Rabita Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (RJUI) is a

Deobandi The Deobandi movement or Deobandism is a revivalist movement within Sunni Islam that adheres to the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. It was formed in the late 19th century around the Darul Uloom Madrassa in Deoband, India, from which the nam ...

Islamist political party in

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. It was established on 29 December 2020 as a breakway faction of

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan also known the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (; ; JUI (F)) is an Islamic fundamentalist political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is th ...

(JUI-F), which was led by Fazl-ur-Rehman. The founder of the RJUI is Muhammad Khan Sherani and the Ameer of the party is

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. The party was registered with the

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on 20 September 2022. On 31 March 2021, Sherani met Fazl-ur-Rehman to inquire about his health and make suggestions to resolve the differences between their parties. "If

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acts on our suggestions, we will join him again," Sherani said.

Alliance with Imran Khan's PTI

On 13 June 2022, Sherani met with

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi (born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician, philanthropist, and former cricketer who served as the 19th prime minister of Pakistan from August 2018 until April 2022. He was the founder of the political party Pak ...

and declared an alliance with his party, the PTI. Sherani also took to Twitter and said that when he asked Fazl ur-Rehman does he have proof that

is a Jewish and Indian agent, the latter responded with "it's just a political statement".

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Alliance with Imran Khan's PTI

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