Building and Development Party
The Building and Development Party (Template:Lang-ar, alternatively translated as Construction and Development Party) is an Islamist political party in Egypt. It was initiated by the Jama'a al-Islamiya and is seen as the political wing of the movement.[1][2] The party was established on 20 June 2011,[3] following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and officially endorsed by the Supreme Administrative Court on 10 October 2011.[4] The party is chaired by Nasr Abdel Salam.[5] The Building and Development Party participated in the Egyptian parliamentary election, 2011–2012 as part of the Alliance for Egypt (dubbed as the "Islamist Bloc"), led by the Salafist Al-Nour Party.[6]
According to its manifesto, the party stands for a representative democracy with institutions guided by the principles of the Sharia, while rejecting any form of theocracy. Moreover, it favours a free economy and questions the size of the public sector.[7] Among the party's ranks is Abbud al-Zumar, who was imprisoned for nearly twenty years for involvement in the assassination of the Egyptian president Anwar Sadat.[8]
References
- ^ http://prospectjournal.ucsd.edu/index.php/2011/11/elections-in-egypt-the-muslim-brotherhood-and-theocracy-vs-democracy/
- ^ http://egyptelections.carnegieendowment.org/2011/09/20/al-banna’-wa-al-tanmiyya-building-and-development-party
- ^ http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/the-construction-and-development-party-al-jamaah-al-islamiya/
- ^ http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/503744
- ^ http://www.almasryalyoum.com/en/node/499155
- ^ http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/3172/islamist-bloc-(alliance-for-egypt)
- ^ http://egypt.electionnaire.com/parties/?id=11
- ^ http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/24750/Egypt/Politics-/AlJamaa-AlIslamiya’s-party-hold-first-press-confer.aspx