All India Muslim Forum
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All India Muslim Forum is a Muslim
political party
in India
. The President is Syed Rafat and the Chairman is Dr. M. K. Sherwani who was previously its General Secretary.
It is a Registered Unrecognised Party by the Election Commission of India
.
The Forum has collaboration with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
.
In the 1999 Lok Sabha
elections AIMF had launched four candidates, who together mustered 10 010 votes.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AIMF had fielded six candidates.
Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The President is Syed Rafat and the Chairman is Dr. M. K. Sherwani who was previously its General Secretary.
It is a Registered Unrecognised Party by the Election Commission of India
Election Commission of India
The Election Commission of India is an autonomous, quasi-judiciary constitutional body of India. Its mission is to conduct free and fair elections in India...
.
The Forum has collaboration with Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
Communist Party of India Liberation is a communist political party in India.Communist Party of India was formed in 1969 by the All India Coordination Committee of Communist Revolutionaries, who had split from Communist Party of India in 1967...
.
In the 1999 Lok Sabha
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha or House of the People is the lower house of the Parliament of India. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by direct election under universal adult suffrage. As of 2009, there have been fifteen Lok Sabhas elected by the people of India...
elections AIMF had launched four candidates, who together mustered 10 010 votes.
In the 2004 Lok Sabha elections AIMF had fielded six candidates.
Political positions
- Opposed to the HindutvaHindutvaHindutva is the term used to describe movements advocating Hindu nationalism. Members of the movement are called Hindutvavādis.In India, an umbrella organization called the Sangh Parivar champions the concept of Hindutva...
nationalism of Bharatiya Janata PartyBharatiya Janata PartyThe Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...
(BJP). - Opposed to the U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
occupation of IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
. - Demands that 4% of the parliamentary seats should be reserved for Muslim women.
External links
- Milli Gazette, has an AIMF article archive
- AIMF to contest LS elections- TwoCircles.net