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Pakistan
Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam
The Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Islam (JUI), led by Maulana Fazlur Rahman,
had its origins in the Jamiat-ul-Ulama-i-Hind (JUH), founded by
a group of ulama of the Deoband Movement in prepartition India.
The JUH argued that Muslims could coexist with other religions
in a society where they were not the majority. In 1945, however,
a group of JUH ulama, led by Maulana Shabir Ahmad Usmani, split
off from the JUH, formed the JUI, and gave their support to the
movement for an independent Pakistan. Since 1947 the JUI has undergone
a number of organizational and program changes. It developed strong
support in the North-West Frontier Province and Balochistan. In
1972 it joined the NAP to form governments in those two provinces.
In 1977 the JUI contested the National Assembly election as a
component of the Pakistan National Alliance. The JUI did not sympathize
with General Zia's Islamization program, and in 1981 the JUI joined
the MRD to pressure Zia to hold free elections. The JUI won six
seats in the National Assembly in the 1990 elections. In the 1993
national elections, the JUI was the main component of the Islami
Jamhoori Mahaz, which won four seats in the National Assembly.
Data as of April 1994
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