Umma Party (Egypt) Explained

Country:	Egypt
Umma Party
Native Name:	Hizb Al-Umma حزب الأمة
Chairman:	Ahmed Al-Sabahi Khalil
Foundation:	25 June 1983
Headquarters:	Cairo
Ideology:	Islamic socialism
Colorcode:	grey
Seats1 Title:	House of Representatives

The Umma Party (Arabic: حزب الأمة, Hizb Al-Umma) is a small Egyptian political party.

History and profile

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

The party:^[1]

• Considers Egypt part of the Arab and Islamic world
• Calls for establishing a socialist and democratic system in Egypt
• Calls of the adoption of Islamic law as the main source of legislation
• Supports all efforts to establish peace with Israel
• Calls for building a society on the principles of labor and production

See also

• List of Islamic political parties

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Ummah Party. https://web.archive.org/web/20070119180611/http://www.sis.gov.eg/En/Politics/Parties/Parties/041102000000000008.htm. 19 January 2007. State Information Service.
2. Hamdy A. Hassan. Civil Society in Egypt under the Mubarak Regime. Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences. 2011. 2. 2. 5 October 2014.