Nizam-e-Islam Party
The Nizam-e-Islam Party or simply Nizam-e-Islam (), is a political party in Bangladesh and Pakistan. The party was founded in the city of Kishoreganj in 1952, by the Islamic scholars of erstwhile East Bengal, Pakistan as an offshoot of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam. It was one of the four political parties belonging to the United Front alliance which defeated the Muslim League in the 1954 elections. History Establishment The Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, founded in 1919, was a political body of Islamic scholars predominantly belonging to the Deobandi movement that opposed the partition of India. In 1945, a breakaway faction was formed under the leadership of Shabbir Ahmad Usmani, who was one of the founders of the original party. The new faction, known as the All-India Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, supported the creation of Pakistan and sided with the pro-partition Muslim League party. The organisation took the name Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam after the partition in 1947, and had representatives in both the western and eastern wings of the new Dominion of Pakistan. As a result of broken promises relating to Islamic governance, the Jamiat broke its ties with the Muslim League in 1952. Its political wing, the Nizam-e-Islam Party, was subsequently formed at a three-day conference