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
ChairmanAhmed Al-Sabahi Khalil
Founded25 June 1983
HeadquartersCairo
IdeologyIslamic socialism
House of Representatives
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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 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
  • Calls for building a society on the principles of labor and production

References

  1. "The Ummah Party". State Information Service. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007.
  2. 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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