Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام, abbreviated as JUI) was founded by

Shabbir Ahmad Usmani Shabbir Ahmad Usmani (11 October 188713 December 1949) was an Islamic scholar who supported the Pakistan Movement in the 1940s. He was a religious scholar, writer, orator, politician, and expert in Tafsir and Hadith. Born in 1887 in Bijnor, Us ...

as an offshoot of the

Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind or Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind () is one of the leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the Deobandi school of thought in India. It was founded in November 1919 by a group of Muslim scholars including Abdul Bari F ...

(JUH) on 26 October 1945.

History

The original

was formed in

British India The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, they have been called British India. In one ...

in 1919.Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam - Fazal
Dawn (newspaper), Published 5 April 2013, Retrieved 3 March 2020 After the death of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani in 1949, his close associate

Zafar Ahmad Usmani ) , office1 = Ameer of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam , term_start1 = 1949 , term_end1 = Unknown , predecessor1 = Shabbir Ahmad Usmani , successor1 = Abdullah Darkhawasti , title = , religion = Islam , bi ...

replaced him as head or

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of JUH. Then

Mufti Mahmud Mufti Mehmood ( ur, ; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq HI, GCSJ, ร.ม.ภ, (Urdu: ; 12 August 1924 – 17 August 1988) was a Pakistani four-star general and politician who became the sixth President of Pakistan following a coup and declaration of martial law in ...

regime, namely

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (S) ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام (س)) commonly known as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S) is a political party in Pakistan. It was established in 1980, as a breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) founded ...

supporting

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and a totalitarian state whereas

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (Fazl) also Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) or simply as Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Urdu: ; ; JUI-F) is a Deobandi Sunni political party in Pakistan. Established as the ''Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam'' in 1945, it is the result o ...

supporting the movement for restoration of

democracy in Pakistan Politics of pakistanis one of the ideologies and systems upon which Pakistan was sought to be established in 1947 as a nation-state, as envisaged by the leader and founding father of the nation, Muhammad Ali Jinnah. Pakistan constitutionally is ...

. In Pakistan, the JUI was active in the anti-Ahmadiyya riots in 1953 and 1974 and

anti-Shia Anti-Shi'ism is hatred of, prejudice against, discrimination against, persecution of, and violence against Shia Muslims because of their religious beliefs, traditions, and cultural heritage. The term was first used by Shia Rights Watch in 2011, ...

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 practices they regard as un-Islamic. Following were its breakaway factions: *

– headed by Fazal-ur-Rehman *

– headed by

Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani Maulana Hamid Ul Haq Haqqani is a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who served as a member of the 12th National Assembly of Pakistan from 16 November 2002 until 10 October 2007, when he resigned in protest. He became chief of the Jamiat ...

Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati Jamiat Ulama-e-Islam Nazryati ( ur, جمیعت علماءِ اسلام نظریاتی ) was a political party in Pakistan. It was formed by Maulana Asmatullah Khan after leaving Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was formed as a breakaway faction of JUI ...

– headed by

Maulvi Asmatullah Maulvi Asmatullah is a Pakistani politician who has been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan since August 2018. Previously, he was a member of the National Assembly from 2008 to 2013. Political career He was elected to the National A ...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh (Bengali: জমিয়তে উলামায়ে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is a Bangladeshi Islamist Party registered with Bangladesh Election Commission. Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Bangladesh was ...

– headed by

Zia Uddin Mufakkir al-Islām Ḍiyā' ad-Dīn ibn Muqaddas ʿAlī ( ar, مفكر الإسلام ضياء الدين بن مقدس علي; born 4 April 1941), better known simply as Zia Uddin ( bn, জিয়া উদ্দিন) or reverentially as Nazi ...

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIP) is a political party in Pakistan. It was established on 29 December 2020 as a breakway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) (JUI-F), which was led by Fazl-ur-Rehman. The founder and chairman of JUIP is Muha ...

– headed by

Muhammad Khan Sherani Maulana Muhammad Khan Sherani (Pashto/ ur, ) is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, between 1988 and May 2018. He is the leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (JUIP). Education According to ' ...

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