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.
CountryLogoNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLower HouseBangladesh Jamaat-e-IslamiBJIShafiqur Rahman1979IslamismSocial conservatismJatiya Sangsad:Party of Democratic ActionSDABakir Izetbegović26 May 1990Bosniak nationalismConservatismPro-EuropeanismIslamismBig tentHouse of Representatives:Indian Union Muslim LeagueIUMLK. M. Kader Mohideen10 March 1948Social conservatismCentrismHouse of the PeopleAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul MuslimeenAIMIMAsaduddin Owaisi12 November 1927SecularismSocial JusticeHouse of the People All India United Democratic FrontAIUDFBadruddin Ajmal 2 October 2005National InclusivenessMinority rightsHouse of the People Indian Secular FrontISFAbbas Siddiqui 21 January 2021Minority rightsHouse of the PeopleNational Awakening PartyPKBMuhaimin Iskandar9 July 1998PancasilaPluralismNationalismIslamic democracyIslamic liberalismPeople's Representative Council:Kurdistan Justice GroupKJPAli Bapir2001Islamic democracyKurdish nationalismSocial JusticeCouncil of Representatives:Islamic Centrist PartyICSMadalla al-TarawnehDecember 2001Islamic democracyArab nationalismCentrismHouse of Representatives:National Forces AllianceNFASalaheddin El Bishari2012Libyan nationalismIslamic democracyBig tentEconomicLiberalismGeneral National Congress:United Malays National OrganisationUMNO Online. UMNO's Constitution: Foundation and Goals. From: UMNOAhmad Zahid Hamidi11 May 1946Ketuanan MelayuMalay nationalismNational conservatismHouse of Representatives:National Trust Party (Malaysia)AMANAHMohamad Sabu16 September 2015Social justiceProgressivismIslamic modernismIslamic democracyHouse of Representatives:Maldivian Democratic PartyMDPAbdulla Shahid10 November 2003Liberal conservatismIslamic democracyParliamentarismEnvironmentalismPeople's Majlis:Maldives National Party މޯލްޑިވްސް ނޭޝަނަލް ޕާޓީMNPMohamed NazimJuly 2021Islamic democracy NationalismPeople's Majlis:People's National CongressPNCMohamed Muizzu31 January 2019ConservatismReligious nationalismPeople's Majlis:Jamaat-e-Islami (Pakistan)JIHafiz Naeem ur Rehman30 November 1967Pan-IslamismIslamic democracyAnti communismNational Assembly:Lakas–CMDLakasMartin Romualdez1991Christian democracyIslamic democracyLiberal conservatismFilipino nationalismFederalismParliamentarismCentrismConservatismHouse of Representatives:Senate:Ideal Democratic PartyPDIMussa Harerimana1992Islamic democracyCentrismChamber of Deputies: Sri Lanka Muslim CongressSLMCRauff Hakeem1981Muslim minority politicsParliament of Sri Lanka: All Ceylon Makkal CongressACMCRishad Bathiudeen2005Muslim minority politicsParliament of Sri Lanka:EnnahdaEnhadaRached Ghannouchi1981Social conservatismEconomic liberalismIslamic democracyFelicity PartySAADETTemel Karamollaoğlu23 November 2018Grand National Assembly:Future PartyGPAhmet Davutoğlu2019ConservatismLiberal conservatismConservative liberalismEconomic liberalismPro-EuropeanismGrand National Assembly:Justice and Development PartyAdalet ve Kalkınma PartisiAK PARTİRecep Tayyip Erdoğan14 August 2001Grand National Assembly:
Banned parties
National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
Islamic Iran Participation Front
Non-legislature notable parties
Islamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance) Movement for Democracy in Algeria
Al-Menbar Islamic Society
Bangladesh Islami Front Islami Oikya Jote
Al-Wasat Party
Peace Party of India
Crescent Star Party Gelora Party
Union of Islamic Iran People Party Moderation and Development Party
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
Islam Democrats
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. CountryLogoNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLower HouseMovement of Society for PeaceMSPAbderrazak Makri6 December 1990Sunni IslamismIslamic democracySocial conservatismEconomic liberalismPeople's National Assembly:National Construction MovementNCMAbdelkader BengrinaMarch 2013Islamic democracyAlgerian nationalismPeople's National Assembly:Justice and Development FrontJDFAbdallah Djaballah2011Islamic democracyAlgerian nationalismPeople's National Assembly:Prosperous Justice PartyPKSAl Muzzammil Yusuf20 July 1998PancasilaIslamismSocial conservatismPeople's Representative Council:Iraqi Islamic Partyالحزب الاسلامي العراقيIIPRashid al-Azzawi26 April 1960Islamic democracyQutbismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:Kurdistan Islamic UnionYekgirtuy Islami KurdistanKIUSalaheddine Bahaaeddin1994Islamic democracyKurdish nationalismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:Kurdistan Parliament:Uniters for Reform CoalitionMuttahidoonUsama al-NujayfiDecember 2012RegionalismIslamic democracyPopulismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:United Arab List(, HaReshima HaAravit HaMe'uhedet; , al-Qā'ima al-'Arabiyya al-Muwaḥḥada), commonly known by its Hebrew acronym Ra'am ()Ra'amMansour Abbas1996ConservatismIslamismSocial conservatismKnesset:Islamic Action FrontIAFHamza Mansour1992IslamismIslamic democracyHouse of Representatives:National Congress Party (Zamzam)ZamzamRheil Gharaibeh2016IslamismIslamic democracyHouse of Representatives:Islamic Groupالجماعة الإسلاميةJIAzzam Al-Ayyoubi1964Sunni IslamismPan-IslamismSocial conservatismLebanese Parliament:Justice and Construction Partyحزب العدالة والبناءJCPEmad al-Banani3 March 2012Islamic democracyIslamismGeneral National Congress:Malaysian Islamic PartyPASAbdul Hadi Awang24 November 1951IslamismIslamic conservatismIslamic fundamentalismJihadismPan-IslamismShariaismHouse of Representatives:Jumhooree PartyJPQasim Ibrahim26 May 2008Islamic democracyNationalismSocial conservatismPeople's Majlis:People's National CongressPNCMohamed Muizzu31 January 2019ConservatismIslamismPeople's Majlis:Maldives Development AllianceMDAAhmed Shiyam Mohamed20 December 2012Economic liberalismPolitical IslamPeople's Majlis:National Rally for Reform and DevelopmentRNRDHamadi Ould Sid'El Moctar2007Sunni IslamismIslamic democracyReligious conservatismNational Assembly:Justice and Development PartyJDP PJDAbdelilah Benkirane1967Islamic democracySocial conservatismConservatismMoroccan nationalismHouse of Representatives:Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (F)JUIMaulana Fazl-ur-Rehman1945IslamismSocial conservatismReligious nationalismReligious conservatismNational Assembly:Jamaat-e-Islami PakistanJIPSiraj ul Haq26 August 1941IslamismIslamic revivalismSocial conservatismPan-IslamismIslamic democracyAnti-capitalismAnti-communismAnti-liberalismNational Assembly:Sindh Assembly:Islamic Resistance Movementحركة المقاومة الإسلاميةHamasTemporary committeeDecember 10, 1987Palestinian nationalismIslamismReligious nationalismAnti-ZionismLegislative Council:Somaliland National PartyXisbiga WaddaniWaddaniHersi Ali Haji Hassan2012NationalismPopulismIslamic democracyHouse of Representatives:Felicity PartySaadet PartisiSAADETMahmut Arıkan20 July 2001Millî GörüşIslamismSocial conservatismReligious nationalismGrand National Assembly:Great Unity PartyBüyük Birlik PartisiBBPMustafa Destici29 January 1993Grand National Assembly:Free Cause PartyHür Dava PartisiHUDAPARZekeriya Yapıcıoğlu17 December 2012Kurdish-Islamic synthesisSunni IslamismKurdish NationalismFederalismGrand National Assembly:New Welfare PartyYeniden Refah PartisiYRPFatih Erbakan23 November 2018Grand National Assembly:
Banned Sunni parties:
Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin Hezb-i Islami Khalis Jamiat-e Islami Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
Islamic Salvation Front
Masyumi Party
Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
National Order Party Virtue Party Welfare Party
Non-legislature notable Sunni parties
Movement for National Reform
Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami Islamic Front Bangladesh Bangladesh Khelafat Majlis Bangladesh Islami Front Islami Andolan Bangladesh
Freedom and Justice Party Building and Development Party Islamic Party
United Development Party Ummah Party
Hadas
Islamic Labor Front Islamic Unification Movement Hizb ut-Tahrir, Najjadeh Party
Homeland Party
Adhaalath Party Progressive Party of Maldives People's National Front
Jamiat Ahle Hadith
Muslim Brotherhood of Syria
Defunct notable Sunni parties — Committee for National Revolution
Indonesian People's Da'wah Party
National Development Party National Salvation Party
Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party Islamic Democratic Party
Shia This is a list of political parties espousing Shia Islamism as its main ideology. CountryLogoNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLower HouseIslamic Supreme Council of IraqISCIHumam Hamoudi1982SistanismShia IslamismIslamic democracyDecentralizationIraqi nationalismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:Islamic Dawa PartyIDPHashim Al-Mosawy1998Shia IslamismClericalismIslamic fundamentalismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:Islamic Virtue PartyIVPAmmar Tu'ma Abd-Abbas1991IslamismAnti-ZionismCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:State of Law CoalitionSLCNouri al-Maliki2009PopulismBig tentAnti-secularismStatismAnti-corruptionCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:Fatah AllianceFatahHadi Al-Amiri2018Shia IslamismBig tentPro-IranAnti-secularismAnti-corruptionFactions:Anti-AmericanismAnti-ZionismVilayat-e FaqihCouncil of Representatives of Iraq:National Islamic AllianceNIAAdnan Zahid Abdulsamad1988IslamismNational Assembly:HezbollahHezbollahNasim Qassem1985Islamic nationalismPan-IslamismAnti-ZionismAnti-imperialismShia JihadKhomeinismAnti-WestAntisemitismParliament:
Banned Shia parties
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
People's Mujahedin of Iran
Non-legislature notable Shia parties
Bahrain Freedom Movement Islamic Action Society
ISLAM
Justice and Peace Alliance
Free Shia Movement Union of Muslim Ulama
Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran Islamic Coalition Party
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
Tehrik-e-Jafaria
Defunct notable Shia parties
Islamic Party of Azerbaijan
Al Wefaq Islamic Action Society
Salafist
This is a list of political parties espousing Salafism as its main ideology. CountryLogoNameAbbr.LeaderFoundedIdeologyLower HouseAl AsalahAISGhanim Al-Buaneen5 June 2002SalafismIslamismCouncil of Representatives:Al-Nour PartyNPYunis Makhyun12 May 2011SalafismIslamismWahhabismMadkhalismHouse of Representatives:Muttahida Majlis-e-AmalMMAFazl-ur-Rahman2002IslamismConservatismSocial conservatismNational Assembly:Al-Islahالتجمع اليمني للإصلاحYCRAbdullah ibn Husayn al-Ahmar13 September 1990Sunni IslamismSalafismTribalismHouse of Representatives:National Congress PartyNCPOmar al-Bashir1998Arab–Islamic nationalismSalafismSocial conservatismAuthoritarianismMilitarismAnti-AmericanismAnti-ZionismRight-wing populismNational Assembly:
Banned Salafist parties
Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
Non-legislature Salafist parties
Al Ansar Party, People Party
Adhaalath Party