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Political party in Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Reform and Renaissance Party (Arabic: حزب الإصلاح والنهضة, romanized: al-Eslah we al-Nahda) is an Islamist political party in Egypt.
Reform and Renaissance Party حزب الإصلاح والنهضة al-Eslah we al-Nahda[1] | |
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Leader | Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz |
Founded | 18 July 2011 |
Ideology | Islamism[2] |
National affiliation | For the Love of Egypt[3] |
House of Representatives | 0 / 568
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Website | |
eslahnahda | |
The party was established on 18 July 2011.[1] Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz is the leader of the party.[2]
The party announced on 6 April 2014 that it would form a shadow government.[4] The party accepted the protests that started on 30 June 2013.[5] The party met with the Justice Party to discuss potential alliances for the 2015 Egyptian parliamentary election.[6] The party announced on 4 July 2014 that it also met with the Reform and Development Party to discuss coordination.[7] Members of the Egyptian Social Democratic Party met with party members to discuss cooperation between the parties during the 2014 parliamentary elections.[8]
The Reform and Renaissance 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."[9] The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.[10]
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