Movement of Society for Peace
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The Movement for the Society of Peace (French: Mouvement de la société pour la paix, Arabic: Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm حركة مجتمع السلم, formerly called Hamas حماس) is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani. It is considered close to the international Muslim Brotherhood.
It received 7% of the vote in the 2002 elections and 38 seats in parliament. It is currently (as of 2004) part of a ruling coalition with the FLN and RND.
It favors the Civil Harmony Act, an amnesty for guerrillas who lay down their arms, and is strongly opposed to proposed changes in the Algerian Family Code.
At the 2007 elections, the party received 9% of the vote and 52 seats in Parliament.
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