The Islamic Party of Britain is a defunct political party

Political party

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 in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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 that was active from its formation in 1989 until 2006. The IPB was Islamist

Islamism

Islamism also , lit., "Political Islam" is set of ideologies holding that Islam is not only a religion but also a political system. Islamism is a controversial term, and definitions of it sometimes vary...

, opposed to both capitalism

Capitalism

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 and communism

Communism

Communism is a social, political and economic ideology that aims at the establishment of a classless, moneyless, revolutionary and stateless socialist society structured upon common ownership of the means of production...

. David Musa Pidcock, a convert

Religious conversion

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 to Islam

Islam

Islam . The most common are and .   : Arabic pronunciation varies regionally. The first vowel ranges from ~~. The second vowel ranges from ~~~...

, founded and led the party.

They had limited electoral success with Pidcock achieving 800 votes in the Bradford North by-election, 1990

Bradford North by-election, 1990

A by-election was held for the United Kingdom House of Commons for one Member of Parliament in the constituency of Bradford North, in West Yorkshire, England, on 9 November 1990. This was due to the death of former MP Pat Wall....

. The IPB was generally supportive of the Respect coalition

RESPECT The Unity Coalition

Respect is a socialist political party in England and Wales founded in 2004. Its name is a contrived acronym standing for Respect, Equality, Socialism, Peace, Environmentalism, Community and Trade Unionism.-Policies:...

  with one of their leading members, home affairs spokesman Mohammad Naseem

Mohammad Naseem

Mohammad Naseem, born in 1924, is a former GP and the chairman of the Birmingham Mosque Trust , one of the largest and most prominent Islamic places of worship in the United Kingdom....

, standing for and funding the coalition. The IPB published a quarterly magazine entitled Common Sense.

Policies

The party believed in equal treatment under the law regardless of an individual's status, income or ethnicity. The IPB argued that religion is the most important thing in life. It called for reform of the British banking system to make it interest-free and Islamic, and for increased trade with the Islamic world. At one time, the party answered questions sent in by readers. It argued that homosexuality needed treatment, was not to be tolerated and that homosexuals should be put to death for a "public display of lewdness", a policy that was condemned by Peter Tatchell

Peter Tatchell

Peter Gary Tatchell is an Australian-born British political campaigner best known for his work with LGBT social movements...

.