Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (S)

Jamiat Ulema-e Islam (S)
جمیعت علماءِ اسلام (س)
AbbreviationJUI-S
AmeerHamid Ul Haq Haqqani
Historical leaderMaulana Sami-ul-Haq
FounderMaulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani (founded JUI)
Founded1945 (original)
1980 (current)
Split fromJamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F)
Preceded byJamiat Ulema-e-Islam
HeadquartersDarul Uloom Haqqania, Akora Khattak, Pakistan[1][2]
Student wingJamiat Talba-e-Islam (S)[3]
IdeologyIslamism
(primarily Deobandi)
Deobandi jihadism
Pan-Islamism
Clericalism
Social conservatism
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationDifa-e-Pakistan Council
Colors   Black & White
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Election symbol
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Party flag

Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam Pakistan (S)[1] (Urdu: 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 breakaway faction of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI) founded by Maulana Shabbir Ahmed Usmani in 1945. The "S" in its name stands for the name of its leader, Maulana Sami-ul-Haq. A small party in the realm of Pakistani politics it achieved some success in 2002 when it joined the provincial government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as a junior member of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal (MMA) coalition government.[4]

History

During the 1980s, the JUI supported some of General Zia ul Haq's policies, including his anti-Soviet Jihad in Afghanistan. Additionally, official patronage and financial support for madrassas during the Zia years allowed the JUI to build thousands of madrassas, especially in the NWFP (now KPK), which were instrumental in the formation of the Taliban. At the same time the JUI was distrustful of Zia's close ties with the Jamaat-e-Islami and joined the anti-Zia and PPP-led Movement for the Restoration of Democracy (MRD).[5]

Following the death of Mufti Mehmood Ahmed in 1980, this dual relationship with Zia's regime eventually led to a split in the party which came to be divided into the JUI-F, headed by Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman and the JUI-S headed by Samiul Haq, who supported supporting Jihadism and a totalitarian state and also Zia's regime and was a member in his parliament, the Majlis-e-Shura.[6]

JUI-S remained active mostly in regional significance in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but has no representation on the national level.[7]

JUI-S also remained strong supporter of Taliban in Afghanistan and openly supported militarism/jihadism due to which its main former presiding leader Maulana Sami-ul-Haq came to be known as "Father of Taliban".[6][8][9][10][11] Sami-ul-Haq was also a founder of Difa-e-Pakistan Council[12] and also a founding member of a six-party religious alliance Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal ahead of 2002 general elections.[13][14]

JUI-S remained allied with Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal until 2017 when it formed political alliance with Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.[15][16][17] But later before 2018 general elections, its chief Sami-ul-Haq announced that JUI-S will participate in election on its own election symbol.[18][19]

JUI-S also joined Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (United Religious Front), an alliance of relatively small religio-political parties, to participate in the 2013 general election but MDM later got merged with Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.[20][21] In 2018, after the assassination of Sami-ul-Haq, the party's activities gradually died down.[22] His son, Maulana Hamid-ul-Haq Haqqani later became its chief.[23][24][25] Its madrassa organization is Darul Uloom Haqqania, a Deobandi Islamic seminary which is the alma mater of many prominent Taliban members.[26][27]

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

National Assembly
Election Votes % Seats +/–
1997 48,838 0.25%
0 / 237
 Steady
2002 In alliance with MMA
2008 3,885 0.01%
0 / 342
 Steady
2013 In alliance with MDM
2018 24,582 0.05%
0 / 342
 Steady

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "List of Enlisted Political Parties" (PDF). www.ecp.gov.pk. Election Commission of Pakistan. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ^ "PTI delegation seeks JUI-S chief's support". The News International (newspaper). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "JUI-S announces 10-day mourning". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  4. ^ "A revolt within JUI-F". The News. 10 January 2021. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  5. ^ "Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam – Fazl". Dawn (newspaper). 5 April 2013. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Maulana Samiul Haq – life in focus". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  7. ^ "The father of madrassas". The Nation (newspaper). 7 November 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  8. ^ "JUI-S greets Afghan Taliban on capturing Kabul". The News International (newspaper). 17 April 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  9. ^ "Religious parties hail Afghan Taliban's reconciliation policy". Dawn (newspaper). 17 August 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Inside the Pakistan madrasa notorious for its jihadi links". The Independent (newspaper). 22 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Who was the 'Father of the Taliban' ?". TRT World. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Tahreek-e-Labbaiyak Pakistan Part 1/2: Jihadis itch for resurgence". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 11 February 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  13. ^ "VOICES FROM THE WHIRLWIND: Assessing Musharraf's Predicament Sami ul-Haq: Powerful Religious Leader". PBS. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  14. ^ "Five DPC parties plan new electoral alliance". Dawn (newspaper). 6 December 2012. Maulana Sami was also among the founders of a six-party religious alliance, Muttahida Majlis Amal ahead of 2002 polls that later ruled Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan under Musharraf regime.
  15. ^ "JUI-S to form poll alliance with PTI". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 6 December 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  16. ^ "PTI, JUI-S enter into electoral alliance". Geo News. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  17. ^ "PTI, JUI-S agree to prepare 'joint strategy' for elections". Dawn (newspaper). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  18. ^ "JUI-S to contest polls on its own electoral symbol". Daily Times (newspaper). 24 June 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  19. ^ "Sami says JUI-S to contest polls on its own". Dawn (newspaper). 25 June 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  20. ^ Wasim, Amir (20 April 2013). "Few election alliances this time". Dawn. The Muttahida Deeni Mahaz (MDM), a group of five small religious parties and groups headed by Maulana Samiul Haq of the Jamiat-Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S), is the only electoral alliance that is fielding its candidates in the May 11 elections.
  21. ^ "Six-member committee starts work on MMA revival". The Nation (newspaper). 15 October 2017. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  22. ^ Report, Recorder (17 March 2020). "Renaming party: ECP accepts application of JUI-F". Business Recorder. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  23. ^ "Maulana Sami's son named JUI-S acting chief". The Express Tribune (newspaper). 4 November 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  24. ^ "Maulana Samiul Haq's son named acting JUI-S chief". Geo News. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  25. ^ "Maulana Hamidul Haq elected JUI-S ameer". The Nation (newspaper). 11 February 2019. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  26. ^ "Taliban Training the Pakistan". Deutsche Welle. 23 May 2015.
  27. ^ Dalrymple, William. Inside the Madrasas. Here, straddling the noisy, truck-thundering Islamabad highway, stands the Haqqania, one of the most radical of the religious schools called madrasas. Many of the Taliban leaders, including Mullah Omar, were trained at this institution. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)