Below are lists of political parties espousing
Islam
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
ic identity or
political Islam
Political Islam is the interpretation of Islam as a source of political identity and action. It advocates the formation of state and society according to (the advocates understanding of) Islamic principles, where Islam serves as a source of poli ...
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
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
Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policie ...
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Islamic democracy,
Third Way
The Third Way is a predominantly centrist political position that attempts to reconcile centre-right and centre-left politics by advocating a varying synthesis of Right-wing economics, right-wing economic and Left-wing politics, left-wing so ...
,
progressivism and liberalism.
Banned parties
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National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
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Islamic Iran Participation Front
The Islamic Iran Participation Front (; ''Jebheye Mosharekate Iran-e Eslaami'') was a reformist political party in Iran. It was sometimes described as the most dominant member within the 2nd of Khordad Front.
The party took 189 of the 290 seats ...
Non-legislature notable parties
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Islamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance)
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Movement for Democracy in Algeria
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Al-Menbar Islamic Society
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Bangladesh Islami Front
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Islami Oikya Jote
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Bangladesh Congress
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Al-Wasat Party
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Peace Party of India
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Crescent Star Party
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Gelora Party
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Union of Islamic Iran People Party
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Moderation and Development Party
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Islamic Action Organisation
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Islamic Dawa Party (part of National Iraqi Alliance)
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Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
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Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq
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Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman
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Islam Democrats
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Bangsamoro Party (
Moro National Liberation Front
The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF; ) is a political organization in the Philippines that was founded in 1972. It started as a splinter group of the Muslim Independence Movement. The MNLF was the organization most active in the Moro conf ...
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United Bangsamoro Justice Party (
Moro Islamic Liberation Front
The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; ) is an Islamist group based in Mindanao, Philippines, which sought an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. The group has a presence in the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao, t ...
)
Islamist
Sunni
This is a list of political parties espousing
Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam and the largest religious denomination in the world. It holds that Muhammad did not appoint any successor and that his closest companion Abu Bakr () rightfully succeeded him as the caliph of the Mu ...
Islamism
Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism ...
as its main ideology.
Banned Sunni parties:
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Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin
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Hezb-i Islami Khalis
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Jamiat-e Islami
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Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
The Islamic Dawah Organization of Afghanistan ( ''Tanzim-e Da'wat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan'') is a political party in Afghanistan led by Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. Founded in the early 1980s as the Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan, it wa ...
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Islamic Salvation Front
The Islamic Salvation Front (; , FIS) was an Islamist political party in Algeria. The party had two major leaders representing its two bases of its support; Abbassi Madani appealed to pious small businessmen, and Ali Belhadj appealed to the a ...
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Masyumi Party
The Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations Party (), better known as the Masyumi Party, was a major Islamic political party in Indonesia during the Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia (1950-1957), Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia. It was b ...
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Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
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National Order Party
National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, which adopted the '' Millî Görüş'' ideology. It was the first political party of the '' Millî Görüş'' movement and also the first Islamist p ...
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Virtue Party
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Welfare Party
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Non-legislature notable Sunni parties
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Movement for National Reform
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Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is the largest Islamist political party in Bangladesh.
The origin of the party can be traced back to the original faction founded by Sayyid Abul A'la Maududi in 1941. The predecessor of Jamaat which is known as Ja ...
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Islamic Front Bangladesh
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Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis
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Bangladesh Islami Front
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Islami Andolan Bangladesh
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Freedom and Justice Party
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Building and Development Party
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Islamic Party
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United Development Party
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Ummah Party
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Hadas
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Islamic Labor Front
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Islamic Unification Movement
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Hizb ut-Tahrir
Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT; ) is an international pan-Islamist and Islamic fundamentalist political organization whose stated aim is the re-establishment of the Islamic caliphate to unite the Muslim community (called ''ummah'') and implement sharia glo ...
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Najjadeh Party
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Homeland Party
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Adhaalath Party
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Progressive Party of Maldives
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People's National Front
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Jamiat Ahle Hadith
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Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
The Muslim Brotherhood in Syria () is the Syrian branch of the Sunni Islamist Muslim Brotherhood organization. Its objective is the transformation of Syria into an Islamic state governed by Sharia law through a gradual legal and political pro ...
Defunct notable Sunni parties
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Committee for National Revolution
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Indonesian People's Da'wah Party
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Masyumi Party
The Council of Indonesian Muslim Associations Party (), better known as the Masyumi Party, was a major Islamic political party in Indonesia during the Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia (1950-1957), Liberal Democracy Era in Indonesia. It was b ...
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National Development Party
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National Salvation Party
The National Salvation Party (, MSP) was an Islamist political party in Turkey, founded on 11 October 1972 as the successor of the banned National Order Party (''Millî Nizam Partisi'', MNP). The party was formed by a core group of working cadres ...
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Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party
The Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (, , DRP) was a political party of the Maldives. On 2 June 2005, the nation's 50-member parliament voted unanimously to allow and operate political parties in Maldives. DRP subsequently submitted its registration on 2 ...
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Islamic Democratic Party
Shia
This is a list of political parties espousing
Shia
Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...
Islamism
Islamism is a range of religious and political ideological movements that believe that Islam should influence political systems. Its proponents believe Islam is innately political, and that Islam as a political system is superior to communism ...
as its main ideology.
Banned Shia parties
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Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
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People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan
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Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
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National Islamic Unity Party
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Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
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National Solidarity Party
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People's Mujahedin of Iran
Non-legislature notable Shia parties
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Bahrain Freedom Movement
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Islamic Action Society
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ISLAM
Islam is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the Quran, and the teachings of Muhammad. Adherents of Islam are called Muslims, who are estimated to number Islam by country, 2 billion worldwide and are the world ...
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Justice and Peace Alliance
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Free Shia Movement
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Union of Muslim Ulama
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Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran
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Islamic Coalition Party
The Islamic Coalition Party (ICP; ) is a conservative liberal political party in Iran.
The ICP is the pivotal organization within Front of Followers of the Line of the Imam and the Leader and is considered a lay ally of the influential Combata ...
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National Iraqi Alliance
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Al-Muwatin
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Al-Sadiqoun Bloc
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A''taa Movement''
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Eradaa Movement
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Hezbollah Movement in Iraq
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Islamic Action Organisation
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Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq
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Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq
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National Reform Trend
The National Reform Trend, also known as the National Reform Movement or as Islah (), is an Iraqi political party that was founded in 2008 by former Prime Minister of Iraq, Iraqi prime minister, Ibrahim al-Jaafari. It is a Shiite-Islamic-based p ...
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Tehrik-e-Jafaria
Defunct notable Shia parties
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Islamic Party of Azerbaijan
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Al Wefaq
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Islamic Action Society
Salafist
This is a list of political parties espousing
Salafism
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a Islamic fundamentalism, fundamentalist Islamic revival, revival movement within Sunni Islam, originating in the late 19th century and influential in the Islamic world to this day. The name "''Salafiyya''" ...
as its main ideology.
Banned Salafist parties
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Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
The Islamic Dawah Organization of Afghanistan ( ''Tanzim-e Da'wat-e Islami-ye Afghanistan'') is a political party in Afghanistan led by Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. Founded in the early 1980s as the Islamic Union for the Liberation of Afghanistan, it wa ...
Non-legislature Salafist parties
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Al Ansar Party,
People Party
The People Party is an Islamist party in Egypt which is part of the Anti-Coup Alliance.
History and profile
On 8 October 2012 the Egyptian Salafist Front proposed the creation of a new political party, to be named the People Party. The party ...
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Adhaalath Party
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Justice and Development Party
Defunct Salafist parties
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Young Kashgar Party
Sufism and
Ash'ari
Ash'arism (; ) is a school of theology in Sunni Islam named after Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari, a Shāfiʿī jurist, reformer (''mujaddid''), and scholastic theologian, in the 9th–10th century. It established an orthodox guideline, based on ...
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Non-legislature parties
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Egyptian Liberation Party,
Victory Party,
Voice of Freedom Party,
Egyptian Liberation Party
Islamic socialist
This is a list of political parties espousing
Islamic Socialism
Islamic socialism is a political philosophy that incorporates elements of Islam into a system of socialism. As a term, it was coined by various left-wing Muslim leaders to describe a more spiritual form of socialism. Islamic socialists believe ...
as its main ideology.
Banned socialist parties
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Libyan Popular National Movement
Non-legislature socialist parties
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Bangladesh Freedom Party
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Egyptian Arab Socialist Party
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Egyptian Islamic Labour Party
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Egyptian Liberation Party
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Social Justice Party
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Umma Party
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Young Egypt Party
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Qaumi Watan Party
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Islamic Socialist Party
Defunct socialist parties
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Indonesian Islamic Party
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Indonesian Islamic Union Party
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Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President
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Mauritanian People's Party
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Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan
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Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
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Socialist Cooperation Party
See also
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Islamic democracy
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Political aspects of Islam
Political aspects of the religion of Islam are derived from its religious scripture (the Quran holy book, Hadith, ''ḥadīth'' literature of accounts of the sayings and living habits attributed to the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and ''sunnah'') ...
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Islam Yes, Islamic Party No
References
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Political parties
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