The Umma Party (

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: حزب الأمة, ''Hizb Al-Umma'') is a small

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History and profile

The party was established in 1983. It was the first party accepted by the Political Party Affairs Committee since the 1950s.

Party principles

The party: * Considers Egypt part of the

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and Islamic world * Calls for establishing a

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and democratic system in Egypt * Calls of the adoption of

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as the main source of legislation * Supports all efforts to establish peace with

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* Calls for building a society on the principles of labor and production

References

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