation	IFB
President	Allama Sayed Mohammad Bahadur Shah Mujaddedi
Secretary-General	Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin (Zubair)
Founded	21 December 1990; 34 years ago (21 December 1990)
Registered	16 November 2008; 16 years ago (2008-11-16)
Headquarters	Kabbokash Super Market, 10/5, Plot-3/D, Kawran Bazar, Tejgaon, Dhaka-1215[1]
Student wing	Islami Chattrasena
Youth wing	Islamic Jubafront Bangladesh
Ideology	Islamism Islamic fundamentalism
Political position	Far-right
Slogan	"To Establish the Society and the state on the basis of the Holy Qur'an and Sunnah"
Election symbol
Party flag
Website
http://islamicfrontbd.com/
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History

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 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 results

Jatiya Sangsad elections

Election	Party leader	Votes	%	Seats	+/–	Position	Government
2008	Abul Bashar Mohammad Zainul Abedin	1,020	0.00%	0 / 300	New	36th	Extra-parliamentary
2014		Boycotted		0 / 300	0	—	Extra-parliamentary
2018		31,468	0.04%	0 / 300	0	16th	Extra-parliamentary

See also

• List of Islamic political parties