However, due to irreconcilable differences with its leadership, he quit Jamaat in 1994[3][4] and founded the Islamic religious and political party tehreek e Islami along with his fellows in 1994.[5] In 1996, Tehreek-e-Islami split into two groups,[5] one group was led by Naeem Siddiqui himself while the coordinator of the other group was Hafeez-ur-Rehman Ahsan. Due to the endavour and mediation of some Arab-countries-based Pakistani friends, both groups were re-united in 1998. He explained the story of the reunion in a letter to his friend Khwaja Maqbool Ellahi in 2001[5] by saying that our difference was unique and now our union is also very unique[5].