The Authenticity Party ( ar, حزب الأصالة, ''ḥizb el-asala'') is one of the
political parties created in
Egypt
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after the
2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative
Islamist Salafi
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st ideology, which believes in implementing strict
Sharia law. The party was formed by the former head of the
Virtue Party, General Adel Abdel Maksoud; he left the Virtue Party after allegedly discovering a plot which changed the moderate principles of the party. The party is considering leaving the
Anti-Coup Alliance.
In the
2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections, the Authenticity party ran on the platform of the
Islamist Bloc led by
Al-Nour Party, another
Salafi
The Salafi movement or Salafism () is a reform branch movement within Sunni Islam that originated during the nineteenth century. The name refers to advocacy of a return to the traditions of the "pious predecessors" (), the first three generat ...
st party. The
Islamist Bloc received 7,534,266 votes out of a total 27,065,135 correct votes (27.8%). The
Islamist Bloc gained 127 of the 498 parliamentary seats contested, second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's
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. The Authenticity Party received 3 of these 127 seats.
Lawsuit against Islamic parties
The ''Authenticity Party'' is one of the eleven
Islamic parties
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targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named ''Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt'' sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis." The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.
See also
*
List of political parties in Egypt
References
2011 establishments in Egypt
Conservative parties in Egypt
Islamic political parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 2011
Political parties in Egypt
Far-right political parties
Salafi groups
Sunni Islamic political parties
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