The Islamic Party of Britain is a defunct political party in the United Kingdom that was active from its formation in 1989 until 2006. The IPB was Islamist, opposed to both capitalism and communism. David Musa Pidcock, a convert to Islam, founded and led the party.
They had limited electoral success with Pidcock achieving 800 votes in the Bradford North by-election, 1990. The IPB was generally supportive of the Respect coalition with one of their leading members, home affairs spokesman Mohammad Naseem, standing for and funding the coalition. The IPB published a quarterly magazine entitled Common Sense.
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