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Umma Party (egypt)




  Party Articletitle Umma Party
  Moto
  Chairman Mr Ahmed Al-Sabahi Khalil
  Foundation June 25 , 1983
  Headquarters Cairo
  Ideology Socialism , Social Democracy
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The Umma Party ( Arabic : ''Hizb Al-Umma'') is a small egyptian political party witha totla membership of around 185 members. The party platform presses for promoting the so-called socialist democracy and adopting the Islamic sharia as the main source of legislation.

The Party expresses full support to efforts to establish peace with Israel.


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The Party nominated its head, Ahmed Al-Sabahi, to run for Egypt's first contested presidential elections.
The Party fielded one candidate in the 2000 legislative polls.


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