![]() Webkit-box-shadow : #999 2 px 0 px 3 px ĭocument. Home Egypt Politics | Features World Region | International Business Opinion Arts & Culture Visual Art | Film | Music | Stage & Street Folk Street Smart | Folk Arts | Special Files | Photo Heritage Sports CAN 2013 | Egyptian Football | National Teams | Talents Abroad | Africa | World | Omni Sports Life & Style Style | Health | Food Heritage Books Multimedia Įgyptian Eelections Watch (Ahram Online and Jadaliyya), Sunday Įstablished in the wake of the 25 January uprising, Al-Nour (“The Light”) Party is the largest of Egypt’s three licensed Salafist parties (the other two being Al-Asala and Al-Fadila Parties). Writer Fatima Naoot was sentenced on Tuesday to three years in prison and fined LE20,000 (over 2550) after being found guilty of contempt of religion, the second public figure to receive a jail. It was established by Al-Da‘wa Al-Salafiyya (“The Salafist Call”), Egypt’s largest Salafist group, commonly known as Al-Daawa Movement. Al-Daawa started in Alexandria where it now enjoys a considerable following. Īl-Nour Party was officially licensed in June 2011. Official registration is of paramount importance in Egypt at the present time, as the current election law limits the right to contest two-thirds of the seats of the upcoming parliament to a limited number of officially registered parties, including Al-Nour. Under the rule of former President Hosni Mubarak, the state generally did not allow for the formation of Islamist parties, but after the revolution many Islamist groups managed to obtain official political party license. ![]() Įven though Salafists seemed uninterested in forming parties before the revolution, Yasser Borhami, a prominent Salafist preacher and a leading figure within Al-Daawa, called for the establishment of a political party that would work to unify Egypt’s Islamic movement and apply Islamic principles to all aspects of social and political life. Many of Al-Nour’s current members had been involved in Al-Daawa, which has a presence all over Egypt and boasts a particularly formidable stronghold in Alexandria. Prior to the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak, the group had not been closely engaged in opposition politics on grounds that it was considered sinful to oppose a Muslim ruler. Salafist leaders even discouraged their followers from participating in the 25 January demonstrations, which ultimately turned into a mass popular uprising. Al-Nour Party spokesperson Nader Bakar once stated that the Salafists’ refusal to demonstrate on 25 January had been a positive step, because, otherwise, “the Americans would have ordered Mubarak to massacre them all.” Īl-Daawa activists, however, participated in forming popular committees, which helped maintain security in neighborhoods throughout the country after the nationwide withdrawal of police forces on 28 January.
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