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An Islamic party is a party that works for promoting Islam while an Islamic political party is a political party

Political party

A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...

that promotes Islam as a political movement by offering nominees for election in a democracy

Democracy

Democracy is generally defined as a form of government in which all adult citizens have an equal say in the decisions that affect their lives. Ideally, this includes equal participation in the proposal, development and passage of legislation into law...

- 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

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- Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan (Tanzim-e Dahwat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan)
- Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
  Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
  Islamic Movement of Afghanistan is a political party and former faction of the Afghan Northern Alliance in Afghanistan. The movement is registered as a political party with the Ministry of Justice. From its foundation to 2005, the movement was led by Ayatollah Muhammad Asif Muhsini. The movement...
  
  (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)
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- Islamic Renaissance Movement
  Islamic Renaissance Movement
  The Islamic Renaissance Movement is a moderate Islamist political party of Algeria.In the 2002 elections it received 0.6 percent of the vote and has one member of parliament. In the 17 May 2007 People's National Assembly elections, the party won 3.39% of the vote and 5 out of 389 seats....
  
  (Harakat al-Nahda al-Islamiyya)
- Movement of Society for Peace
  Movement of Society for Peace
  The Movement for the Society of Peace is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is aligned with the international Muslim Brotherhood...
  
  (Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm)
- Movement for National Reform
  Movement for National Reform
  The Movement for National Reform is a moderate Islamist political party in Algeria. It received 9.5% of the vote in the 2002 elections and received 43 members of parliament....
- Islamic Party of Azerbaijan
Islamic Party of Azerbaijan
The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan was an Islamic party in Azerbaijan.The Islamic Party of Azerbaijan was founded in 1991 in the town of Nardaran, which lies northeast of the capital Baku on the Absheron Peninsula, and is a lone stronghold of conservative Shi'a Islam in staunchly secular and...

(Azərbaycan İslam Partiyası)
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- Al Asalah
  Al Asalah
  The Al Asalah Islamic Society is the main Salafist political party in Bahrain, with four MPs after 2006's general election .The party is the political wing of the Islamic Education Society...
- Al-Menbar Islamic Society
  Al-Menbar Islamic Society
  Al Menbar National Islamic Society is the political wing of the Al Eslah Society in Bahrain, associated with the Muslim Brotherhood. A Sunni Islamist party, it is well organised through a network of mosques and seek to promote a conservative social agenda while not directly challenging the...
- Al Wefaq
  Al Wefaq
  Al Wefaq National Islamic Society , also known as the Islamic National Accord Association, is a Bahraini political society, and the largest party in the Bahrain, both in terms of its membership and its results at the polls...
  
  (Jam'iyat al-Wifaq al-Watany al-Islamiyah)
- Bahrain Freedom Movement
  Bahrain Freedom Movement
  Bahrain Freedom Movement is a London based Bahraini opposition group which has its headquarters in a north London mosque...
- Haq Movement
  Haq Movement
  The Haq Movement for Liberty and Democracy is an opposition political organization in Bahrain founded in 2005 with Hasan Mushaima as its Secretary general...
- Islamic Action Society
  Islamic Action Society
  The Islamic Action Society is one of the main Islamist political parties in Bahrain, and mainly appeals to Shīʻa followers of the Najaf-based Āyatu l-Lāh, Hādī al-Mudarrisī, who are known as "the Shirāzī faction"....
  
  (Jamʿiyyat al-ʿAmal al-Islāmī)
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- Bangladesh Islamic Assembly (Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh)
- Bangladesh Islami Front
  Bangladesh Islami Front
  Bangladesh Islami Front is one of the leading Islamic political party those support the 1971 freedom war in Bangladesh. In the 2001 parliamentary election the party launched 16 candidates. Together they gathered 29,002 votes , but no seats were won by the party....
- Islamic Front Bangladesh
  Islamic Front Bangladesh
  Islamic Front Bangladesh is a political party in Bangladesh. In December 2006, the IFB aligned itself with the Awami League-led 'Grand Alliance'....
- Islamic National United Front
  Islami Jatiya Oikya Front
  Islami Jatiya Oikya Front , a political front in Bangladesh, led by Jatiya Party . IJOF includes five parties, JP , the Islamic Shashontontro Andolan and three smaller parties. The front won 14 seats in the parliamentary elections 2001. In total, it received 7.5% of the votes....
- Islamic Unity Front
  Islami Oikya Jote
  The Islami Oikya Jote is a political party in Bangladesh.At the last legislative elections, 1 October 2001, the party won 2 out of 300 elected members in an alliance with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. It is led by Ameer Allama Mufti Fazlul Huq Amini and Chairman Shaikul Hadith Allama Azizul Haq...
  
  (Islami Oikya Jote)
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- Muslim Brotherhood
  Muslim Brotherhood
  The Society of the Muslim Brothers is the world's oldest and one of the largest Islamist parties, and is the largest political opposition organization in many Arab states. It was founded in 1928 in Egypt by the Islamic scholar and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna and by the late 1940s had an...
  
  (al-ikhwān al-muslimūn)
- Labour Party
  Socialist Labour Party (Egypt)
  The Islamic Labour Party, previously the Socialist Labour Party , is an Islamist Egyptian political party. It is currently suspended.- Platform :The party platform calls for:...
  
  (Hizbul ʿAmal)
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- Crescent Star Party
  Crescent Star Party
  -History:The party's origins go back to the banning of the Masyumi Party by President Sukarno in 1960. After the ban, supporters and followers of the party established the Crescent Star Family to continue to press for the implementation of Sharia law and Islamic teaching in Indonesia...
  
  (Partai Bulan Bintang)
- National Awakening Party
  National Awakening Party
  -Origins:The story of PKB establishment began in May 11, 1998 when the elders Kyai held a meeting at Pesantren Langitan. They discussed the latest situation that demands changes to save Indonesian nation from destruction. As a result Kyai make an official letter to Pak Harto requested he fell or...
  
  (Partai Kebangkitan Bangsa)
- Prosperous Justice Party (Partai Keadilan Sejahtera)
- Reform Star Party
  Reform Star Party
  - Background :The party began as a movement within the United Development Party to depose Vice-president Hamzah Haz from the chairmanship, which he held for the 1998-2003 term, as it was felt he would not have time to run the party and hold the vice-presidency. The movement's leader was Zainuddin...
  
  (Partai Bintang Reformasi)
- United Development Party
  United Development Party
  The United Development Party , sometimes translated as Development Unity Party is a political party in Indonesia. It is an islamic party and currently led by Suryadharma Ali.-Origins:...
  
  (Partai Persatuan Pembangunan)
- Islamic Party
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind
Jamaat-e-Islami Hind is one of the influential and hardline Islamic organization and movement within Sunni Islam in India...

(Jamaat-e-Islami Hind)
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- Islamic Iran Participation Front
  Islamic Iran Participation Front
  The Islamic Iran Participation Front is a reformist political party in Iran...
  
  (Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami)
- Islamic Society of Engineers
  Islamic Society of Engineers
  The Islamic Society of Engineers or ISE, is a political organization in Iran, a member of the conservative Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran....
  
  (Jame'e-ye Eslaami-e Mohandesin)
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- Iraqi Islamic Party
  Iraqi Islamic Party
  The Iraqi Islamic Party is currently the largest Sunni Islamist political party in Iraq as well as the most prominent member of the Iraqi Accord Front political coalition. It is currently part of the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki...
  
  (Hizb al-Islami al-Airaqi)
- Islamic Action Organisation
  Islamic Action Organisation
  The Islamic Action Organisation or Munazzamat al-'Amal al-Islami is a Shia political party in Iraq.Founded by Muhamad Taki Mudaresi...
- Islamic Dawa Party
  Islamic Dawa Party
  The Islamic Dawa Party or Islamic Call Party is a political party in Iraq. Dawa and the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council are two of the main parties in the religious-Shiite United Iraqi Alliance, which won a plurality of seats in both the provisional January 2005 Iraqi election and the longer-term...
  
  (Ḥizb al Daʿwa al-Islāmiyya)
- Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation
  Islamic Dawa Party - Iraq Organisation
  The Islamic Dawa Party was formed in 1957 in the Iraqi holy City of Najaf. Their aim was to create a movement which would promote Islamic values and ethics, and which would become an instrument for political activeness. This came at a time when there was widespread ignorance about religion and...
- Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
  Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
  The Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq or Iraqi Faili Islamic Gathering is one of two Iraqi political parties of Shi'a Fayli Kurds, the other being the Fayli Kurd Islamic Union...
- Islamic Group Kurdistan
  Islamic Group Kurdistan
  Islamic Group of Kurdistan/Irak is an Islamist movement in Iraqi Kurdistan. It practices the method of “ Sunnah and Jamaa’h” Established by Ali Bapir in May 2001. Bapir is a former member of the Islamic Movement of Kurdistan...
  
  (Komele Islami le Kurdistan)
- Islamic Kurdish League
  Islamic Kurdish League
  Islamic Kurdish League is a Kurdish Islamic Sunni political party, in Iraqi Kurdistan...
  
  (Yekgırtiya İslamiya Kurdi)
- Islamic Kurdish Society
- Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
  Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
  The Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq is a political party in Iraq.At the legislative elections, 31 January 2005, the party won 0.5 % of the popular vote and 2 out of 275 seats....
- Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
- Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman
  Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman
  The Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman is a political party in Iraq led by Abbas al-Bayati. It was formed in 1991 and participated in discussions with other exile groups before the invasion of Iraq...
- Islamic Virtue Party
  Islamic Virtue Party
  Islamic Virtue Party is an Iraqi political party. It follows ayatollah Muhammad Ya`qubi a student of Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr and thus represent a branch of the Sadrist Movement, however the party is not affiliated with Muqtada al-Sadr and is in fact a rival to his branch of the Sadrists...
- Kurdistan Islamic Union
  Kurdistan Islamic Union
  Kurdistan Islamic Union is an Islamist party in Iraqi Kurdistan is in principle independent and is directly responsible for policy matters. The party has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.-Events:...
  
  (Yekgirtuy Islami Kurdistan)
- Islamic Action Front
Islamic Action Front
The Islamic Action Front is a political party in Jordan. It is the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan....

(Jabhat al-'Amal al-Islam)
- Alash, National Patriotic Party
- Islamic Constitutional Movement
Hadas
Hadas Hadas was established on 31 March 1991 following the liberation of Kuwait from the Iraqi invasion in the Gulf War. The group of people that started the Movement and still control it are Kuwaiti Islamists following the ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, most notably is Jassem Mohalhel.The...

(Al-Haraka Al-Dostooriya Al-Islamiya, Hadas)
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- Islamic Group
  Islamic Group (Lebanon)
  The Islamic Group is a Sunni Islamist group or gathering in Lebanon. Jamaa Islamiya was founded in 1952 as the Lebanese branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. Its leader is Faisal Mawlawi. The party has a military wing known as the al-Fajr Forces...
  
  (Jamaa Islamiya)
- Party of God (ḥizbu-llāh)
- Libyan Islamic Group (Al-Jama’a al-Islamiya al-Libyia)
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- Pan Malaysian Islamic Party (Parti Islam Se-Malaysia)
- United Malay National Organization (Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu)
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- Islamic Democratic Party
  Islamic Democratic Party (Maldives)
  The Islamic Democratic Party is an Islamist political party from the Maldives. On June 2, 2005, the country's 50 member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives. IDP subsequently submitted its registration and was registered. IDP was officially granted...
- Justice Party
  Justice Party (Maldives)
  The Adhaalath Party is a political party in the Maldives.The Adhaalath Party was registered as a political party in August 2005, when political parties were allowed to operate for the first time following widespread protests for democracy...
  
  (Adhaalath Party)
- Justice and Development Party
Justice and Development Party (Morocco)
The Justice and Development Party is the largest opposition political party in Morocco. The PJD advocates Islamism and Islamic democracy.-History:...

(Ḥizb al-ʿAdala wal-Tanmiyya)
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- Assembly of Pakistani Clergy
  Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
  The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam is a political party in Pakistan. It formed a combined government in national elections in 2002 and 2008...
  
  (Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam)
- Assembly of Followers of Hadith
  Jamiat Ahle Hadith
  Jamiat Ahle Hadith is a religio-political party in Pakistan promoting the Ahle Hadees religious movement. It is part of the Islamic fundamentalist Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal, that won at the last legislative elections, 20 October 2002 with 11.3 percent of the popular vote...
  
  (Jamiat Ahle Hadith)
- Islamic Party
  Jamaat-e-Islami
  This article is about Jamaat-e-Islami Pakistan. For other organizations of similar name see Jamaat-e-Islami The Jamaat-e-Islami , is a Pro-Muslim political party in Pakistan...
  
  (Jamaat-e-Islami)
- Tanzeem-e-Islami
  Tanzeem-e-Islami
  The Tanzeem-e-Islami is an Islamist religious organisation based in Lahore, Pakistan. Founded in 1975 by religious scholar Dr. Israr Ahmed, it advocates the establishment of an Islamic Caliphate in Pakistan and worldwide. The Tanzeem was created after Israr Ahmed split from the Jamaat-e-Islami in...
- Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan
- Islamic Resistance Movement (Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, Hamas)
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- Lakas-Kabalikat ng Malayang Pilipino-Christian Muslim Democrats
- Moro Islamic Liberation Front
  Moro Islamic Liberation Front
  The Moro Islamic Liberation Front is an Islamist group located in the southern Philippines. It is one of two Islamic militant groups, the other being the Abu Sayyaf, that are fighting against Government of the Philippines...
- Moro National Liberation Front
  Moro National Liberation Front
  The Moro National Liberation Front is a political organization that was founded by Nur Misuari in 1969. The MNLF struggles against the Philippine Government to achieve independence of the Bangsamoro Land...
- Islamic Democratic Party
Islamic Democratic Party (Rwanda)
The Islamic Democratic Party is a political party in Rwanda. At the legislative elections, on 30 September 2003, the party won , 2 out of 53 seats....

(Parti Démocratique Islamique)
- Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
Sri Lanka Muslim Congress
The Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is a political party in Sri Lanka. The party was formed at a meeting held at Kattankudy in 1981 by a small study group of local Eastern Province political leaders....
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- National Islamic Front
  National Islamic Front
  The National Islamic Front is the Islamist political organization founded and led by Dr. Hassan al-Turabi that has influenced the Sudanese government since 1979, and dominated it since 1989...
  
  (al-Jabhah al-Islamiyah al-Qawmiyah)
- National Congress
  National Congress (Sudan)
  The National Congress or National Congress Party ' is the governing official political party of Sudan. It is headed by Omar al-Bashir, who has been President of Sudan since he seized power in a military coup on 30 June 1989, and began institutionalizing Sharia law at a national level...
- Muslim Brotherhood (al-ikhwān al-muslimūn)
- Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
The Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan is an Islamist political party in Tajikistan. It is the only legal Islamist party in Central Asia...

(Naşrijai hizbi nahzati Islomii Toçikiston)
- Ennahda Movement (Renaissance Party)
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- Felicity Party (Saadet Partisi)
- Independent Turkey Party
  Independent Turkey Party
  The Independent Turkey Party is a nationalist and Islamic political party founded on 25 September 2001 by Prof Dr. Haydar Baş. The party flag is red with a white crescent surrounded with a ring of white stars. The party polled 0.5% of the vote in the Turkish general elections of both 2002 and 2007....
  
  (Bağımsız Türkiye Partisi)
- Islamic Party of Kurdistan
  Islamic Party of Kurdistan
  Islamic Party of Kurdistan is a Kurdish Islamic organisation established in 1979 and led-by Muhammad Salih Mustafa. Other prominent names of the organisation include Hamit Turgut , Osman Caner and Sukuti Evcim...
- Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
  Justice and Development Party (Turkey)
  The Justice and Development Party , abbreviated JDP in English and AK PARTİ or AKP in Turkish, is a centre-right political party in Turkey. The party is the largest in Turkey, with 327 members of parliament...
- Yemeni Congregation for Reform (at-tajammu al-yemeni lil-islah)

List of Defunct Islamic parties

Young Kashgar Party
Young Kashgar Party
Young Kashgar Party was a Turkic Nationalist Uighur party which existed in 1933-1934. It helped found the First East Turkestan Republic. It was anti Chinese and anti Chinese muslim,. The uighur military leader Timur Beg and the Khotan Emirs Muhammad Amin Bughra, Abdullah Bughra, and Nur Ahmad Jan...
Committee for National Revolution
Committee for National Revolution
Committee for National Revolution was a Turkic Nationalist Uighur party which existed in 1932-1934. It helped found the First East Turkestan Republic. It was anti Chinese, anti Chinese muslim, anti Communist, and anti Christian...

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