Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front

{{Short description|Former Rohingya insurgent group}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox war faction

| name = Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front

| native_name =

| native_name_lang =

| war = the Rohingya conflict

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| active= {{Start date|1986}}–{{End date|1998}}{{cite web | url=http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume14/Article1.htm | title=Bangladesh Extremist Islamist Consolidation | publisher=by Bertil Lintner | accessdate=21 October 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622123435/http://www.satp.org/satporgtp/publication/faultlines/volume14/Article1.htm | archive-date=2012-06-22 | url-status=live }}

| leaders = Nurul Islam

| ideology = Rohingya nationalism

| headquarters =

| area = Rakhine State, Myanmar

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| predecessor = Rohingya Patriotic Front
Rohingya Solidarity Organisation

| successor = Arakan Rohingya National Organisation

• Rohingya National Army

| opponents = {{flagdeco|Myanmar|1974}} Union of Myanmar

| battles = Internal conflict in Myanmar

• Rohingya conflict

}}

The Arakan Rohingya Islamic Front (ARIF) was a Rohingya insurgent group active in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar (Burma). The group was made up of Rohingya fighters led by Nurul Islam, a Yangon-educated lawyer. The group was created after uniting the remnants of the Rohingya Patriotic Front (RPF) and a defecting faction of the Rohingya Solidarity Organisation (RSO) that was under the command of Nurul Islam.{{cite web|title=Burma/Bangladesh: Burmese Refugees In Bangladesh - Historical Background|url=https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/burma/burm005-01.htm|website=www.hrw.org|publisher=Human Rights Watch|accessdate=22 March 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628114708/https://www.hrw.org/reports/2000/burma/burm005-01.htm|archive-date=2018-06-28|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Jilani|first1=A. F. K.|title=The Rohingyas of Arakan: Their Quest for Justice|date=1999|publisher=Ahmed Jilani|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hLE1lAEACAAJ|accessdate=22 March 2018|language=en|page=284}}

On 28 October 1998, the ARIF merged with the RSO and formed the Arakan Rohingya National Organisation (ARNO), operating in-exile in Cox's Bazar. The Rohingya National Army (RNA) was established as its armed wing.

It was responsible for a bomb attack on a military target in Maungdaw, Rakhine State, on 10 November 1991. It killed eight people.{{Cite web |title=Incident Summary for GTDID: 199111100011 |url=https://www.start.umd.edu/gtd/search/IncidentSummary.aspx?gtdid=199111100011 |access-date=2022-05-19 |website=www.start.umd.edu}}