[14] The organization is also notable for launching numerous Islamic populist themed conspiracy theories, including one which claimed that the 2018 Surabaya bombings were a false flag attack.

The party explicitly prohibits its cadres to express their happiness, even just to clap or to congratulate, claiming that "it resembles Jews" and have to avoid banking or to get financial interests from them, viewed as a form of riba.

[16] Its manifesto film Harapan Ummat ("Hope of the Ummah") also depicted a truck carrying rice imported from China as a "colossal injustice".

[21][22][23][24] In 10 February 2022 at 9:15 AM, an Ummah Party cadre of the Bengkulu province branch[25] was arrested by Densus 88 for allegations of terrorism.

[26] It was found that he had declared allegiance to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) since 1999 and was a direct disciple of Abu Bakar Ba'asyir and Abdullah Sungkar in 1993.

[27][28] Spokesman for Ummah Party, Mustofa Nahrawardaya proposed the government to evaluate the working procedures of Densus 88 in order to not become a terror among the public.

The capture further added the list of uncovered JI agents which spread to legal political party and state-sponsored religious agency.