Party of light

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حزب النور
Party of light
Party of Light Logo.png
Party leader Yunes Machiun
founding May 12, 2011
Headquarters 601 Horrya way, Zezenia, Alexandria
Alignment Islamism
Salafism
Colours) light blue, red and white
Parliament seats
11/569
( 2015 )
Number of members over 7,000
Website http://www.alnourparty.org/

The Party of Light ( Arabic حزب النور, DMG ḥizb an-nūr  'Party of Light'), often also al-Nur or Al-Nour party, is a Salafist - Islamist party in Egypt .

It was founded after the revolution in Egypt in 2011 and aims to establish a theocratic rule of Wahhabism similar to that in Saudi Arabia . The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is considered to be the main financier of the Salafists in Egypt. From the founding of the Party of Light to the start of the general election, over $ 100 million electoral aid from Saudi Arabia went to the party.

The party joined the 2011 general election , together with the Building and Development Party as Islamist Bloc of which 7,534,266 of a total of 27,065,135 valid votes (27.8%) achieved. With 111 out of 498 seats in the People's Assembly , the Party of Light became the second largest political party, directly behind the Islamist Freedom and Justice Party . In the 2012 presidential election , the party supported the moderate Islamist Abdel Moneim Abul Fotuh .

Political orientation

The Party of Light is an Islamist party that wants to introduce the Salafist interpretation of Islam. She advocates the same interpretation of Islam as in Saudi Arabia ; the Egyptian version should - if at all - deviate only slightly from this one.

Islamic law, the Sharia , is said to be the main source of legislation, according to the party program. The party assures the Egyptian Christians freedom to practice their religion. They should be given the opportunity to regulate their personal affairs according to their religious rules.

According to al-Nur's official statements, the party supports unconditional military intervention and criticizes those who attack the prestige of militarism. She calls for the persecution of secular protesters and wants to ensure that protests do not happen again in the future. The Party of Light also wants the elections to be held on the set election dates. In July 2013, she supported the disempowerment of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi by the military, but did not subsequently participate in the interim government set up by the army leadership.

Attitude to Israel

The Party of Light has announced that it is committed to the 1979 peace treaty with Israel as a binding international agreement and that it is willing to negotiate with Israel . This attitude is in contrast to that of the Freedom and Justice Party of the Muslim Brotherhood , which describes Israel in its election manifesto as a “ Zionist entity ” and rejects diplomatic contacts with Israel.

At the same time, the Party of Light confirmed that it is seeking changes to the peace agreement and opposes the normalization of relations with Israel.

literature

  • Imad Mustafa: Political Islam. Between the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and Hezbollah. Promedia. Vienna, 2013 ISBN 978-3-85371-360-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ the daily newspaper , Tages-Anzeiger , Foreign Office
  2. ^ Tagesschau ( memento of January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Die Presse , ZEIT , Goetheinstitut
  3. ↑ Karim El-Gawhary : After the elections in Egypt: Muslim Brotherhood on a cuddle course , the daily newspaper, January 22, 2012. Retrieved on January 29, 2012
  4. ↑ Elections: "Party of Light" in two provinces in front , Der Standard, January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 29, 2012
  5. ↑ Björn Blaschke: "Party of Light" - Egypt's Salafists: religious and nebulous ( memento from January 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), Tagesschau, ARD, January 23, 2012. Accessed on January 29, 2012
  6. ↑ Destroy the temples. Der Spiegel, accessed April 17, 2012 .
  7. ^ Program of the Party of Light
  8. ^ Al Nour Party Statement regarding the second uprising. Party of Light. Retrieved November 20, 2011 .
  9. ↑ Jannis Hagmann: The artists among the Islamists. In: taz.die daily newspaper. July 31, 2013, accessed September 10, 2013 .
  10. ↑ Farrag Ismail: Egyptian Salafi party ready to sit with Israel, says spokesman. al-Arabiya , December 20, 2011, accessed January 1, 2011 .
  11. ↑ Roi Kais: Egypt's Islamists seek changes to Israel peace treaty. In: YnetNews. December 24, 2011, accessed January 17, 2012 .