Building and Development Party
Building and Development Party | |
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| Chairman | Tarek al-Zumar[1] |
| Founded | 20 June 2011 |
| Ideology | Islamism |
| National affiliation | Free Nation Coalition[2] National Legitimacy Support Coalition[3] |
| House of Representatives | 13 / 498
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| Shura Council | 1 / 270
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| Constituent Assembly | 1 / 39
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| Website | |
| http://benaaparty.com/ | |
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 al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya ("Islamic Group") and is seen as the political wing of the movement.[4][5] The party was established on 20 June 2011,[6] following the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and officially endorsed by the Supreme Administrative Court on 10 October 2011.[7] The Building and Development Party has 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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10]
At a conference on 12 October 2012, in the Ain Shams neighborhood of Cairo, the group reaffirmed its support for Islamic Sharia in the new Egyptian constitution, and hinted that the group might be willing to resort to violence in order to secure it.[11]
References
- ^ "Tarek El Zomor elected new secretary general for Building and Development party". Daily News Egypt. 28 June 2013. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
- ^ "Salafist parties form coalition to contest Egypt parliamentary election". Ahram Online. 28 February 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2013.
- ^ Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest, Daily News Egypt, 28 June 2013, retrieved 29 June 2013
- ^ Sanger-Weaver, Jodi (8 November 2011), "Elections in Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood, Theocracy and Democracy", Prospect, retrieved 6 December 2013
{{citation}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help)CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ "Al-Banna' wa al-Tanmiyya (Building and Development Party)", Guide to Egypt's Transition, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ "The Construction and Development Party (Al Jamaah Al Islamiya)", Egyptian Elections 201, The Danish Egyption Dialogue Institute, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ el-Karanshawi, Shaimaa (10 October 2011), "Egyptian court approves new political parties", Al Masry al Youm, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ "Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)", Egypt Elections Watch, Jadaliyya and Ahram Online, 18 November 2011, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ "The Building and Development Party (Al-Benaa Wal Tanmeya)", Egypt Electionnaire, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ "Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya's party hold first press conference in Aswan, Upper Egypt", Ahram Online, 21 October 2011, retrieved 23 January 2012
- ^ "Jama'a al-Islamiya: We will fight for Sharia, even if blood is shed", Egypt Independent, 13 October 2012, retrieved 20 October 2012
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