The Kurdistan Islamic Movement (Kurdish: بزووتنهوی ئيسلامی له كوردستان) is a Kurdish Islamist party founded in 1987 by Osman Abdulaziz and several other Kurdish Islamic scholars who were all part of the non-political "Union of Religious Scholars" group. The party's main support comes from in and around the town of Halabja. The Kurdistan Islamic Movement supports having Islamic laws, although not full Sharia law. Osman Abdulaziz was appointed as a mufti (religious judge) by the Kurdistan Islamic Movement. During the 2010 Iraqi elections the party won some 40 thousand votes.