:''Ittihad is separate and distinct from Union Party (Egypt), Union Party''.
The Ittihad Party or Union Party ("Ettihad Party", ar, حزب الاتحاد, ''Hizb al-Ittihad'') was a right-wing political party active in the Kingdom of Egypt.
The party was founded by a group of ''ulamas'' with royalist and islamist ideas that legitimized the Sir Lee Stack's assassination in 1924. This group was composed also by young future political leaders like Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr and Aly Maher Pasha.
The ideological values were entrencheds in the Egyptian "traditional" culture. The party was gather in the Al-Azhar Mosque.
The Ittihad was financially supported by King Fuad I of Egypt, Fuad I and Secret Intelligence Service, British agents, that trusted that the Ittihad would have destabilized the activities of the left-wing political radicalism, radicals. Nevertheless, the Ittihad failed in his goal of built a conservative party, due to his religious views. Its platform was composed mainly by teachers, farmers, ulamas and imams.
The party program was:
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*Dignified positions of the religious authorities
*Better resources for the Egyptian monarchy
*Monopoly over the distribution of public and private endowments
*Creation of the Ministry of Awqaf (Egypt), Awqaf
*Strong social values and solidarity
*Anti-Western sentiment, Anti-Western policies
The Ittihad was also tutelaged by Hassan al-Banna's Muslim Brotherhood. After this alliance, the Ittihad became mostly active against Copts, and refused the French Revolution, reputed as anarchy, supported a strong authoritarian state.]
Electoral results
House of Representatives elections
References
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1936 disestablishments in Egypt
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Political parties established in 1924
Political parties disestablished in 1936
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Islamic political parties in Egypt
Defunct political parties in Egypt
History of the Muslim Brotherhood
1924 establishments in Egypt