Jamaat-e-Islami
Jamaat-e-Islami is a political party in Pakistan. It was created by Syed Ab'ul Ala Maududi in 1941. The party is often referred to just as the "Jamaat "or, particularly in newspaper headlines in Pakistan as the JI. Members--and often any conservative Muslim, particularly one considered by the speaker/writer as a fundamentalist--is referred to as a Jamaati. The latter is also used as an adjective for certain political viewpoint or attitude.
It's student wing is known as the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), also known as the Jamiat (pronounced "juh-mee-ath").
The Jamaat is the largest component of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal.
The Jamaat and a militant affiliate, the Al-Badr, played a very controversial role in the process of the birth of Bangladesh from East Pakistan. Since that separation, in 1971, its Bangladesh branch has become progressively more powerful there, most recently by forming a coalition government with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party.
