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.