Muslim People's Party of Malaya Parti Orang Muslimin Malaya | |
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Abbreviation | HM / Hizbul Muslimin |
Leader | Ustaz Abu Bakar al-Baqir |
Founded | 17 March 1948 |
Dissolved | 1948 |
Merged into | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Headquarters | Gunung Semanggol, Perak |
Ideology | Islamism |
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Muslim People's Party of Malaya (Malay: Parti Orang Muslimin Malaya, abbreviated HM or Hizbul Muslimin) is a defunct political party formed in British Malaya on 17 March 1948. Hizbul Muslimin was also the first Islamist political party of Malaya set-up to fight for the Federation of Malaya independence from the British colonisation.[1][2]