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Umma Party (Egypt)

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Umma Party
Hizb Al-Umma
حزب الأمة
ChairmanAhmed Al-Sabahi Khalil
Founded25 June 1983
HeadquartersCairo
IdeologyIslamic socialism
House of Representatives
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TheUmma Party(Arabic:حزب الأمة,Hizb Al-Umma) is a smallEgyptianpolitical party.

History and profile

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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

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The party:[1]

  • Considers Egypt part of theAraband Islamic world
  • Calls for establishing asocialistand democratic system in Egypt
  • Calls of the adoption ofIslamic lawas the main source of legislation
  • Supports all efforts to establish peace withIsrael
  • Calls for building a society on the principles of labor and production

See also

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References

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  1. ^ab"The Ummah Party".State Information Service.Archived fromthe originalon 19 January 2007.
  2. ^abHamdy A. Hassan (2011)."Civil Society in Egypt under the Mubarak Regime"(PDF).Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences.2(2).Retrieved5 October2014.