Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
جمیعت علماءِ اسلام
AbbreviationJUI
Historical leaders
FounderShabbir Ahmad Usmani
Founded26 October 1945; 79 years ago (1945-10-26)
Split fromJamiat Ulema-e-Hind
Succeeded byJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh
IdeologyIslamism clericalism[1]
Islamic fundamentalism[1]
Religious nationalism
Religious conservatism
Pro-Pakistan[2]
ReligionSunni Islam (Deobandi)[1]
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Book
Party flag

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI, translated as Assembly of Islamic Clergy)[3] is a Deobandi Sunni Muslim organization that was founded on 26 October 1945 by Shabbir Ahmad Usmani as a pro-Pakistan offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind (JUH).[4][2][5] It has run candidates for office in Pakistani provincial and national elections, and splintered into several groups in 1980, 2007, and 2020.

In March 2019, after the decline of a competing faction JUI-S, the Election Commission of Pakistan reportedly allowed Moulana Fazal-ur-Rehman to have his JUI-F party use the old name of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam with no added letter F.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c "Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Usmani's profile". storyofpakistan.com website. 4 January 2008. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
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  3. ^ "Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Assembly of Islamic Clergy". Global Security.org. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  4. ^ Micha’el M. Tanchum
  5. ^ Pirzada, Sayyid A. S. (2000). The politics of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Pakistan : 1971-1977. Karachi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-579302-1. OCLC 42791175.
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