Hizbul Muslimin

Muslim People's Party of Malaya
Parti Orang Muslimin Malaya
AbbreviationHM / Hizbul Muslimin
LeaderUstaz Abu Bakar al-Baqir
Founded17 March 1948
Dissolved1948
Merged intoUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
HeadquartersGunung Semanggol, Perak
IdeologyIslamism

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]

  1. ^ Freddie Aziz Jasbindar (19 March 2018). "Hizbul Muslimin, Parti Islam Pertama Di Tanah Melayu". orangperak.com (in Malay). Orang Perak. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  2. ^ Ismail Said (21 May 2008), "Parti Islam Sa-Malaysia: Kepinpinan Dan Perjuangan Dari Tahun 1951 Hingga 1970" (PDF), eprints.usm.my (in Malay), Institut Perguruan Perlis: Universiti Sains Malaysia, retrieved 18 April 2010 – via Open Access Repository @ USM