Islamist party also known as IKATAN launched and led by former seven-term Kulim-Bandar Baharu constituency MP Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir. Fadzir was joined by former UMNO members disaffected with the non-Islamist direction of new UMNO leaders after it was legalized on May 15, 2015. IKATAN then formed the Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) alliance in 2016 together with the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Front (BERJASA) and the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). The alliance picked up 18 seats in the Dewan Rakyat (lower house of Parliament) after general elections held on May 9, 2018 [Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia (IKATAN); ڤرتي ايكتن بڠسا مليسيا; 馬來西亞國家聯盟黨].
