Bangladesh Islami Front


The Bangladesh Islami Front is an :Category:Islamic political parties|Islamic political party in Bangladesh. In the 2001 parliamentary election, the party fielded 16 candidates. Together they gathered 29,002 votes, but the party won no seats in the Jatiya Sangsad. The party's student wing is Bangladesh Islami Chattra Sena.

History

The party was founded on 21 December 1990.

Alliance

Bangladesh Islami Front entered into the Jatiya Party-led Sammilita Jatiya Jote in 2017.

Death of Presidium Member

On 27 August 2014, Allama Nurul Islam Farooqi was murdered following a home invasion who was a presidium member of Islami Front. 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.
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.