Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan (Bangladesh Caliphate Movement) is a Islamist 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 Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

, founded by Hafezzi Huzur

Hafezzi Huzur

Moulana Mohammadullah, popularly known as Hafezzi Huzur, is a Bangladeshi politician and founder of the Islamic Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan party. He was a candidate for president of Bangladesh in 1981 and 1986...

 after the 1981 presidential elections. 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.

The programme of Bangladesh Khilafat Andolan includes introduction of the principles of the Qur'an

Qur'an

The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

 and Sunnah

Sunnah

The word literally means a clear, well trodden, busy and plain surfaced road. In the discussion of the sources of religion, Sunnah denotes the practice of Prophet Muhammad that he taught and practically instituted as a teacher of the sharī‘ah and the best exemplar...

 in the construction of the state, reorientation of the judicial system towards Sharia law, islamization of the educational system, reorganisation of Zakat

Zakat

Zakāt , one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy.-History:Zakat, a practice initiated by Muhammed himself, has played an important role throughout Islamic history...

 and waqf

Waqf

A waqf also spelled wakf formally known as wakf-alal-aulad is an inalienable religious endowment in Islamic law, typically denoting a building or plot of land for Muslim religious or charitable purposes. The donated assets are held by a charitable trust...

s, etc.. The party is staunchly opposed to U.S.

United States

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 occupation of Iraq

Iraq

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 and Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, and has participated in many rallies and protests on the issue. In June 2004, ahead of a visit to Bangladesh by Donald Rumsfeld

Donald Rumsfeld

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 the party issued a statement calling him a "perpetrator of genocide in Iraq and Afghanistan, a war criminal, enemy of mankind and Allah".http://www.iiss.org/confPress-more.php?confID=468

The party also opposed the Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya

Ahmadiyya is an Islamic religious revivalist movement founded in India near the end of the 19th century, originating with the life and teachings of Mirza Ghulam Ahmad , who claimed to have fulfilled the prophecies about the world reformer of the end times, who was to herald the Eschaton as...

 community, demanding that they be declared as non-Muslims.

The support of the party is largely confined to conservative sectors of ulema

Ulema

Ulama , also spelt ulema, refers to the educated class of Muslim legal scholars engaged in the several fields of Islamic studies. They are best known as the arbiters of shari‘a law...

.

The Ameer of the party is Mawlana Shah Ahmadullah Asrafi and the general secretary is Mawlana Mohammad Jafrullah Khan. 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.