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 liberal

This is a list of political parties espousing Islamic liberalism as its main ideology.

Country Logo Name Abbr. Leader Founded Ideology Lower House
 Libya National Forces Alliance

تحالف القوى الوطنية

NFA Salaheddin El Bishari 2012 Libyan nationalism[1]
Islamic democracy[2]
Big tent[3]
Economic
Liberalism
General National Congress:
39 / 200
 Pakistan Pakistan Peoples Party PPP Asif Ali Zardari 30 November 1967 Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Islamic democracy
Islamic liberalism
National Assembly:
56 / 342
 Turkey Democracy and Progress Party DEVA Ali Babacan 9 March 2020 Liberal conservatism
Minority rights
Pro-Europeanism
Grand National Assembly:
15 / 600
Banned
 Iran Islamic Iran Participation Front

جبهه مشارکت ایران اسلامی‎

IIPF Mohsen Mirdamadi 4 October 1976 Reformism
Islamic democracy
Islamic liberalism

Moderate, Progressive Islamic / Centrist

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.

Country Logo Name Abbr. Leader Founded Ideology Lower House
 Bangladesh Islami Andolan Bangladesh Syed Rezaul Karim March 13, 1987 Islamism
Bengali 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[4]
Pro-Europeanism[5]
Islamism
Big tent
House of Representatives:
9 / 42
 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
National Mandate Party

Partai Amanat Nasional

PAN Zulkifli Hasan 23 August 1998 Islamic democracy
Religious nationalism[6]
Pancasila
People's Representative Council:
44 / 575
United Development Party

Partai Persatuan Pembangunan

PPP Muhamad Mardiono 5 January 1973 Pan-Islamism
Pancasila
Conservatism
People's Representative Council:
19 / 575
 India Indian Union Muslim League

इण्डियन यूनियन मुस्लिम लीग

IUML K. M. Kader Mohideen 10 March 1948 Social conservatism
Centrism
House of the People
3 / 543
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

ऑल इंडिया मजलिस-ए-इत्तेहादुल मुस्लिमीन

AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi 12 November 1927 Secularism
Social Justice
House of the People
2 / 543
 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
 Malaysia United Malays National Organisation[7]

ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو

UMNO Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 11 May 1946 Ketuanan Melayu
Malay nationalism
National conservatism
House of Representatives:
26 / 222
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 Mohamed Nasheed 10 November 2003 Liberal conservatism
Islamic democracy
Parliamentarism
Environmentalism
People's Majlis:
65 / 87
 Pakistan Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf[8]

پاکستان تحريکِ انصاف

PTI Imran Khan 25 April 1996 Islamic democracy
Islamic socialism
Welfare state
Populism
Environmentalism
Social justice
Civic nationalism
National Assembly:
156 / 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

ஸ்ரீலங்கா முஸ்லீம் காங்கிரஸ்

SLMC Rauff Hakeem 1981 Muslim minority politics
Islamic democracy
Parliament of Sri Lanka:
2 / 225
 Tunisia Ennahda

حركة النهضة

Enhada Rached Ghannouchi 1981 Social conservatism
Economic liberalism
Islamic democracy
52 / 217
 Turkey Future Party

Gelecek Partisi

GP Ahmet Davutoğlu 2019 Conservatism
Liberal conservatism
Conservative liberalism
Economic liberalism
Pro-Europeanism
Grand National Assembly:
0 / 600

Non-Ruling parties

 AfghanistanNational Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
 AlgeriaIslamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance), Movement for Democracy in Algeria
 BahrainAl-Menbar Islamic Society
 BangladeshBangladesh Islami Front, Islami Oikya Jote, Bangladesh Congress
 EgyptAl-Wasat Party
 IndiaPeace Party of India
 IranUnion of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party
 IraqIslamic 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 NetherlandsIslam Democrats
 PhilippinesMoro Islamic Liberation Front, United Bangsamoro Justice Party

Islamist

Sunni

This is a list of political parties espousing Sunni Islamism as its main ideology.

Country Logo 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[9]
People's National Assembly:
65 / 407
National Construction Movement

حركة مجتمع السلم

NCM Abdelkader Bengrina March 2013 Islamic democracy
Algerian nationalism
People's National Assembly:
39 / 407
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[10] 20 July 1998 Pancasila
Islamism[11][12]
Social conservatism
People's Representative Council:
50 / 575
 Iraq Iraqi Islamic Party

الحزب الاسلامي العراقي

IIP Rashid al-Azzawi 26 April 1960 Islamic democracy
Qutbism
Council of Representatives:
7 / 329
Kurdistan Islamic Union

Yekgirtuy Islami Kurdistan

KIU Salaheddine Bahaaeddin 1994 Islamic democracy
Kurdish nationalism
Council of Representatives:
4 / 329
Kurdistan Parliament:
5 / 111
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
National Congress Party (Zamzam)

زمزم

Zamzam 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[13]
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:
3 / 87
Progressive Party of Maldives

ޕްރޮގްރެސިވް ޕާރޓީ އޮފް މޯލްޑިވްސް

PPM Abdulla Yameen[14] 17 October 2011 Islamism
Social conservatism
Maldivian nationalism
People's Majlis:
5 / 87
People's National Congress

ޕީޕަލްސް ނެޝެނަލް ކޮންގްރެސް

PNC Abdul Raheem Abdulla 31 January 2019 Conservatism
Islamism
People's Majlis:
3 / 87
Maldives Development Alliance

މޯލްޑިވްސް ޑިވެލޮޕްމަންޓް އެލަޔަންސް

MDP Ahmed Shiyam Mohamed 2012 Economic liberalism
Political Islam
People's Majlis:
3 / 87
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party

ދިވެހި ރައްޔިތުންގެ ޕާޓީ

DRP Abdulla Jabir[15] 21 July 2005 Conservatism
Populism
Islamic democracy
People's Majlis:
2 / 87
 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[16]
Parti de la justice et du développement
JDP

PJD

Saadeddine Othmani 1967 Islamic democracy
Social conservatism
Conservatism
Moroccan nationalism
House of Representatives:
13 / 395
 Pakistan Pakistan Muslim League (N)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ن)
PML-N Shehbaz Sharif 1993 Conservatism
Economic liberalism
Federalism
National Assembly:
84 / 342
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
Balochistan Awami Party
بلوچستان عوامی پارٹی
BAP Jam Kamal Khan 2018 Pakistani nationalism
Federalism
Islamic democracy
National Assembly:
5 / 342
Pakistan Muslim League (Q)
پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ق)
PML-Q Shujaat Hussain 2002 Pakistani nationalism
Liberal conservatism
Conservatism
National Assembly:
5 / 342
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 / 342
Sindh Assembly:
1 / 168
Awami Muslim League
عوامی مسلم لیگ پاکستان
AML Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad 2008 Islamism
Mass politics
Populism
National Assembly:
1 / 342
 Palestine Hamas

حركة المقاومة الإسلامية

Hamas Ismail Haniyeh December 10, 1987 Palestinian nationalism
Islamism
Religious nationalism
Anti-Zionism
Antisemitism
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 Justice and Development Party

Adalet ve Kalkınma Partisi

AK PARTİ Recep Tayyip Erdoğan 14 August 2001 Conservatism[17]
Social conservatism[18]
National conservatism[19]
Right-wing populism
Neo-Ottomanism
Illiberalism
Economic nationalism
Erdoğanism
Euroscepticism
Grand National Assembly:
287 / 600
Felicity Party

Saadet Partisi

SAADET Temel Karamollaoğlu 20 July 2001 Millî Görüş
Islamism
Social conservatism
Religious nationalism
Grand National Assembly:
1 / 600
Great Unity Party BÜYÜK BİRLİK Mustafa Destici 29 January 1993 Turkish Islamonationalism
Sunni Islamism
Turkish ultranationalism
Social conservatism
Grand National Assembly:
1 / 600

Defunct Parties

 China East Turkestan Committee for National Revolution
 IndonesiaReform Star Party
 TurkeyNational Salvation Party, National Development Party

Banned Parties:

 AlgeriaIslamic Salvation Front
 TurkeyWelfare Party, National Order Party, Welfare Party, Virtue Party
 TajikistanIslamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan

Parties without lower-house representation

 AfghanistanJamiat-e Islami, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
 AlgeriaMovement for National Reform
 BangladeshBangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islamic Front Bangladesh, Bangladesh Islami Front, Islami Andolan Bangladesh
 EgyptFreedom and Justice Party,[20][21] Building and Development Party, Islamic Party
 IndonesiaCrescent Star Party
 KuwaitHadas
 LebanonIslamic Labor Front, Islamic Unification Movement, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Najjadeh Party
 LibyaHomeland Party
 MaldivesIslamic Democratic Party, Adhaalath Party
 PakistanJamiat Ahle Hadith
 SyriaMuslim Brotherhood of Syria
 TurkeyFree Cause Party, New Welfare Party

Shia

This is a list of political parties espousing Shia Islamism as its main ideology.

Country Logo 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
Islamic Dawa Party

حزب الدعوة الاسلامية

IDP Hashim Al-Mosawy 1998 Shia Islamism
Clericalism
Islamic fundamentalism
Council of Representatives of Iraq:
5 / 329
Islamic Virtue Party

ائتلاف الفتح‎

IVP Ammar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas 1991 Islamism
Anti-Zionism
Council of Representatives of Iraq:
9 / 329
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
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 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah 1985 Islamic nationalism
Pan-Islamism
Anti-Zionism
Anti-imperialism
Shia Jihad
Khomeinism
Anti-West
Antisemitism
Parliament:
13 / 128

Defunct Parties

 AzerbaijanIslamic Party of Azerbaijan

 BahrainAl Wefaq, Islamic Action Society

Banned parties

 IranPeople's Mujahedin of Iran

Parties without lower-house representation

 AfghanistanIslamic 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
 BahrainBahrain Freedom Movement, Islamic Action Society

 BelgiumISLAM

 KuwaitJustice and Peace Alliance

 LebanonFree Shia Movement, Union of Muslim Ulama
 IranAlliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, Islamic Coalition Party,
 IraqNational 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
 PakistanTehrik-e-Jafaria

Islamic Socialism

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 Peoples Party PPP Asif Ali Zardari 30 November 1967 Social democracy
Democratic socialism
Islamic democracy
Islamic liberalism
National Assembly:
56 / 342

Parties without lower-house representation

 BangladeshBangladesh Freedom Party

 EgyptEgyptian Arab Socialist Party, Egyptian Islamic Labour Party, Egyptian Liberation Party, Social Justice Party, Umma Party, Young Egypt Party
 PakistanQaumi Watan Party
 SudanIslamic Socialist Party

Banned parties

 LibyaLibyan Popular National Movement

Defunct parties

 IranOffice 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

Salafist

This is a list of political parties espousing Salafism as its main ideology.

Country Logo 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[22] 12 May 2011 Salafism
Islamism
Wahhabism
Madkhalism
House of Representatives:
7 / 596
 Pakistan Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal 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

Defunct Parties

 East TurkestanYoung Kashgar Party

Parties without lower-house representation

 AfghanistanHezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
 EgyptAl Ansar Party, People Party
 MaldivesAdhaalath Party
 TunisiaJustice and Development Party

Sufism and Ash'arism

Country Logo 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

Parties without lower-house representation

 EgyptEgyptian Liberation Party, Victory Party, Voice of Freedom Party, Egyptian Liberation Party[23]

See also

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