Jamiat i Islami
alternative words: Islamic society
keywords: islam , organization
related topics: Muhammad Daoud , Burhanuddin Rabbani , Ahmad Shah Masoud
explanation: Initially a club of Koran reading at Kabul university, it became a radical movement against communism popular among students when Rabbani was appointed head of the party in 1972. After a ban of Islamic parties by Daoud, Rabbani fled in 1974 to Peshawar to organize a resistance with other members of party such as Masoud. After the fall of communist regime in 1992, Rabbani became the president of Afghanistan but Hekmatyar opposed him. Rabbani was driven out from Kabul by Taliban in 1996.