Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public policy within a democratic framework. Lists are categorized by the ideological affiliation and sorted by the country of origin.
Islamic liberal
This is a list of political parties espousing Islamic liberalism as its main ideology.
Moderate, Progressive Islamic / Centrist
This is a list of political parties espousing Islam as its main identity without principal adherence to the particular ideology of political Islam, or taking a theological position of wasat which advocates for politico-religious centrism.
Non-Ruling parties
– National Islamic Movement of Afghanistan
– Islamic Renaissance Movement (part of Green Algeria Alliance), Movement for Democracy in Algeria – Al-Menbar Islamic Society – Bangladesh Islami Front, Islami Oikya Jote, Bangladesh Congress – Al-Wasat Party – Peace Party of India – Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Moderation and Development Party – Islamic Action Organisation, Islamic Dawa Party (part of National Iraqi Alliance), Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq, Islamic Labour Movement in Iraq, Islamic Union of Iraqi Turkoman – Islam Democrats – Moro Islamic Liberation Front, United Bangsamoro Justice Party
Islamist
Sunni
This is a list of political parties espousing Sunni Islamism as its main ideology.
Defunct Parties
— – Committee for National Revolution
– Reform Star Party
– National Salvation Party, National Development Party
Banned Parties: – Islamic Salvation Front – Welfare Party, National Order Party, Welfare Party, Virtue Party – Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan
Parties without lower-house representation
– Jamiat-e Islami, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
– Movement for National Reform
– Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, Islamic Front Bangladesh, Bangladesh Islami Front, Islami Andolan Bangladesh – Freedom and Justice Party, Building and Development Party, Islamic Party – Crescent Star Party – Hadas – Islamic Labor Front, Islamic Unification Movement, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Najjadeh Party – Homeland Party – Islamic Democratic Party, Adhaalath Party – Jamiat Ahle Hadith – Muslim Brotherhood of Syria – Free Cause Party, New Welfare Party
Shia
This is a list of political parties espousing Shia Islamism as its main ideology.
Defunct Parties
– Islamic Party of Azerbaijan
– Al Wefaq, Islamic Action Society
Banned parties
– People's Mujahedin of Iran
Parties without lower-house representation
– Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, People's Islamic Unity Party of Afghanistan, Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, National Islamic Unity Party, Islamic Movement of Afghanistan, National Solidarity Party – Bahrain Freedom Movement, Islamic Action Society
– ISLAM
– Justice and Peace Alliance
– Free Shia Movement, Union of Muslim Ulama
– Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran, Islamic Coalition Party, – National Iraqi Alliance, Al-Muwatin, Al-Sadiqoun Bloc, Ataa Movement, Eradaa Movement, Hezbollah Movement in Iraq, Islamic Action Organisation, Islamic Fayli Grouping in Iraq, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, National Reform Trend – Tehrik-e-Jafaria
Islamic Socialism
This is a list of political parties espousing Islamic Socialism as its main ideology.
Parties without lower-house representation
– Bangladesh Freedom Party
– Egyptian Arab Socialist Party, Egyptian Islamic Labour Party, Egyptian Liberation Party, Social Justice Party, Umma Party, Young Egypt Party – Qaumi Watan Party – Islamic Socialist Party
Banned parties
– Libyan Popular National Movement
Defunct parties
– Office for the Cooperation of the People with the President
– Mauritanian People's Party
– Muslim Socialist Committee of Kazan
– Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party
– Socialist Cooperation Party
Salafist
This is a list of political parties espousing Salafism as its main ideology.
Defunct Parties
– Young Kashgar Party
Parties without lower-house representation
– Hezb-e Islami Gulbuddin, Islamic Dawah Organisation of Afghanistan
– Al Ansar Party, People Party
– Adhaalath Party
– Justice and Development Party
Sufism and Ash'arism
Parties without lower-house representation
– Egyptian Liberation Party, Victory Party, Voice of Freedom Party, Egyptian Liberation Party