Umma Party (Egypt)
The Umma Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة, Hizb Al-Umma) is a small Egyptian political party.
Umma Party Hizb Al-Umma حزب الأمة | |
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| Chairman | Ahmed Al-Sabahi Khalil |
| Founded | 25 June 1983 |
| Headquarters | Cairo |
| Ideology | Islamic socialism |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568
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History and profile
The party was established in 1983.[1][2] It was the first party accepted by the Political Party Affairs Committee since the 1950s.[2]
Party principles
The party:[1]
- Considers Egypt a part of the Arab and Islamic world
- Calls for establishing a socialist and democratic system in Egypt
- Calls of the adoption of Islamic law as the main source of legislation
- Supports all efforts to establish peace with Israel
- The party calls for building the society on principles of labor and production
References
- "The Ummah Party". State Information Service. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007.
- Hamdy A. Hassan (2011). "Civil Society in Egypt under the Mubarak Regime" (PDF). Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences. 2 (2). Retrieved 5 October 2014.
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