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. The party formation was announced on 1 October 2020 and declared on 29 April 2021. The party was founded by former Chairman of the

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's Advisory Board,

. Amien, an

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-turned- Islamic conservatist, became Chairman after an internal rift in the party over support for

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's administration. The party aimed to attract Islamic

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, whose presence heightened during the '' Aksi Bela Islam'' period. The party, despite claiming to be a " Pancasila-based party", recruited many notable Islamic right-wing figures within their rank and carried out Islamic right-wing agendas. Ansufri Idrus Sambo, former "Spiritual Teacher" of

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. The organization is also notable for launching numerous Islamic populist themed conspiracy theories, including one which claimed that the 2018 Surabaya bombings were a false flag attack.

February 2022 crackdown

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province was captured by

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for allegations of terrorism. It was found that he declared allegiance to

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(JI) since 1999 and was a direct disciple of

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and

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back in 1993. Spokesman for Ummah Party, Mustofa Nahrawardaya proposed the government to evaluate the working procedures of Densus 88 in order to not become a terror among the public. Ummah Party also gives legal assistance for its captured member and stated that the party will never deactivate his member status. The captured member was member of

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Bengkulu branch. He was captured along with another member of the council. The capture further added the list of uncovered of JI agents which spread to legal political party and state-sponsored religious agency. While the party defending its captured member, the capture was praised by the National Mandate Party,

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, and

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. The unusual move of Ummah Party also attract attention of social activist Islah Bahrawi. He further accused that the Ummah Party is a terror organization disguised as a political party or a front organization housing terrorist activity, citing a JI issued work in which in the work become the reference for JI agents. The work stated that to succeed their "long-term struggle strategy" they must implant their agents and cadres to sit in strategic positions in government, political and religious organizations, and businesses in hope facilitating the establishment of Islamic state in Indonesia.

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