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Ummah Party

The Ummah Party, is a political party in Indonesia. Party formation was announced on 1 October 2020 and the party was officially established on 29 April 2021.

Ideology
Ummah Party adheres to Islamist agenda. The party has been influenced by strong Islamism and anti-capitalism. The party explicitly prohibits its cadres to express their happiness, even just to clap or to congratulate, claiming that "it resembles Jews" and have to avoid banking or to get financial interests from them, viewed as a form of riba. The party also encourages jihadism, but not terrorism and then denounced the misuse of jihadism to terror. But, the party claimed that all of the terrorists' action might be set-up, "very political", and "looks like an attempt to weaken the opposition", shows that party sided with right-wing Islam populist narrative. This party also advocated repeal of the Omnibus Law, agrarist reforms, social justice, and other advocations that similar with left-wing groups in Indonesia. That syncretism caused confusion among the political experts how to classify the alignment of a party. Ummah Party strongly criticized the Chinese presence in Indonesia, at one point claimed that China is attempting to invade Indonesia through the construction of Nusantara. Its manifesto film Harapan Ummat ("Hope of the Ummah") also depicted a truck carrying rice imported from China as a "colossal injustice". The party also advocates sharia in Indonesia. == History ==
History
2024 election The party initially registered to participate in the 2024 Indonesian general election, but failed to qualify. The party proceeded to launch a successful lawsuit against the General Elections Commission, leading to a reverification which found the party eligible to participate. Ummah was officially entered into the list of participating parties in the election on 30 December 2022, while other parties were entered on 14 December. Ummah received a ballot number of 24. The party won 642,545 votes (0.42%) at the national legislative election and did not qualify for the national House of Representatives. It won several seats at municipal legislatures, such as at the regencies of Bantul, Lamongan, and Jayapura, and the city of Padang. February 2022 crackdown On 10 February 2022 at 9:15 AM, an Ummah Party cadre of the Bengkulu province branch was arrested by Densus 88 for allegations of terrorism. It was found that he had declared allegiance to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) since 1999 and was a direct disciple of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and Abdullah Sungkar in 1993. Spokesman for Ummah Party, Mustofa Nahrawardaya proposed the government to evaluate the working procedures of Densus 88 in order to not become a terror among the public. Ummah Party also gave legal assistance to its arrested member and stated that the party will never deactivate his membership status. The captured member was member of the Bengkulu branch of the Indonesian Ulema Council. He was captured along with another member of the council. The capture further added the list of uncovered JI agents which spread to legal political party and state-sponsored religious agency. While the party defended its arrested member, the arrest was praised by the National Mandate Party, Nasdem, and the Indonesian Solidarity Party. The unusual move of the Ummah Party also attracted attention of social activist Islah Bahrawi. He further accused that the Ummah Party is a terror organization disguised as a political party or a front organization housing terrorist activity, citing a JI issued work, stating that to succeed their "long-term struggle strategy" they must implant their agents and cadres to sit in strategic positions in government, political and religious organizations, and businesses in hope facilitating the establishment of Islamic state in Indonesia. He previously considered this plan on 9 December 2024 during the Nationality and Ummah Discussion, which was attended by several Islamist political parties. ==Election results==
Election results
Legislative election results Presidential election results == Notes ==
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