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hezbi, islami, other, uses, islamic, party, hezb, islami, also, hezb, islami, hezb, islami, hezbi, islami, islamic, party, islamist, organization, that, commonly, known, fighting, communist, government, afghanistan, their, close, ally, soviet, union, citation,. For other uses see Islamic party Hezb e Islami also Hezb e Islami Hezb i Islami Hezbi Islami Hezbi Islami lit Islamic Party 1 was an Islamist organization that was commonly known for fighting the Communist Government of Afghanistan and their close ally the Soviet Union citation needed Founded and led by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar it was established in Afghanistan in 1976 citation needed Hezbi Islami د افغانستان اسلامي حزبLeaderJuma Khan HamdardFounderGulbuddin HekmatyarFounded1976Dissolved1979Preceded byMuslim YouthSucceeded byHIGHIKHIKFIdeologyIslamismParty flagPolitics of AfghanistanPolitical partiesElections It grew out of the Muslim Youth organization an Islamist organization founded in Kabul by students and teachers at Kabul University in 1969 to combat communism in Afghanistan 2 Its membership was drawn from ethnic Pashtuns and its ideology from the Muslim Brotherhood and Abul Ala Maududi s Jamaat e Islami 2 Another source describes it as having splintered away from Burhanuddin Rabbani s original Islamist party Jamiat e Islami in 1976 after Hekmatyar found that group too moderate and willing to compromise with others 3 In 1979 Mulavi Younas Khalis split with Hekmatyar and established his own Hezbi Islami known as the Khalis faction with its power base in Nangarhar citation needed Gulbuddin Hekmatyar s faction is since then referred to as the Hezb e Islami Gulbuddin or HIG Sources edit Pike John August 8 1998 Hizb i Islami Islamic Party Intelligence Resource Program Federation of American Scientists Retrieved March 13 2012 a b Roy Oliver Sfeir Antoine 2007 The Columbia World Dictionary of Islamism Columbia University Press p 132 Haqqani Husain 2005 Pakistan Between Mosque and Military Carnegie Endowment p 173 ISBN 9780870032851 Retrieved 2 November 2014 External links edit Sedra Mark The Taliban still larger than life Asia Times Online 2004 03 11 Afghanistan online Political parties groups and leaders in Afghanistan Declassified October 8 2002 Report by DIA Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hezbi Islami amp oldid 1215128445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
