Bangladesh Tarikat Federation

The Bangladesh Tarikat Federation was founded in 2005 following Syed Najibul Bashar's resignation from the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, as the party had allied with the Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh which Bashar accuses of supporting terrorists.^[2]

During the 2008 Bangladeshi general elections, the federation had 45 candidates across the country but was unable to gain any seats.^[3]

Following the 2014 Bangladeshi general elections however, the federation managed to gain two parliamentary seats; with Bashar in Chittagong-2 and the party's erstwhile secretary-general M. A. Awal in Lakshmipur-1.^{[4][5][6][7][8]} In 2017, Awal attempted to form a coalition of Islamic parties which would include the Islami Oikya Jote along with the Khilafat Andolan, Faraizi Andolan and the Imam-Ulama Parishad. However, this attempt was opposed by Bashar, the chairman of the federation.^[9] On 17 April 2018, Bashar replaced Awal with Syed Rezaul Haq Chandpuri as secretary-general.^[10]

The party sought 30 seats to contest the 2018 Bangladeshi general election under the Grand Alliance. The party managed to only keep the Chittagong-2 constituency, which is also the headquarters of the Maizbhandaria order.^[11]

In reaction to the July 2016 Dhaka attack, Bashar claimed that the Qawmi Madrasah system was to blame for the emergence of Terrorism in Bangladesh.^[12]

• List of Islamic political parties