al-Watan party (Libya)

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حزب الوطن
al-Watan party
Party leader Ali al-Sallabi
founding November 2011
Alignment Islamism
conservatism
Website http://wattan.ly/

The al-Watan party ( Arabic حزب الوطن, DMG Ḥizb al-Waṭan , German Fatherland Party or Libyan National Party ) is a conservative - Islamist party in Libya . It was founded in November 2011 after the Libyan civil war and the fall of the Libyan Jamahiriya . At the time of its establishment, it had the provisional name National Collection for Freedom, Justice and Development .

The Fatherland Party is supported by Ali al-Sallabi , an influential Islamic cleric. Other members are Abd al-Hakim Balhadsch , the former “Emir” of the Libyan Islamic Combat Group , Mahmoud Hamza, Ali Zeidan and Mansour Saif al-Nasar. Sallabi has close ties to Yusuf al-Qaradawi , the spiritual leader of the international Muslim Brotherhood .

The al-Watan party calls for a “moderate” Islamic democracy and at the same time demands that the new Libyan constitution be drafted on the basis of Sharia law . It now has offices in 27 Libyan cities.

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  1. ^ Umar Khan: Three-day event in Tripoli to announce “Nation Party” . In: Libya Herald , April 10, 2012. Retrieved July 2, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Marc Thörner : "The new system should be a democratic system": Election for the constituent assembly in Libya , Deutschlandradio, July 7th 2012
    Arab World: Difficult choice for Libyans , DW, July 7th 2012
  3. ↑ Julia Gerlach: Election: "It doesn't matter who wins" , Zeit, July 6, 2012
  4. ↑ Astrid Frefel: Elections in Libya: Tough women's struggle against prejudice , Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 4th 2012
  5. ↑ Peter Beaumont: Political Islam poised to dominate the new world bequeathed by Arab spring . In: The Guardian , December 3, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012. 
  6. ^ A b Three-day event in Tripoli to announce “Nation Party” . 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  7. ^ Islamists' Growing Sway Raises Questions for Libya . September 15, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
  8. ^ Richard Spencer: Libyan cleric announces new party on lines of 'moderate' Islamic democracy . In: The Telegraph , November 19, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2012.