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Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) |
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Among the political parties in Egypt, Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) happens to be a significant one. It is often considered to be among the minor political parties that are in existence in Egypt. Umma Party or Hizb al-Umma is, by itself, is a very small Egyptian Political Party with a very meager number of memberships. According to the latest count, Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) has a total membership number of nearly 185 party members.
Like almost all other political parties in the country of Egypt, Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) also has certain aspects to press for. The party platform of Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) keeps pressing for promoting socialist democracy that is, in practice, with no solid existence. It is merely a so-called revolutionary idea.
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Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) also presses for adopting the Islamic Sharia and regard it as the principal source of legislation. There is also another aspect in which this Egyptian political party shows great interest. Umma Party or Hizb al-Umma extends full support to the idea of establishing peaceful relationship with Israel.
Though a small political party in Egypt, Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) has some principles of its own. In some cases, they seem to tend to be revolutionary. But the fact remains that its principles do not appear to be wholly unique since the principles resemble very much with the principles of other Egyptian political parties. We are providing you with the details about the principles of Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma).
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According to one of the principal principles of Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma), they consider Egypt to be a part of the Arab world and the Islamic world. This political party calls for the establishment of a socialist as well as democratic system in Egypt. One more principle of this political party, that is very common with that of other political parties, is that it is in support for promoting peace and international cooperation.
Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma) is also concerned about the labor, production and their impact on society. That is why the party calls for the reformation of the society into a society that would base upon the calculated relation between labor and production.
Ahmed Al- Sabahi was nominated to be the head of Umma Party (Hizb al-Umma). He was also nominated to run for the first contested presidential elections in Egypt. This Egyptian political party managed to field only one candidate in the legislative polls in the year of 2000.
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