Authenticity Party حزب الأصالة | |
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| Chairman | Ehab Shiha[1] |
| Founded | July 2011[2] |
| Ideology | Religious conservatism Islamism Salafism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| National affiliation | National Legitimacy Support Coalition[3] |
| House of Representatives | 0 / 568 |
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The Authenticity Party (Arabic: حزب الأصالة, ḥizb el-asala) is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.[4]
History
[edit]The party was formed by the former head of the Virtue Party, General Adel Abdel Maksoud; he left the Virtue Party after allegedly discovering a plot which changed the moderate principles of the party.[5]
The party joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt ahead of the 2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections,[6] though it withdrew and formed the Islamist Bloc alongside the Al-Nour Party, another Salafist party, and the Building and Development Party, the political wing of Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya; both parties were also part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt.[7] The Islamist Bloc received 7,534,266 votes out of a total 27,065,135 correct votes (27.8%) and gained 127 of the 498 parliamentary seats contested, second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. The Authenticity Party received 3 of these 127 seats.[8]
The Authenticity Party joined the National Legitimacy Support Coalition.[3] The party was considering leaving the Anti-Coup Alliance in October 2014.[9]
Electoral history
[edit]People's Assembly elections
[edit]| Election | Seats | +/– |
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| 2011–12 (as part of Islamist Bloc) | 3 / 596
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Lawsuit against Islamic parties
[edit]The Authenticity 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."[10] The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Salafi-oriented Asala Party elects new chairman". Egypt Independent. 4 January 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Al Asalah'". Hiwar Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ a b "Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest", Daily News Egypt, 28 June 2013, retrieved 4 January 2026
- ^ "The Authenticity Party (Al-Assala Party)". Egypt Electionnaire. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Egypt's Salafists proliferate with yet another Salafi party in the works". Ahram Online. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ "Egypt political parties coalesce in readiness for parliamentary elections". Ahram Online. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ "Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)". Ahram Online/Jadaliyya. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ "Interactive: Full Egypt election results - Interactive". Al Jazeera English. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
- ^ تحالف "المعزول" يحتضر (in Arabic), Al Masry Al Youm, 4 October 2014, retrieved 4 January 2026
- ^ Auf, Yussef (25 November 2014). "Political Islam's Fate in Egypt Lies in the Hands of the Courts". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ^ "Court claims no jurisdiction over religiously affiliated parties". Daily News Egypt. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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