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Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত আন্দোলন Bangladesh Caliphate Movement | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Ataullah Hafezzi (since 2014) |
| Secretary-General | Habibullah Mianji |
| Second Amir | Ahmadullah Ashraf (1987–2014) |
| Founder | Muhammadullah Hafezzi |
| Founded | November 29, 1981 |
| Headquarters | Kellar Mor, Lalbagh Thana, Dhaka |
| Ideology | Islamism Panislamism Islamic fundamentalism Social conservatism Anti-Atlanticism Anti-Zionism Anti-Communism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Election symbol | |
| Banyan | |
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত আন্দোলন, lit. 'Bangladesh Caliphate Movement') is an Islamist political party in Bangladesh, founded by Hafezzi Huzur after the 1981 Bangladeshi presidential election.[1] Hafezzi Huzur had been a presidential candidate in 1981.[1] He came third, scoring 387,215 votes (1.79%).[1] His candidacy was supported by the Islamic Republican Party and Bangladesh Justice Party.[1]
The support of the party is largely confined to conservative sectors of ulema. The amir of the party is Ataullah Hafezzi and the general secretary is Habibullah Mianji.[2] The central international affairs secretary of the party is Kazi Azizul Huq[citation needed]. In the 2001 parliamentary elections, the party ran 30 candidates, out of whom no-one got elected.[citation needed].
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