Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam جمیعت علماءِ اسلام | |
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| Abbreviation | JUI |
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| Founder | Shabbir Ahmad Usmani |
| Founded | 26 October 1919; 105 years ago (1919-10-26) 26 October 1945; 79 years ago (1945-10-26) |
| Split from | Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind |
| Succeeded by | Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh |
| Ideology | Islamism[1] Islamic fundamentalism[1] Religious nationalism Religious conservatism Pro-Pakistan[2] |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Deobandi)[1] |
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Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu:جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated asJUI, translated as Assembly of Islamic Clergy)[3] is aDeobandi Sunni Muslim organization that was founded on 26 October 1945 byShabbir Ahmad Usmani as a pro-Pakistan offshoot of theJamiat 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, theElection 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]
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (jui-F) is a Deobandi organization, part of theDeobandi movement.[8] TheJUI formed when members broke from theJamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1945 after that organization against theMuslim League's lobby for a separatePakistan the Splinter member's formed the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam as a breakaway faction ofJamiat Ulema-e-Hind and backed theMuslim League's idea of separatemuslim nation, The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam pledge allegiance toMuhammad Ali Jinnah and announce openly support toPakistan movement under the leadership ofShabbir Ahmad Usmani, Who was theDeobandi Islamic scholar he was the one of the founding members ofJamia Millia Islamia,New Delhi and a former member of theJamiat Ulema-e-Hind In 1944, he became a member of theMuslim League who supported the creation of Pakistan.[9][1][10]
The originalJamiat Ulema-e-Hind was formed inBritish India in 1919.[9]After the death of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani in 1949, his close associateZafar Ahmad Usmani replaced him as head orAmir of JUH. ThenMufti Mahmud became Amir of this party in 1962 and remained its head until his death in 1980.[2][9]
After the death of Mufti Mahmud, the group was further divided duringMuhammad Zia-ul-Haq regime, namelyJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) supportingJihadism and a totalitarian state whereasJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) supporting themovement for restoration ofdemocracy in Pakistan.[2] In Pakistan, the JUI was active in theanti-Ahmadiyya riots in 1953 and1974 andanti-Shia agitations. Part of the JUI's agenda has also been to establish a "pure" Islam in Pakistan. In particular, the JUI has sought to eliminate the worship of saints and other un-Islamic practices.[11]
Following the death of Mufti Mehmood Ahmed in 1980 JUI split in two:
A faction known as JUI Nazryati split from JUI-F in 2007 and merged back again in 2016.
| Election | Leader | Picture | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
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| 1970 | Mufti Mehmood |  | 1,315,071 | 3.98% | 7 / 131 |  7 |
| 1977 | 286,313 | 1.69% | 7 / 200 |  |