Freedom and Justice Party

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حزب الحرية والعدالة
Freedom and Justice Party
Freedom and Justice Party Logo.png
Party leader Saad al-Katatni
Deputy Chairman Rafik Habib
founding February 21, 2011
Prohibition August 9, 2014
Headquarters 20 King El-Saleh St. Rhoda - Cairo
Alignment Islamism , economic liberalism
Colours) blue, red and green
Shura Council
105/270
( 2011/2012 )
Number of members 8,821
International connections Muslim Brotherhood
Website www.hurryh.com

The Freedom and Justice Party ( Arabic حزب الحرية والعدالة, DMG Ḥizb al-ḥurrīya wa-l-ʿadāla ) was an Islamist and economically liberal political party in Egypt . The party claimed to be independent but had strong ties to the Muslim Brotherhood , the most influential and best-organized political group in the country. It has been banned in Egypt since the end of 2013 when the Muslim Brotherhood was classified as a terrorist organization, whose assets and property were confiscated by the Egyptian state.

The party had planned to win an absolute majority of parliamentary seats in all constituencies in the 2011/2012 parliamentary elections. It received 218 of the 508 seats in the People's Assembly , making it the strongest party. With Saad al-Katatni , she also provided the speaker of parliament from January 2012.

The party and the Salafist Party of Light (second largest faction) strove to form a joint coalition. The Freedom and Justice Party also announced that none of its members would run in the 2012 presidential election. This promise was broken, however, when Chairat el-Schater was nominated as a candidate for the election. After his expulsion due to previous convictions, Mohammed Morsi was chosen as the party's candidate, who was elected as the new Egyptian president.

history

On February 21, 2011, the Muslim Brotherhood announced the founding of the Freedom and Justice Party, which it claims is based on the principles of Sharia law and is also open to other religious people and women. The 8,821 founding members included 978 women and 93 Coptic Christians.

The party was officially founded on April 30, 2011, when it was announced that it would run candidates for all seats in the upcoming general election in order to win as many seats as possible. The Advisory Assembly of the Muslim Brotherhood appointed Mohammed Morsi as chairman of the Freedom and Justice Party, Essam el-Erian as vice-president and Saad al-Katatni as general secretary. These three are former members of the Leadership Council ( Maktab al-Irschad ) of the Muslim Brotherhood, the highest level in the power structure of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Before and during the elections, representatives of the party tried to appear moderate. They became the strongest force in the 2011/12 parliamentary elections and gained around 40% of the seats in parliament. The party has been said to have been able to get votes from moderate parties in particular, as no other party has anything like the Freedom and Justice Party's network of committed supporters. In addition to taking over government, the party worked to influence independent candidates to gain their support for the Muslim Brotherhood.

Political ideology

When the new party was founded, the Muslim Brotherhood reiterated that, while it had no objection to placing Copts or women in ministerial posts (in the cabinet), it considered both to be "unsuitable" for the presidency. The group supported free-market capitalism , but without “manipulation” or “monopolies”. For example, many economically liberal experts were appointed as members of the commission for the drafting of the Egyptian constitution by the Muslim Brotherhood, and an association of medium-sized companies was founded with the Egyptian Business Development Association . The party's political program also includes tourism as a major source of national income.

The Freedom and Justice Party wanted to establish that the entire legal and legislative system should be unconditionally based on Sharia , Islamic law, and that an attempt should be made to make this system acceptable to a large part of the population. Vice-Chairman Essam el-Erian said the party seeks invitation to Islam as desirable. Membership in the party would therefore be open to all Egyptians who accept the contents of the party's program. The party spokesman said that when you talk about the slogan of the revolution - freedom, social justice, equality - all of these include Sharia law.

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Individual evidence

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