Egyptian Liberation Party Explained

Country:	Egypt
Egyptian Tahrir Party
Native Name:	Hizb ut-Tahrir il-Masri
Leader:	Ibrahim Zahran^[1]
Ideology:	Social democracy Sufism
National:	Egyptian Front^[2]
Seats1 Title:	House of Representatives
Colorcode:	009000

The Egyptian Liberation Party is a Sufi^[3] political party in Egypt.^[4] The party was founded by Sheikh Aboul Azayem. most of the members are part of the Al Azmeya Sufi order.^[5] The party is backed by the ‘Azmeyya Tareeka Sufi order.^[6] The party calls itself social democratic.^[7]

See also

• List of Islamic political parties

References

1. News: Islamist election map . Al-Ahram Weekly On-line . 24 November 2011 . 16 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120506135936/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2011/1073/fo02.htm . 6 May 2012 .
2. News: Setting the boundaries. Al-Ahram Weeklu. 2 October 2014. 4 October 2014. 17 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161017225829/http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/7423/17/Setting-the-boundaries.aspx. dead.
3. News: Al-Tahrir al-Masry (Egyptian Liberation Party) . Carnegie Endowment for International Peace . 16 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102180933/http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/21/al-tahrir-al-masry-egyptian-liberation-party . 2 November 2013 .
4. News: Egyptian Tahrir Party . Ahram Online and Jadaliyya. 13 December 2011. 16 December 2013.
5. News: Sufi Islam in Egypt. Daily News Egypt. 21 October 2012. 16 December 2013.
6. News: Muslim Political Parties. Islamopedia Online. 16 December 2013. 3 October 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121003022141/http://www.islamopediaonline.org/country-profile/egypt/muslim-political-parties. dead.
7. News: Egypt's Sufi-dominated party aims to counterbalance Salafism in politics. El-Hennawy,Noha. Egypt Independent. 5 September 2012. 16 December 2013.