JUI is a Deobandi organisation, and the part of Deobandi Muslim movement. The group broke off from the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind in 1945 over that organization''s support of the Indian National Congress and refusal to support the Muslim League and its goal of a separate Pakistan. The JUI remained a religious organization and had limited political significance until it was revived by Maulana Mufti Mahmud, who opposed President ayub Khan''s modernizing policies. Following the collapse of the Khan regime in the late 1960s, the JUI participated in Pakistans general elections.
