Khuddamul Furqan

Khuddamul Furqan was Afghanistan's first Islamic Political Party^[1] that was primarily formed in response to the Soviet/Communist influence in Afghanistan. Khuddamul Furqan was formed by Hazrat Muhammad Ismaiel Mojadidi, who was also the Dean of Afghanistan's oldest private Islamic Institution (or Madrasa); namely Nurul Madariss Farouqi in Ghazni, Afghanistan (also the, the Father of Hazrat Abobaker Mojadidi). Khuddamul Furqan was formed in 1966, and the party's members were mainly Afghan Scholars (or Ulema). Many of the party members belonged to the Naqshbandi-Mojadidi Tariqah, Afghanistans's largest religious and spiritual order. Hazrat Muhammad Ismaiel Mojadidi's father, Hazrat Muhammad Ibrahim Shaykh Ziaul Mashaw'ikh (a highly influential spiritual and religious figure) was the head (Sujjada Nesheen) of the Naqshbandi-Mojadidi ^[2] order and was based in Qala Jawad, Kabul. Hazrat Muhammad Ibrahim Mojadidi (Shaykh Ziaul Mashaw'ikh) is the son, and religious & spiritual heir to his father Hazrat Fazl Omar Mojadidi Nurul Mashaw'ikh (aka, Mullah / Hazrat Shore Bazaar) - the most influential and respected spiritual figure of Afghanistan^[3]

Khuddamul Furqan had a newspaper^[4] under the name of Neda-e-Haq (Voice of Truth) and its editor in Chief was Mawlavi Abdul Sattar Siddiqi. The party was very influential within Afghanistan's religious community. Khuddamul Furqan was known for its adherence to Islamic tradition and was a moderate Political party.

After the imprisonment of the Mojadidi family by Soviet forces and their allies in 1979, namely Hazrat M. Ibrahim Shaykh Ziaul Mashaw'ikh and his son, leader of Khuddamul Furqan Hazrat M. Ismaiel Mojadidi, the party's name was changed to Harakat-e-Inqilab Islami, in order to continue its efforts against the Soviet occupation without harming its respected leaders in captivity. Member's of the party played a major role in the resistance movement against the Soviets in Afghanistan. Khuddamul Furqan was later revived in 2004 in Kabul and some of the party's members are playing an active role in the peace process in Afghanistan. One of Khuddamul Furqans top members Maulavi Arsala Rahmani was assassinated in Kabul on May 13, 2012.^[5][6][7]

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Political parties in Afghanistan
Present major parties	National Front of Afghanistan National Coalition of Afghanistan (Coalition for Change and Hope) Basej-e Milli (Afghanistan Green Trend) Truth and Justice Party Afghan Mellat Jamiat-e Islami Hezb-e Islami Junbish-e Milli Hezb-e Wahdat (People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, National Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan ) Ittehad-i Islami Peace Movement of Afghanistan
Present minor parties	New Afghanistan Party Democratic Party of Afghanistan National Congress Party of Afghanistan National Islamic Front of Afghanistan National Movement of Afghanistan National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan National United Party of Afghanistan Liberal Democratic Party of Afghanistan Pashtoons Social Democratic Party Progressive Democratic Party of Afghanistan Solidarity Party of Afghanistan
Banned/Former parties	Afghanistan Liberation Organization Communist (Maoist) Party of Afghanistan Khuddamul Furqan Liberation Organization of the People of Afghanistan National Revolutionary Party of Afghanistan People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan Progressive Youth Organization Shalleh-ye Javiyd Taliban Watan Party of Afghanistan
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