The Islami Oikya Jote ( bn, ইসলামী ঐক্য জোট, ''Islami Oikko Joţ'', "Islamic Unity Front") is a

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and is allied with the

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History

During the

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of 1 October 2001, the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It was led by Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini and

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. In 2013, the party called upon its community to «severe ties» with atheists and the enemies of Islam, and to take it out in the streets to «foil conspiracies against Islam», and specifically asked the media not to associate this announcement with any other Islamic party whatsoever. A 2015 article in the journal ''

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'' stated that the party had been inactive «in recent years». The spokesperson of the party said most of the party's activity happens over the phone. In January 2016 Islami Oikya Jote Chairman Abdul Latif Nezami announced to quit BNP-led 20-party alliance at a press conference. The OIJ chieh also stated that it is for their organization's interest. But after a few hours of the announcement of Islami Oikya Jote's quitting the BNP-led 20-party alliance, a faction of the Islamist party declared that it would remain with the coalition. In April 2016, the Islami Oikya Jote congratulated the prime minister's decision to lash out the «atheist bloggers» behind the Ganajagaran Mancha's movement for highest punishment for 1971 war criminals. In July 2016, a faction of the party accused the

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to be behind the recent terrorist attacks in Bangladesh. In March 2017, the Islami Oikya Jote expressed its desire to see all Islamic parties run independently for the 2019 elections in Bangladesh. In 2017, the party repeatedly warned that all non-Islamic idols must be banned from public places, including the Lady Justice statue in front of the

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. In July 2017, Islami Oika Jote formed a new alliance of Islamic parties to weigh against the

Student wing

The student wing of Islami Oikya Jote is the Islami Chhatra Khelafat. They took part in the

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in support of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh.

Leaders

Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini and

were the two most influential leaders of the party.

References

External links

* Islamic political parties in Bangladesh Islamist groups Far-right politics in Bangladesh Political parties in Bangladesh Political parties with year of establishment missing Deobandi organisations 21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad {{Bangladesh-party-stub

History

Student wing

Leaders

See also

References

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