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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.
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 |
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| 60x60px | Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami বাংলাদেশ জামায়াতে ইসলামী |
BJI | Shafiqur Rahman | 1979 | Islamism Social conservatism |
Parliament dissolved | |
| 60x60px | 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
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| 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
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60px | Indian Secular Front भारतीय धर्मनिरपेक्ष मोर्चा |
ISF | Abbas Siddiqui | 21 January 2021 | Minority rights | House of the People 0 / 543
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| National Awakening Party Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa |
PKB | Muhaimin Iskandar | 9 July 1998 | Pancasila Pluralism Nationalism Islamic democracy Islamic liberalism |
People's Representative Council: 68 / 580
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| Kurdistan Justice Group كۆمەڵی دادگەری كوردستان |
KJP | Ali Bapir | 2001 | Islamic democracy Kurdish nationalism Social Justice |
Council of Representatives: 2 / 328
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| Islamic Centrist Party حزب الوسط الاسلامي |
ICS | Madalla al-Tarawneh | December 2001 | Islamic democracy Arab nationalism Centrism |
House of Representatives: 5 / 130
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| 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
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| 62x62px | 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
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60x60px | Maldivian Democratic Party ދިވެހިރައްޔިތުންގެ ޑިމޮކްރެޓިކް ޕާޓީ |
MDP | Abdulla Shahid | 10 November 2003 | Liberal conservatism Islamic democracy Parliamentarism Environmentalism |
People's Majlis: 12 / 93
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| Maldives National Party
މޯލްޑިވްސް ނޭޝަނަލް ޕާޓީ |
MNP | Mohamed Nazim | July 2021 | Islamic democracy | People's Majlis: 1 / 93
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| People's National Congress ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝަނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް |
PNC | Dr. Mohamed Muizzu | 31 January 2019 | Conservatism Religious nationalism |
People's Majlis: 75 / 93
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| Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan) جماعتِ اسلامی |
JI | Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman | 30 November 1967 | Pan-Islamism Islamic democracy Anti communism |
National Assembly: 0 / 342
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| Lakas–CMD Lakas–Demokratang Kristiyano at Muslim |
Lakas | Martin Romualdez | 1991 | Christian democracy Islamic democracy Liberal conservatism Filipino nationalism Federalism Parliamentarism Centrism Conservatism |
House of Representatives: 110 / 317 Senate: 1 / 24
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| Ideal Democratic Party Parti Démocratique Idéal |
PDI | Mussa Harerimana | 1992 | Islamic democracy Centrism |
Chamber of Deputies: 1 / 80
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| 62x62px | Sri Lanka Muslim Congress ශ්රී ලංකා මුස්ලිම් කොංග්රසය ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ் |
SLMC | Rauff Hakeem | 1981 | Muslim minority politics | Parliament of Sri Lanka: 5 / 225
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| All Ceylon Makkal Congress සමස්ත ලංකා මහජන කොංග්රසය அகில இலங்கை மக்கள் காங்கிரஸ் |
ACMC | Rishad Bathiudeen | 2005 | Muslim minority politics | Parliament of Sri Lanka: 3 / 225
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| Ennahda حركة النهضة |
Enhada | Rached Ghannouchi | 1981 | Social conservatism Economic liberalism Islamic democracy |
0 / 161
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| 70x70px | Felicity Party Saadet Partisi |
SAADET | Temel Karamollaoğlu | 23 November 2018 | Milli Görüş Conservatism Social conservatism Islamic fundamentalism |
Grand National Assembly: 20 / 600
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| Future Party Gelecek Partisi |
GP | Ahmet Davutoğlu | 2019 | Conservatism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism |
Grand National Assembly: 0 / 600
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| 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 Erdoğanism Euroscepticism |
Grand National Assembly: 266 / 600
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This is a list of political parties espousing Sunni Islamism as its main ideology.
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Lower House |
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| Movement of Society for Peace حركة مجتمع السلم |
MSP | Abderrazak Makri | 6 December 1990 | Sunni Islamism Islamic democracy Social conservatism Economic liberalism[11] |
People's National Assembly: 65 / 407
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| National Construction Movement حركة مجتمع السلم |
NCM | Abdelkader Bengrina | March 2013 | Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism |
People's National Assembly: 39 / 407
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| Justice and Development Front جبهة العدالة والتنمية |
JDF | Abdallah Djaballah | 2011 | Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism |
People's National Assembly: 2 / 407
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| 60px | Prosperous Justice Party Partai Keadilan Sejahtera |
PKS | Al Muzzammil Yusuf | 20 July 1998 | Pancasila Islamism[12] Social conservatism |
People's Representative Council: 53 / 580
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| Iraqi Islamic Party الحزب الاسلامي العراقي |
IIP | Rashid al-Azzawi | 26 April 1960 | Islamic democracy Qutbism |
Council of Representatives of Iraq: 7 / 329
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60x60px | 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
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| Islamic Action Front جبهة العمل الإسلامي |
IAF | Hamza Mansour | 1992 | Islamism Islamic democracy |
House of Representatives: 10 / 130
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| National Congress Party (Zamzam) حزب المؤتمر الوطني |
Zamzam زمزم |
Rheil Gharaibeh | 2016 | Islamism Islamic democracy |
House of Representatives: 5 / 130
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| Islamic Group الجماعة الإسلامية |
JI | Azzam Al-Ayyoubi | 1964 | Sunni Islamism Pan-Islamism Social conservatism |
Lebanese Parliament: 1 / 128
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| Justice and Construction Party حزب العدالة والبناء |
JCP | Emad al-Banani | 3 March 2012 | Islamic democracy Islamism |
General National Congress: 17 / 200
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| 60x60px | Malaysian Islamic Party Parti Islam Se-Malaysia |
PAS | Abdul Hadi Awang | 24 November 1951 | Islamism Islamic conservatism Islamic fundamentalism Jihadism[13] Pan-Islamism Shariaism |
House of Representatives: 43 / 222
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| 60x60px | Jumhooree Party ޖުމްހޫރީ ޕާޓީ |
JP | Qasim Ibrahim | 26 May 2008 | Islamic democracy Nationalism Social conservatism |
People's Majlis: 1 / 93
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| People's National Congress ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝެނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް |
PNC | Mohamed Muizzu[14] | 31 January 2019 | Conservatism Islamism |
People's Majlis: 75 / 93
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| Maldives Development Alliance މޯލްޑިވްސް ޑިވެލޮޕްމަންޓް އެލަޔަންސް |
MDA | Ahmed Shiyam Mohamed | 20 December 2012 | Economic liberalism Political Islam |
People's Majlis: 2 / 93
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| 60x60px | National Rally for Reform and Development التجمع الوطني للإصلاح و التنمية |
RNRD | Hamadi Ould Sid'El Moctar | 2007 | Sunni Islamism Islamic democracy Religious conservatism |
National Assembly: 14 / 146
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| 60x60px | Justice and Development Party[15] Parti de la justice et du développement |
JDP
PJD |
Abdelilah Benkirane | 1967 | Islamic democracy Social conservatism Conservatism Moroccan nationalism |
House of Representatives: 13 / 395
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60x60px | 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
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| Islamic Resistance Movement حركة المقاومة الإسلامية |
Hamas | Temporary committee | December 10, 1987 | Palestinian nationalism Islamism Religious nationalism Anti-Zionism |
Legislative Council: 74 / 132
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| 60x60px | Somaliland National Party Xisbiga Waddani |
Waddani | Hersi Ali Haji Hassan | 2012 | Nationalism Populism Islamic democracy |
House of Representatives: 31 / 82
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60x60px |
Felicity Party Saadet Partisi |
SAADET | Temel Karamollaoğlu | 20 July 2001 | Millî Görüş Islamism Social conservatism Religious nationalism |
Grand National Assembly: 20 / 600
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| 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
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| 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
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| 60x60px | New Welfare Party Yeniden Refah Partisi |
YRP | Fatih Erbakan | 23 November 2018 | Millî Görüş Islamism Islamic fundamentalism Anti-feminism Neo Ottomanism Anti-LGBT Ultraconservatism |
Grand National Assembly: 4 / 600
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Maldives
This is a list of political parties espousing Shia Islamism as its main ideology.
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Lower House |
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| 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
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| Islamic Dawa Party حزب الدعوة الاسلامية |
IDP | Hashim Al-Mosawy | 1998 | Shia Islamism Clericalism Islamic fundamentalism |
Council of Representatives of Iraq: 5 / 329
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| Islamic Virtue Party ائتلاف الفتح |
IVP | Ammar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas | 1991 | Islamism Anti-Zionism |
Council of Representatives of Iraq: 9 / 329
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| 112x112px | 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
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| 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
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| National Islamic Alliance التحالف الوطني الإسلامي |
NIA | Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad | 1988 | Islamism | National Assembly: 1 / 65
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| 60x60px | Hezbollah حزب الله |
Hezbollah | Nasim Qassem | 1985 | Islamic nationalism Pan-Islamism Anti-Zionism Anti-imperialism Shia Jihad Khomeinism Anti-West Antisemitism |
Parliament: 13 / 128
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Template:Salafi This is a list of political parties espousing Salafism as its main ideology.
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Lower House |
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| Al Asalah جمعية الأصالة الإسلامية |
AIS | Ghanim Al-Buaneen | 5 June 2002 | Salafism Islamism |
Council of Representatives: 3 / 40
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| Al-Nour Party حزب النور |
NP | Yunis Makhyun[19] | 12 May 2011 | Salafism Islamism Wahhabism Madkhalism |
House of Representatives: 7 / 596
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| 60x60px | Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal متحدہ مجلسِ عمل |
MMA | Fazl-ur-Rahman | 2002 | Islamism Conservatism Social conservatism |
National Assembly: 15 / 342
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| 60x60px | Al-Islah التجمع اليمني للإصلاح |
YCR | Abdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar | 13 September 1990 | Sunni Islamism Salafism Tribalism |
House of Representatives: 44 / 301
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| 70x70px | National Congress Party حزب المؤتمر الوطني |
NCP | Omar al-Bashir | 1998 | Arab–Islamic nationalism Salafism Social conservatism Authoritarianism Militarism Anti-Americanism Anti-Zionism Right-wing populism |
National Assembly: 323 / 426
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| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Lower House |
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| Bangladesh Tarikat Federation বাংলাদেশ তরিকত ফেডারেশন |
BTF | Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary | 2005 | Secularism Islamic democracy Conservatism Economic liberalism |
House of the Nation: 1 / 350
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| 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
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This is a list of political parties espousing Islamic Socialism as its main ideology.
| Country | Logo | Name | Abbr. | Leader | Founded | Ideology | Lower House |
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| 60x60px | 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
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| 60x60px | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[21] 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
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| 60x60px | Awaam Pakistan عوام پاکستان |
AP | Shahid Khaqan Abbasi | 6 July 2024 | Islamic democracy Islamic socialism |
1 / 33
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