Islamic party

An Islamic party is a party that works for promoting Islam while an Islamic political party is a political party that promotes Islam as a political movement by offering nominees for election in a democracy - of which there are several in the Islamic world. They are important to distinguish from militant Islamic groups which may not necessarily run for election. Islamic parties may, on occasion, resort to militant strategies.

List of Islamic parties by country

• Afghanistan -
  • Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan (Tanzim-e Dahwat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan)
  • Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Harakat-e Islami-yi Afghanistan)
  • Islamic Party of Afghanistan (Hezb-i-Islami Afghanistan)
  • Islamic Society of Afghanistan (Jamiat-e-Islami)
  • Islamic United Party of Afghanistan (Hezeb Wahdat Islami Afghanistan)
  • National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan (Jumbish-i-Milli Islami Afghanistan)
• Algeria -
  • Islamic Renaissance Movement (Harakat al-Nahda al-Islamiyya)
  • Movement of Society for Peace (Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm)
  • Movement for National Reform
• Azerbaijan - Islamic Party of Azerbaijan (Azərbaycan İslam Partiyası)
• Bahrain -
  • Al Asalah
  • Al-Menbar Islamic Society
  • Al Wefaq (Jam'iyat al-Wifaq al-Watany al-Islamiyah)
  • Bahrain Freedom Movement
  • Haq Movement
  • Islamic Action Society (Jamʿiyyat al-ʿAmal al-Islāmī)
• Bangladesh -
  • Bangladesh Islamic Assembly (Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh)
  • Bangladesh Islami Front
  • Islamic Front Bangladesh
  • Islamic National United Front
  • Islamic Unity Front (Islami Oikya Jote)
• Egypt -
  • Muslim Brotherhood (al-ikhwān al-muslimūn)
  • Labour Party(Hizbul ʿAmal)
• Indonesia -
  • Crescent Star Party (Partai Bulan Bintang)
  • National Awakening Party (Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa)
  • Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera)
  • Reform Star Party (Partai Bintang Reformasi)
  • United Development Party (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan)
• India - Islamic Party (Jamaat-e-Islami Hind)
• Iran -
  • Islamic Iran Participation Front (Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami)
  • Islamic Society of Engineers (Jame'e-ye Eslaami-e Mohandesin)
• Iraq -
  • Iraqi Islamic Party (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi)
  • Islamic Action Organisation
  • Islamic Dawa Party (Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya)
  • Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation
  • Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
  • Islamic Group Kurdistan (Komele Islami le Kurdistan)
  • Islamic Kurdish League (Yekgırtiya İslamiya Kurdi)
  • Islamic Kurdish Society
  • Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
  • Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
  • Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman
  • Islamic Virtue Party
  • Kurdistan Islamic Union (Yekgirtuy Islami Kurdistan)
• Jordan - Islamic Action Front (Jabhat al-'Amal al-Islam)
• Kazakhstan - Alash, National Patriotic Party
• Kuwait - Islamic Constitutional Movement (Al-Haraka Al-Dostooriya Al-Islamiya, Hadas)
• Lebanon -
  • Islamic Group (Jamaa Islamiya)
  • Party of God (ḥizbu-llāh)
• Libya - Libyan Islamic Group (Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya al-Libyia)
• Malaysia -
  • Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia)
  • United Malay National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu)
• Maldives -
  • Islamic Democratic Party
  • Justice Party (Adhaalath Party)
• Morocco - Justice and Development Party (Ḥizb al-ʿAdala wal-Tanmiyya)
• Pakistan -
  • Assembly of Pakistani Clergy (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam)
  • Assembly of Followers of Hadith (Jamiat Ahle Hadith)
  • Islamic Party (Jamaat-e-Islami)
  • Tanzeem-e-Islami
  • Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan
• Palestinian territories - Islamic Resistance Movement (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, Hamas)
• Philippines -
  • Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats
  • Moro Islamic Liberation Front
  • Moro National Liberation Front
• Rwanda - Islamic Democratic Party (Parti Démocratique Islamique)
• Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
• Sudan -
  • National Islamic Front (al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah)
  • National Congress
• Syria - Muslim Brotherhood (al-ikhwān al-muslimūn)
• Tajikistan - Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan (Naşrijai hizbi nahzati Islomii Toçikiston)
• Tunisia - Ennahda Movement (Renaissance Party)
• Turkey -
  • Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi)
  • Independent Turkey Party (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi)
  • Islamic Party of Kurdistan
  • Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
• Yemen - Yemeni Congregation for Reform (at-tajammu al-yemeni lil-islah)

List of Defunct Islamic parties

• Belgium - Moslim Democratische Partij (Muslim Democratic Party)
• First East Turkestan Republic
  • Committee for National Revolution
  • Young Kashgar Party
• United Kingdom - Islamic Party of Britain

External links

• "Moderate" Islamic party expected to present new line of thought - Jordan
• Landslide win for Islamic Party in Turkey
• Moroccan Islamic Party welcomes Moroccan Jews
• Islamic party wins 45 seats in Moroccan election
• Algeria frees Islamic party leaders
• BBC: Moves to outlaw Turkish Islamic Party
• Leader of Afghan Islamic Party prepares to return
• Tajik Islamic Party denies bin Laden link
• Malaysian Islamic Party declares Jihad against US
• Mauritian Islamic party accused of planning terror attack
• Militant Islamic party scores unexpected votes in Pakistan
• Leader of banned Algerian Islamic party in KL, claims journalist