Al-Nour Party
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Al-Nour Party
| Al-Nour Party حزب النور |
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| Chairman | Emad Abdel Ghaffour |
| Slogan | Identity and Modern state (Arabic: هوية و دولة عصرية) |
| Founded | 12 May 2011 |
| Headquarters | 601 Horrya way, Zezenia, Alexandria |
| Newspaper | The New Light |
| Ideology | Religious conservatism Islamism Salafism |
| Political position | Far-right[1] |
| National affiliation | Islamist Bloc |
| Official colors | Azure, Red and White |
| People's Assembly |
111 / 498
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| Shura Council |
45 / 180
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| Website | |
| http://www.alnourparty.org/ | |
| Politics of Egypt Political parties Elections |
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The Al-Nour Party (Arabic: حزب النور, Ḥizb Al-Nūr) ("The Light Party") is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.
It has been described as the political arm of the Salafi Call Society,[2] and "by far the most prominent" of the several new Salafi parties in Egypt,[3] which it has surpassed by virtue of its "long organizational and administrative experience" and "charismatic leaders." [2]
In the 2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections, the Islamist Bloc led by Al-Nour party received 7,534,266 votes out of a total 27,065,135 correct votes (27.8%). The Islamist Bloc gained 127 of the 498 parliamentary seats contested,[3] second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. Al-Nour party itself won 111 of the 127 seats.
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History
Al-Nour was set up after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, where the interim military government allowed the formation of new parties. It was established by one of the largest Salafist groups in Egypt, The Salafi Call (Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya), also known as the Al-Dawaa movement. The Salafi Call group started during the 1970s, and was established in the 1980s in Alexandria University after students refused to join the Muslim Brotherhood, leading to clashes, leading the Salafis to institutionalize their activities within the city.[4]
The Salafis in the past had refused to take part in politics because they believed that the democratic system that existed at the time was fake, though they were concerned with politics from an Islamic point of view relating to daily Egyptian life. During the revolution, they did not support the uprising, a spokesman of the party stated it was a positive approach because, “the Americans would have ordered Mubarak to massacre them all.”[4]
After the revolution, the Salafis decided to take part in politics in order to protect the Islamic identity of Egypt, based on the fundamentals of Islam, the Quran and Sunnah. Leading Salafi preacher Yasser Borhami switched to the political participation side after Mubarak's ouster, saying “Islam must become involved of all aspects of life, even the political, and the Islamic movement must unite.”[5]
Al-Nour was recognised as a official party after it had obtained its license in June 2011, led by Emad Abdel Ghaffour.[6]
Political orientation
Al-Nour Party is an ultra-conservative Islamist party maintaining a strict version of Islam, known as the Salafi methodology. Salafis believe in practising Islam as it was practiced by the Prophet Muhammad, his companions, and the later generations. Their main source of governance is strictly based on the Quran and the Sunnah.[7][Third-party source needed]
Religion
The religious foundation and structure of Al-Nour party is based almost entirely on the Salafi interpretation of Islam.[8]
Al-Nour believes the principles of Islamic Sharia should be the main source of legislation. However, the party promises that it will allow Christians to have their own separate laws for their internal matters.[9][Third-party source needed]
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The party has stated it is committed to the 1979 Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty as a binding international agreement and would be willing to hold negotiations with Israel.[10]
At the same time, Al-Nour said it seeks amendments to the agreement and opposes normalization with Israel. Specifically, an Al-Nour spokesman stated, "We call for full Sinai rights for Egypt and for our brothers in Palestine and occupied lands, and we see this as directly related to the agreement."[11] Regarding normalization, an Al-Nour statement read, "The party strongly objects normalization and dialogue attempts and establishing relations with an entity [Israel] which wants to wipe off our identity, occupies our lands, imposes a siege on our brothers and strongly supports our hangers."[12]
Second Uprising
Yousri Hamad, the official spokesman of the Al Noor Salafi Muslim political party, said he thinks that the violence could affect election plans.[13]
Election results
The Salafi Al Nour reportedly did well in the election in part because of loyalty it won from voters with the many Salafi-sponsored charitable activities: help for the sick and the poor; financial assistance to widows, divorcées, and young women in need of marriage trousseaus; and abundant religious instruction.[14]
2012 presidential election
Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, who while not officially affiliated with the party was considered to be the candidate of the Salafi movement, was disqualified to run in the 2012 presidential election. Without any clear Salafi candidate, the Nour Party settled on moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh on 28 April 2012.[15]
See also
References
- ^ "Egypt elections beyond ideology: A return to common sense politics". Daily News Egypt. http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/columnists/egypt-elections-beyond-ideology-a-return-to-common-sense-politics.html.
- ^ a b The unexpected rise of Salafists has complicated Egyptian politics By Omar Ashour| The Daily Star| January 06, 2012|
- ^ a b Salafis and Sufis in Egypt Jonathan Brown| Carnegie Paper| December 2011
- ^ a b Al-Nour Party Jadaliyya. Retrieved on 2011-12-07.
- ^ by Actors & Figures [Jadaliyya and Ahram Online]. "Jadaliyya.com". Jadaliyya.com. http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3185/yasser-borhami. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ Al-Nour Party Islamopediaonline.
- ^ "Party FAQ". http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.alnourparty.org%2Fpage%2Fanswer.
- ^ "The rise of intolerant Salafists in Egypt". CNN. http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/16/husain-the-rise-of-intolerant-salafists-in-egypt/. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ "Party Program". http://www.alnourparty.org/page/program_headers. Retrieved 17 November 2011.
- ^ Ismail, Farrag (20 December 2011). "Egyptian Salafi party ready to sit with Israel, says spokesman". Al-Arabiya. http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/12/20/183626.html. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
- ^ Aya Batrawy (22 December 2011). "Islamist says party committed to treaty with Israel". Associated Press. http://articles.philly.com/2011-12-22/news/30547091_1_peace-treaty-israel-and-egypt-egyptian-border-guards. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Roi Kais (24 December 2011). "Egypt's Islamists seek changes to Israel peace treaty". YnetNews. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4166169,00.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ "Egypt protesters flee security in Tahrir Square; elections to go on". CNN. http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/20/world/africa/egypt-protests/index.html?hpt=hp_t1. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Ultraconservative Islamist Party Reshapes Egypt's Politics Daily Beast, 8 Dec 2011
- ^ Al-Masry Al-Youm (27 April 2012). "Nour Party endorses Abouel Fotouh for President". Al-masry Al-youm. http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/nour-party-endorses-abouel-fotouh-president. Retrieved 29 April 2012.
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