The Umma Party (
Arabic
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: حزب الأمة, ''Hizb Al-Umma'') is a small
Egypt
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ian
political party
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.
History and profile
The party was established in 1983.
It was the first party accepted by the Political Party Affairs Committee since the 1950s.
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Party principles
The party:[
* Considers Egypt part of the ]Arab
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and Islamic world
* Calls for establishing a socialist
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and democratic system in Egypt
* Calls of the adoption of Islamic law
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as the main source of legislation
* Supports all efforts to establish peace with Israel
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* Calls for building a society on the principles of labor and production
References
1983 establishments in Egypt
Islamic political parties in Egypt
Islamic socialist political parties
Political parties established in 1983
Political parties in Egypt
Socialist parties in Egypt
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