Democratic Jihad Party
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The Democratic Jihad Party was an Egyptian political party made up of former members of the group Egyptian Islamic Jihad;[1] it was also made up of members of other "former jihadist groups".[3] The party is also known as the Islamic Democratic Jihad Party,[3] as well as the Islamist Jihadi Party.[2] A member of the party has stated that the party has "failed".[4] The party has stated that it supported Ahmed Shafiq in the 2012 presidential election; Sabra Ibrahim, a deputy founder in the party, stated that the party gave its support to Shafiq in order to prevent the establishment of a theocratic state ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood.[5] The party condemned the attack in August 2012 that killed 16 soldiers, saying that it was committed by “sinful terrorist[s].”[3] Yasser Saad[5] is now a member of an umbrella coalition of former jihadis, ex-members of the Muslim Brotherhood and ex-al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya members called the Moderate Front.[6]