There is however, much overlap, and some parties or are claimed by opponents to follow, the fringe ideology of Islamism (to the degree that this exists separate from Islam itself) that is directly confrontational with the Western world. Most do not, and some have formed mainstream governments under secular constitutions - notably in Turkey.
An Islamicparty is a party that works for promoting Islam while an Islamic political party is a political party that promotes Islam as a political movement by offering nominees for election in a democracy - of which there are several in the Islamic world.
Islamicparties may, on occasion, resort to militant strategies (such as in the case of the Muslim Brotherhood).
Islamicparties may vary from extreme fundamentalists, such as the theocratic Islamic Revolution of Iran, to parties which conform to constitutionally enforced secular democratic ideals, such as in the case of the moderate Islamic Ak party in Turkey.
During the last period of parliamentary democracy, the Umma Party was the largest in the country, and its leader, Sadiq al Mahdi served as prime minister in all coalition governments between 1986 and 1989.
The various religiously affiliated parties opposed the SCP, and, consequently, the progression of civilian and military governments alternately banned and courted the party until 1971, when Nimeiri accused the SCP of complicity in an abortive military coup.
The Baath Party of Sudan was relatively small and sided with the Baath Party of Iraq in the major schism that divided this pan-Arab party into pro-Iraqi and pro-Syrian factions.
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