The Authenticity Party ( ar, حزب الأصالة, ''ḥizb el-asala'') is one of the
political parties created in
Egypt
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after the
2011 Egyptian Revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January revolution ( ar, ثورة ٢٥ يناير; ), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police ho ...
. It has an ultra-conservative
Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementing strict
Sharia law. 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. The party is considering leaving the
Anti-Coup Alliance
The Anti-Coup Alliance (also known as the National Alliance Supporting Legitimacy) is a coalition in Egypt formed to reverse the ouster of former president Mohamed Morsi. The coalition is made up of approximately 40 Islamist parties and groups.
...
.
In the
2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections, the Authenticity party ran on the platform of the
Islamist Bloc led by
Al-Nour Party
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, another
Salafist party. The
Islamist Bloc 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, second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's
Freedom and Justice Party. The Authenticity Party received 3 of these 127 seats.
Lawsuit against Islamic parties
The ''Authenticity Party'' is one of the eleven
Islamic parties
Below are lists of political parties espousing Islamic identity or political Islam in various approaches under the system of Islamic democracy. Islamic democracy refers to a political ideology that seeks to apply Islamic principles to public po ...
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." The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.
See also
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List of political parties in Egypt
By its constitution, Egypt has a multi-party system. However, in practice the National Democratic Party was the long-time ruling party and dominated the Egyptian political arena up until the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which ousted NDP presid ...
References
2011 establishments in Egypt
Conservative parties in Egypt
Islamic political parties in Egypt
Political parties established in 2011
Political parties in Egypt
Far-right political parties
Salafi groups
Sunni Islamic political parties
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