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Pakistan
Index
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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