Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan
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. Hafezzi Huzur had been a presidential candidate in 1981. He came third, scoring 387,215 votes (1.79%). His candidacy was supported by the Islamic Republican Party and Bangladesh Justice Party.
Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan বাংলাদেশ খেলাফত আন্দোলন Bangladesh Caliphate Movement | |
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| 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 |
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| Banyan | |
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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. The central international affairs secretary of the party is Kazi Azizul Huq. In the 2001 parliamentary elections the party ran 30 candidates, out of whom no-one got elected.