Jamiat-e Islami

Jamayat-E-Islami (also rendered as Jamiat-e-Islami, Jamiati Islami) (Persian: جمعیت اسلامی افغانستان), is a Muslim political party in Afghanistan. Jamiat-e Islami means "Islamic society" in the Persian and is also known as just Jamiat for short. The majority of the party, the oldest Muslim political party in Afghanistan, are ethnic Tajiks of northern and western Afghanistan. It has a communitarian ideology based on Islamic law but is also considered moderately progressive. During the Soviet war in Afghanistan and the following civil war in Afghanistan, Jamiat-e Islami was one of the most powerful of the mujahideen groups. Former President of Afghanistan Burhanuddin Rabbani led the party from 1968 to 2011.