Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI, translated as Assembly of Islamic Clergy) 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). It has run candidates for office in Pakistani provincial and national elections, and splintered into several groups in 1980, 2007, and 2020.
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam جمیعت علماءِ اسلام | |
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| Abbreviation | JUI |
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| Founder | Shabbir Ahmad Usmani |
| Founded | 26 October 1945 |
| 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 clericalism Islamic fundamentalism Religious nationalism Religious conservatism Pro-Pakistan |
| Religion | Sunni Islam (Deobandi) |
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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.
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