# 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

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 | 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 Pro-Europeanism 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 People3 / 543 |
| India | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन | AIMIM | Asaduddin Owaisi | 12 November 1927 | Secularism Social Justice | House of the People1 / 543 |
| India | All India United Democratic Front सर्व भारत संयुक्त गणतांत्रिक मोर्चा | AIUDF | Badruddin Ajmal | 2 October 2005 | National Inclusiveness Minority rights | House of the People0 / 543 |
| India | Indian Secular Front भारतीय धर्मनिरपेक्ष मोर्चा | ISF | Abbas Siddiqui | 21 January 2021 | Minority rights | House of the People0 / 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 Islamic democracy Big tent Economic Liberalism | General National Congress:39 / 200 |
| Malaysia | United Malays National Organisation ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو | UMNO | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi | 11 May 1946 | Ketuanan Melayu Malay nationalism National conservatism | House of Representatives:26 / 222 |
| Malaysia | 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 | Maldives National Party މޯލްޑިވްސް ނޭޝަނަލް ޕާޓީ | MNP | Mohamed Nazim | July 2021 | Islamic democracy Nationalism | People's Majlis:1 / 93 |
| Maldives | 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 |
| Turkey | Felicity Party Saadet Partisi | SAADET | Temel Karamollaoğlu | 23 November 2018 | Milli Görüş Conservatism Social conservatism Islamic fundamentalism | Grand National Assembly:20 / 600 |
| Turkey | Future Party Gelecek Partisi | GP | Ahmet Davutoğlu | 2019 | Conservatism Liberal conservatism Conservative liberalism Economic liberalism Pro-Europeanism | Grand National Assembly:0 / 600 |
| Turkey | Justice and Development Party Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi | AK PARTİ | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | 14 August 2001 | Conservatism Social conservatism National conservatism Right-wing populism Neo-Ottomanism Illiberalism Economic nationalism Erdoğanism Euroscepticism | Grand National Assembly:266 / 600 |

### Banned parties
#### Afghanistan

* National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan

#### 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 | 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 | People's National Assembly:65 / 407 |
| Algeria | National Construction Movement حركة مجتمع السلم | NCM | Abdelkader Bengrina | March 2013 | Islamic democracy Algerian nationalism | People's National Assembly:39 / 407 |
| Algeria | 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 Islamic fundamentalism 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 |
| Iraq | Kurdistan Islamic Union Yekgirtuy Islami Kurdistan | KIU | Salaheddine Bahaaeddin | 1994 | Islamic democracy Kurdish nationalism | Council of Representatives of Iraq:4 / 329Kurdistan Parliament:5 / 111 |
| Iraq | 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 |
| Jordan | 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 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 |
| Maldives | People's National Congress ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝެނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް | PNC | Mohamed Muizzu | 31 January 2019 | Conservatism Islamism | People's Majlis:75 / 93 |
| Maldives | 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 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 |
| Pakistan | 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 / 342Sindh 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 |
| Turkey | 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 |
| Turkey | 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 |
| Turkey | 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

##### 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

#### 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
* 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 | 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 |
| Iraq | Islamic Dawa Party حزب الدعوة الاسلامية | IDP | Hashim Al-Mosawy | 1998 | Shia Islamism Clericalism Islamic fundamentalism | Council of Representatives of Iraq:5 / 329 |
| Iraq | Islamic Virtue Party ائتلاف الفتح‎ | IVP | Ammar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas | 1991 | Islamism Anti-Zionism | Council of Representatives of Iraq:9 / 329 |
| Iraq | 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 |
| Iraq | 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

##### 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 | 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 | 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

### 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 | 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
## 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 | | Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf 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