List of Islamic political parties

Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public policy within a democratic framework. Lists are categorized by the ideological affiliation and sorted by the country of origin.

Islamic democratic centrist, liberal, moderate, and progressive

See also: Category:Islamic democratic political parties

This is a list of political parties espousing Islam as its main identity without principal adherence to the particular ideology of political Islam, or taking a theological position of wasat which advocates for politico-religious centrism, Islamic democracy, Third Way, progressivism and liberalism.

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Bangladesh		Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী	BJI	Shafiqur Rahman	1975	Islamism Bangladeshi nationalism	Jatiya Sangsad: 0 / 350
Bosnia and Herzegovina		Party of Democratic Action Bosnian: Stranka demokratske akcije	SDA	Bakir Izetbegović	26 May 1990	Bosniak nationalism Conservatism[1] Pro-Europeanism[2] Islamism Big tent	House of Representatives: 9 / 42
India		Indian Union Muslim League इण्डियन यूनियन मुस्लिम लीग	IUML	K. M. Kader Mohideen	10 March 1948	Social conservatism Centrism	House of the People 3 / 543
		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन	AIMIM	Asaduddin Owaisi	12 November 1927	Secularism Social Justice	House of the People 1 / 543
		All India United Democratic Front सर्व भारत संयुक्त गणतांत्रिक मोर्चा	AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal	2 October 2005	National Inclusiveness Minority rights	House of the People 0 / 543
		Indian Secular Front भारतीय धर्मनिरपेक्ष मोर्चा	ISF	Abbas Siddiqui	21 January 2021	Minority rights	House of the People 0 / 543
Indonesia		National Awakening Party Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa	PKB	Muhaimin Iskandar	9 July 1998	Pancasila Pluralism Nationalism Islamic democracy Islamic liberalism	People's Representative Council: 58 / 575
Iraq		Kurdistan Justice Group كۆمەڵی دادگەری كوردستان	KJP	Ali Bapir	2001	Islamic democracy Kurdish nationalism Social Justice	Council of Representatives: 3 / 329
Jordan		Islamic Centrist Party حزب الوسط الاسلامي	ICS	Madalla al-Tarawneh	December 2001	Islamic democracy Arab nationalism Centrism	House of Representatives: 5 / 130
Libya		National Forces Alliance تحالف القوى الوطنية	NFA	Salaheddin El Bishari	2012	Libyan nationalism[3] Islamic democracy[4] Big tent[5] Economic Liberalism	General National Congress: 39 / 200
Malaysia		United Malays National Organisation[6] ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو	UMNO	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	11 May 1946	Ketuanan Melayu Malay nationalism National conservatism	House of Representatives: 26 / 222
		National Trust Party (Malaysia) ڤرتي أمانه نڬارا	AMANAH	Mohamad Sabu	16 September 2015	Social justice Progressivism Islamic modernism Islamic democracy	House of Representatives: 8 / 222
Maldives		Maldivian Democratic Party ދިވެހިރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ	MDP	Abdulla Shahid	10 November 2003	Liberal conservatism Islamic democracy Parliamentarism Environmentalism	People's Majlis: 12 / 93
		Maldives National Party މޯލްޑިވްސް ނޭޝަނަލް ޕާޓީ	MNP	Mohamed Nazim	July 2021	Islamic democracy Nationalism	People's Majlis: 1 / 93
		People's National Congress ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝަނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް	PNC	Dr. Mohamed Muizzu	31 January 2019	Conservatism Religious nationalism	People's Majlis: 75 / 93
Pakistan		Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan) جماعتِ اسلامی	JI	Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman	30 November 1967	Pan-Islamism Islamic democracy Anti communism	National Assembly: 0 / 342
Philippines		Lakas–CMD Lakas–Demokratang Kristiyano at Muslim	LCMD	Martin Romualdez	1991	Islamic democracy Liberal conservatism Filipino nationalism Federalism Parliamentarism Centrism Conservatism	18 / 304
Rwanda		Ideal Democratic Party Parti Démocratique Idéal	PDI	Mussa Harerimana	1992	Islamic democracy Centrism	Chamber of Deputies: 1 / 80
Sri Lanka		Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ශ්‍රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්‍රසය ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ்	SLMC	Rauff Hakeem	1981	Muslim minority politics	Parliament of Sri Lanka: 5 / 225
Tunisia		Ennahda حركة النهضة	Enhada	Rached Ghannouchi	1981	Social conservatism Economic liberalism Islamic democracy	0 / 161
Turkey		New Welfare Party Yeniden Refah Partisi	YENİDEN REFAH	Fatih Erbakan	20 July 2001	Milli Görüş Religious Nationalism Islamism	Grand National Assembly: 4 / 600
		Felicity Party Saadet Partisi	SAADET	Temel Karamollaoğlu	23 November 2018	Milli Görüş Conservatism Social conservatism Islamic fundamentalism	Grand National Assembly: 20 / 600
		Future Party Gelecek Partisi	GP	Ahmet Davutoğlu	2019	Conservatism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism	Grand National Assembly: 0 / 600
		Justice and Development Party Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi	AK PARTİ	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	14 August 2001	Conservatism[7] Social conservatism[8] National conservatism[9] Right-wing populism Neo-Ottomanism Illiberalism Economic nationalism Erdoğanism Euroscepticism	Grand National Assembly: 266 / 600

Banned parties

 Afghanistan

• National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan^[10]

 Iran

• Islamic Iran Participation Front

Non-legislature notable parties

 Algeria

• Islamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance)
• Movement for Democracy in Algeria

 Bahrain

• Al-Menbar Islamic Society

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Islami Front
• Islami Oikya Jote
• Bangladesh Congress

 Egypt

• Al-Wasat Party

 India

• Peace Party of India

 Indonesia

• Crescent Star Party
• Gelora Party

 Iran

• Union of Islamic Iran People Party
• Moderation and Development Party

 Iraq

• Islamic Action Organisation
• Islamic Dawa Party (part of National Iraqi Alliance)
• Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
• Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
• Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman

 The Netherlands

• Islam Democrats

 Philippines

• Bangsamoro Party (Moro National Liberation Front)
• United Bangsamoro Justice Party (Moro Islamic Liberation Front)

Islamist

Sunni

This is a list of political parties espousing Sunni Islamism as its main ideology.

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Algeria		Movement of Society for Peace حركة مجتمع السلم	Hamas	Abderrazak Makri	6 December 1990	Sunni Islamism Islamic democracy Social conservatism Economic liberalism[11]	People's National Assembly: 65 / 407
		National Construction Movement حركة مجتمع السلم	NCM	Abdelkader Bengrina	March 2013	Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism	People's National Assembly: 39 / 407
		Justice and Development Front جبهة العدالة والتنمية	JDF	Abdallah Djaballah	2011	Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism	People's National Assembly: 2 / 407
Indonesia		Prosperous Justice Party Partai Keadilan Sejahtera	PKS	Ahmad Syaikhu	20 July 1998	Pancasila Islamism[12] Islamic fundamentalism[13] Social conservatism	People's Representative Council: 53 / 580
Iraq		Iraqi Islamic Party الحزب الاسلامي العراقي	IIP	Rashid al-Azzawi	26 April 1960	Islamic democracy Qutbism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 7 / 329
		Kurdistan Islamic Union Yekgirtuy Islami Kurdistan	KIU	Salaheddine Bahaaeddin	1994	Islamic democracy Kurdish nationalism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 4 / 329 Kurdistan Parliament: 5 / 111
		Uniters for Reform Coalition الحراك الشعبي في العراق	Muttahidoon	Usama al-Nujayfi	December 2012	Regionalism Islamic democracy Populism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 16 / 329
Jordan		Islamic Action Front جبهة العمل الإسلامي	IAF	Hamza Mansour	1992	Islamism Islamic democracy	House of Representatives: 10 / 130
		National Congress Party (Zamzam) حزب المؤتمر الوطني	Zamzam زمزم	Rheil Gharaibeh	2016	Islamism Islamic democracy	House of Representatives: 5 / 130
Lebanon		Islamic Group الجماعة الإسلامية	JI	Azzam Al-Ayyoubi	1964	Sunni Islamism Pan-Islamism Social conservatism	Lebanese Parliament: 1 / 128
Libya		Justice and Construction Party حزب العدالة والبناء	JCP	Emad al-Banani	3 March 2012	Islamic democracy Islamism	General National Congress: 17 / 200
Malaysia		Malaysian Islamic Party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia	PAS	Abdul Hadi Awang	24 November 1951	Islamism Islamic conservatism Islamic fundamentalism Jihadism[14] Pan-Islamism Shariaism	House of Representatives: 43 / 222
Maldives		Jumhooree Party ޖުމްހޫރީ ޕާޓީ	JP	Qasim Ibrahim	26 May 2008	Islamic democracy Nationalism Social conservatism	People's Majlis: 1 / 93
		People's National Congress ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝެނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް	PNC	Mohamed Muizzu[15]	31 January 2019	Conservatism Islamism	People's Majlis: 75 / 93
		Maldives Development Alliance މޯލްޑިވްސް ޑިވެލޮޕްމަންޓް އެލަޔަންސް	MDA	Ahmed Shiyam Mohamed	20 December 2012	Economic liberalism Political Islam	People's Majlis: 2 / 93
Mauritania		National Rally for Reform and Development التجمع الوطني للإصلاح و التنمية	RNRD	Mohamed Jemil Ould Mansour	2007	Sunni Islamism Islamic democracy Religious conservatism	National Assembly: 14 / 146
Morocco		Justice and Development Party[16] Parti de la justice et du développement	JDP PJD	Abdelilah Benkirane	1967	Islamic democracy Social conservatism Conservatism Moroccan nationalism	House of Representatives: 13 / 395
Pakistan		Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F) جمیعت علماءِ اسلام	JUI	Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman	1945	Islamism Social conservatism Religious nationalism Religious conservatism	National Assembly: 14 / 342
		Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan جماعتِ اسلامی	JIP	Siraj ul Haq	26 August 1941	Islamism Islamic revivalism Social conservatism Pan-Islamism Islamic democracy Anti-capitalism Anti-communism Anti-liberalism	National Assembly: 1 / 342 Sindh Assembly: 1 / 168
Palestine		Islamic Resistance Movement حركة المقاومة الإسلامية	Hamas	Ismail Haniyeh	December 10, 1987	Palestinian nationalism Islamism Religious nationalism Anti-Zionism	Legislative Council: 74 / 132
Somaliland		Somaliland National Party Xisbiga Waddani	Waddani	Hersi Ali Haji Hassan	2012	Nationalism Populism Islamic democracy	House of Representatives: 31 / 82
Turkey		Felicity Party Saadet Partisi	SAADET	Temel Karamollaoğlu	20 July 2001	Millî Görüş Islamism Social conservatism Religious nationalism	Grand National Assembly: 20 / 600
		Great Unity Party Büyük Birlik Partisi	BBP	Mustafa Destici	29 January 1993	Turkish Islamonationalism Sunni Islamism Turkish nationalism Turkish ultranationalism Social conservatism	Grand National Assembly: 0 / 600
		Free Cause Party Hür Dava Partisi	HUDAPAR	Zekeriya Yapıcıoğlu	17 December 2012	Kurdish-Islamic synthesis Sunni Islamism Kurdish Nationalism Federalism	Grand National Assembly: 4 / 600
		New Welfare Party Yeniden Refah Partisi	YRP	Fatih Erbakan	23 November 2018	Millî Görüş Islamic fundamentalism Turkish nationalism Anti-feminism Neo Ottomanism Anti-LGBT	Grand National Assembly: 4 / 600

Banned Sunni parties:

 Afghanistan

• Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
• Hezb-i Islami Khalis
• Jamiat-e Islami
• Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan^[10]

 Algeria

• Islamic Salvation Front

 Indonesia

• Masyumi Party

 Tajikistan

• Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan

 Turkey

• National Order Party
• Virtue Party
• Welfare Party

 Uzbekistan

• Islamic Renaissance Party of Uzbekistan ^[17]

Non-legislature notable Sunni parties

 Algeria

• Movement for National Reform

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
• Islamic Front Bangladesh
• Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis
• Bangladesh Islami Front
• Islami Andolan Bangladesh

 Egypt

• Freedom and Justice Party^[18][19]
• Building and Development Party
• Islamic Party

 Indonesia

• United Development Party
• Ummah Party

 Kuwait

• Hadas

 Lebanon

• Islamic Labor Front
• Islamic Unification Movement
• Hizb ut-Tahrir, Najjadeh Party

 Libya

• Homeland Party

 Maldives

• Adhaalath Party
• Progressive Party of Maldives
• People's National Front

 Pakistan

• Jamiat Ahle Hadith

 Syria

• Muslim Brotherhood of Syria

Defunct notable Sunni parties

 China —  East Turkestan

• Committee for National Revolution

 Indonesia

• Indonesian People's Da'wah Party
• Masyumi Party

 Turkey

• National Development Party
• National Salvation Party

 Maldives

• Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party
• Islamic Democratic Party

Shia

This is a list of political parties espousing Shia Islamism as its main ideology.

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Iraq		Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي	ISCI	Humam Hamoudi	1982	Sistanism Shia Islamism Islamic democracy Decentralization Iraqi nationalism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 2 / 329
		Islamic Dawa Party حزب الدعوة الاسلامية	IDP	Hashim Al-Mosawy	1998	Shia Islamism Clericalism Islamic fundamentalism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 5 / 329
		Islamic Virtue Party ائتلاف الفتح‎	IVP	Ammar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas	1991	Islamism Anti-Zionism	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 9 / 329
		State of Law Coalition إئتلاف دولة القانون	SLC	Nouri al-Maliki	2009	Populism Big tent Anti-secularism Statism Anti-corruption	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 33 / 329
		Fatah Alliance ائتلاف الفتح‎	Fatah	Hadi Al-Amiri	2018	Shia Islamism Big tent Pro-Iran Anti-secularism Anti-corruption Factions: Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Vilayat-e Faqih	Council of Representatives of Iraq: 17 / 329
Kuwait		National Islamic Alliance التحالف الوطني الإسلامي	NIA	Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad	1988	Islamism	National Assembly: 1 / 65
Lebanon		Hezbollah حزب الله	Hezbollah	Nasim Qassem	1985	Islamic nationalism Pan-Islamism Anti-Zionism Anti-imperialism Shia Jihad Khomeinism Anti-West Antisemitism	Parliament: 13 / 128

Banned Shia parties

 Afghanistan

• Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
• People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
• Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
• National Islamic Unity Party
• Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
• National Solidarity Party^[10]

 Iran

• People's Mujahedin of Iran

Non-legislature notable Shia parties

 Bahrain

• Bahrain Freedom Movement
• Islamic Action Society

 Belgium

• ISLAM

 Kuwait

• Justice and Peace Alliance

 Lebanon

• Free Shia Movement
• Union of Muslim Ulama

 Iran

• Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
• Islamic Coalition Party

 Iraq

• National Iraqi Alliance
• Al-Muwatin
• Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
• Ataa Movement
• Eradaa Movement
• Hezbollah Movement in Iraq
• Islamic Action Organisation
• Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
• Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
• National Reform Trend

 Pakistan

• Tehrik-e-Jafaria

Defunct notable Shia parties

 Azerbaijan

• Islamic Party of Azerbaijan

 Bahrain

• Al Wefaq
• Islamic Action Society

Salafist

This is a list of political parties espousing Salafism as its main ideology.

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Bahrain		Al Asalah جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية	AIS	Ghanim Al-Buaneen	5 June 2002	Salafism Islamism	Council of Representatives: 3 / 40
Egypt		Al-Nour Party حزب النور	NP	Younes Makhioun[20]	12 May 2011	Salafism Islamism Wahhabism Madkhalism	House of Representatives: 7 / 596
Pakistan		Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal متحدہ مجلسِ عمل	MMA	Fazl-ur-Rahman	2002	Islamism Conservatism Social conservatism	National Assembly: 15 / 342
Yemen		Al-Islah التجمع اليمني للإصلاح	YCR	Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar	13 September 1990	Sunni Islamism Salafism Tribalism	House of Representatives: 44 / 301

Banned Salafist parties

 Afghanistan

• Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan^[10]

Non-legislature Salafist parties

 Egypt

• Al Ansar Party, People Party

 Maldives

• Adhaalath Party

 Tunisia

• Justice and Development Party

Defunct Salafist parties

 East Turkestan

• Young Kashgar Party

Sufism and Ash'arism

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Bangladesh		Bangladesh Tarikat Federation বাংলাদেশ তরিকত ফেডারেশন	BTF	Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary	2005	Secularism Islamic democracy Conservatism Economic liberalism	House of the Nation: 1 / 350
Lebanon		The Association of Islamic Charitable Projects (Al-Ahbash) جمعية المشاريع الخيرية الإسلامية	AICP	Shaykh Hussam Qaraqira	1983	Religious pluralism Islamic neo-traditionalism Apolitical Anti-Salafi	Parliament: 2 / 128
Sudan		National Congress Party المؤتمر الوطني	NCP	Omar al-Bashir	1998	Islamism Arab nationalism Sufism Social conservatism Authoritarianism Militarism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Right-wing populism	National Assembly: 323 / 426

Non-legislature parties

 Egypt – Egyptian Liberation Party, Victory Party, Voice of Freedom Party, Egyptian Liberation Party^[21]

Islamic socialist

This is a list of political parties espousing Islamic Socialism as its main ideology.

Country	Logo	Name	Abbr.	Leader	Founded	Ideology	Lower House
Pakistan		Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen مجلس وحدتِ مسلمین	MWM	Allama Raja Nasir Abbas	2 August 2009	Islamic democracy Islamic socialism Shi'a–Sunni unity	Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly: 1 / 33
		Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[22] پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف	PTI	Imran Khan	25 April 1996	Islamic democracy Islamic socialism Welfare state Populism Environmentalism Social justice Civic nationalism	National Assembly: 0 / 342

Banned socialist parties

 Libya

• Libyan Popular National Movement

Non-legislature socialist parties

 Bangladesh

• Bangladesh Freedom Party

 Egypt

• Egyptian Arab Socialist Party
• Egyptian Islamic Labour Party
• Egyptian Liberation Party
• Social Justice Party
• Umma Party
• Young Egypt Party

 Pakistan

• Qaumi Watan Party

 Sudan

• Islamic Socialist Party

Defunct socialist parties

 Indonesia

• Indonesian Islamic Party
• Indonesian Islamic Union Party

 Iran

• Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President

 Mauritania

• Mauritanian People's Party

 Russia

• Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan

 Somalia

• Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party

 Syria

• Socialist Cooperation Party

See also

• Islam portal
• Politics portal

• Islamic democracy
• Political aspects of Islam
• Islam Yes, Islamic Party No

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