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|founded = 30 April 2011
|founded = 30 April 2011
|headquarters = 20 King El-Saleh Street [[Rhoda Island]]-[[Cairo]]
|headquarters = 20 King El-Saleh Street [[Rhoda Island]]-[[Cairo]]
|position = [[Centre-right]]
|ideology = [[Islamism]]<ref name="Islamism1">{{Citation |title=Egypt’s Islamists announce own political party |url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/30/egypts-islamists-announce-own-political-party.html |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=30 Apr 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> <br> [[Islamic democracy]]<ref name="Islamism2">{{Citation |title=Egypt Islamists form ‘non-theocratic’ party |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/middle-east/150700-egypt-islamists-form-non-theocratic-party.html |newspaper=[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]] |date=1 May 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> <br>[[Populism ]]
|ideology = [[Islamism]]<ref name="Islamism1">{{Citation |title=Egypt’s Islamists announce own political party |url=http://www.dawn.com/2011/04/30/egypts-islamists-announce-own-political-party.html |newspaper=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |date=30 Apr 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> <br> [[Islamic democracy]]<ref name="Islamism2">{{Citation |title=Egypt Islamists form ‘non-theocratic’ party |url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/middle-east/150700-egypt-islamists-form-non-theocratic-party.html |newspaper=[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]] |date=1 May 2011 |accessdate=28 June 2011}}</ref> <br>[[Populism ]]
|national = [[National Democratic Alliance for Egypt]]
|national = [[National Democratic Alliance for Egypt]]

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Freedom and Justice Party
حزب الحرية و العدالة
ChairmanMohamed Morsy
Vice ChairmanEssam el-Erian
Founded30 April 2011
Headquarters20 King El-Saleh Street Rhoda Island-Cairo
NewspaperFreedom and Justice
IdeologyIslamism[1]
Islamic democracy[2]
Populism
Political positionCentre-right
National affiliationNational Democratic Alliance for Egypt
International affiliationMuslim Brotherhood
ColorsBlue, Orange and Green
SloganHold good for Egypt
(Arabic: نحمل الخير لمصر)
People's Assembly
144 / 508
Website
http://www.hurryh.com/ (Arabic site)
http://www.fjponline.com/ (English site)

The Freedom and Justice Party (Arabic: حزب الحرية والعدالة , Ḥizb al-ḥurriya wa al-’adala), is an Democratic Islamist[1][2] political party in Egypt. The party is nominally independent but has strong links to the Muslim Brotherhood of Egypt, the largest and best organized political group in Egypt. It has stated that it plans to run candidate in just under half of all constituencies in the upcoming parliamentary election.[4]

History

The Muslim Brotherhood announced on 21 February 2011, in the aftermath of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, that it intended to found the Freedom and Justice Party, set to be led by Dr. Saad Ketatni.[5][6][7]

The party was officially founded on 30 April 2011, and it was announced that it would contest up to half the seats in the upcoming parliamentary election. The Muslim Brotherhood’s legislative body appointed Mohamed Morsy as president of the Freedom and Justice Party, Rafik Habib (who is Christian) as vice president and Saad al-Katatny as secretary general.[8][9] The three are former members of the Muslim Brotherhood "Guidance Office" or Maktab al-Irshad, the highest level body of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.[4]

The party is expected to win "the vast majority" of the seats that it contests in the 2011 parliamentary election – i.e. just under half of the seats in parliament – as "no other party" has "anything close to the network of committed supporters" that it has. In addition the MB is working with independent candidates promising them support.[4]

Political platform

On launching the new party, the Muslim Brotherhood confirmed that it does not object to women or Copts in a ministerial post (cabinet),[10] though it deems both "unsuitable" for the presidency.[11] The group supports free-market capitalism, but without "manipulation or monopoly". The party’s political program would include tourism as a main source of national income.[12] The Freedom and Justice Party will be based on Islamic law, "but will be acceptable to a wide segment of the population," said leading MB member Essam al-Arian.[13] The party’s membership will be open to all Egyptians who accept the terms of its program.[14] The spokesperson for the party said that "when we talk about the slogans of the revolution – freedom, social justice, equality – all of these are in the Sharia (Islamic law)."[15] There is rivalry between the Freedom and Justice Party and the Salafis, who regard them as having 'watered down' their values.[16]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Egypt's Islamists announce own political party", Dawn, 30 April 2011, retrieved 28 June 2011
  2. ^ a b "Egypt Islamists form 'non-theocratic' party", The Peninsula, 1 May 2011, retrieved 28 June 2011
  3. ^ "Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood selects hawkish leaders | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Foreign Affairs magazine, September October 2011, "The Unbreakable Muslim Brotherhood", by Eric Trager, p.114-222 (full text not available for free on internet) Cite error: The named reference "Trager" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  5. ^ Muslim Brotherhood to establish 'Freedom and Justice Party' | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt[dead link]
  6. ^ "The Muslim Brotherhood Official English Website". Ikhwanweb. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  7. ^ Cox, Earl (23 February 2011). "Muslim Brotherhood sits at Egypt's new democratic table". Jpost.com. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  8. ^ "Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood selects hawkish leaders | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  9. ^ "BBC News – Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood sets up new party". Bbc.co.uk. 30 April 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  10. ^ MB announces establishment of political party: Freedom and Justice. IkhwanWeb. 2011-02-21.Muslim Brotherhood.
  11. ^ Brotherhood sticks to ban on Christians and women for presidency| 14 March 2011
  12. ^ Al-Arian: Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party to be based on Islamic Law. Al-Masry Al-Youm. 2011-02-23. Al-Masry Al-Youm.
  13. ^ "Al-Arian: Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party to be based on Islamic Law | Al-Masry Al-Youm: Today's News from Egypt". Al-Masry Al-Youm. 23 February 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  14. ^ MB form 'Freedom and Justice' political party. Ahram. 2011-02-22.
  15. ^ Muslim Brothers see corruption-free Egypt flourishing. Al-Arabiya. 2011-02-23.
  16. ^ "Gulf Times – Qatar's top-selling English daily newspaper – Opinion". Gulf-times.com. 5 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2011.

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