The Reform and Renaissance Party ( ar-at, حزب الإصلاح والنهضة, al-Eslah we al-Nahda) is an Islamist political party in

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History and profile

The party was established on 18 July 2011. Hesham Mustafa Abdel Aziz is the leader of the party. The party announced on 6 April 2014 that it would form a shadow government. The party accepted the protests that started on 30 June 2013. The party met with the Justice Party to discuss potential alliances for the

2015 Egyptian parliamentary election Egyptian parliamentary elections to the House of Representatives were held in two phases, from 17 October to 2 December 2015. The elected parliament will be entrusted with the task of reviewing the laws that were passed while a parliament was no ...

. The party announced on 4 July 2014 that it also met with the Reform and Development Party to discuss coordination. Members of the

Egyptian Social Democratic Party The Egyptian Social Democratic Party ( ar-at, الحزب المصرى الديمقراطى الاجتماعى, al-Ḥizb al-Maṣrī al-Dimuqrāṭī al-Ijtmāʿī, ) is a social liberal and a social democratic party in Egypt. It was founded aft ...

met with party members to discuss cooperation between the parties during the 2014 parliamentary elections.

Lawsuit against Islamic parties

The ''Reform and Renaissance Party'' is one of the eleven

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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.

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