Hizbul Muslimin
Muslim People's Party of Malaya Parti Orang Muslimin Malaya | |
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| Abbreviation | HAMIM / Hizbul Muslimin |
| Leader | Ustaz Abu Bakar al-Baqir |
| Founded | 17 March 1948 |
| Dissolved | 1948 |
| Merged into | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Headquarters | Gunung Semanggol, Perak |
| Ideology | Islamism Left-wing |
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Muslim People's Party of Malaya (Malay: Parti Orang Muslimin Malaya, abbreviated HAMIM or Hizbul Muslimin) is a defunct political party formed in British Malaya on 17 March 1948. Hizbul Muslimin was the first Islamist political party in Malaya, established with the aim of achieving Federation of Malaya independence from British colonial rule.