| Country: | Egypt |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Virtue Party (Egypt) | |
| Native Name: | الفضيلة Al-Fadyla[1] |
| Leader: | Adel Abdel Maqsoud Afify[2] |
| Foundation: | March 2011 |
| Headquarters: | Nasr City |
| Ideology: | Salafism[3] |
| National: | National Legitimacy Support Coalition |
| Website: | http://www.alfadyla.com/ |
| Seats1 Title: | House of Representatives |
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The Virtue Party is a Salafist political party.[3] The party stated in September 2012 that it and the Renaissance Party would merge.[4]
Mahmoud Fathy, the founding deputy chairman, stated that the goals of the party are: to "achieve justice and equality for all citizens, equal distribution of wealth, and to guarantee legal prosecution of anyone who commits a crime against the people".[2] Other party principles include "reform, supporting state institutions in accordance with the constitution, and restoring Egypt’s leading role in the Arab and Islamic worlds".[2] Mostafa Mohamed, a member of the party, said that even Christians can join the party.[2]
The party supported Hazem Salah Abu Ismail in the May 2012 Egyptian presidential election.[5]
The Virtue Party is one of the eleven Islamic parties 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."[6] The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.[7]