Umma Party (Egypt)
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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The Umma Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة, Hizb Al-Umma) is a small Egyptian political party.
History and profile[edit]
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[edit]
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
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "The Ummah Party". State Information Service. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007.
- ^ a b 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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