Homeland Party حزب الوطن | |
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Founded | 1 January 2013 |
Ideology | Salafism[1] |
House of Representatives | 0 / 568
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Website | |
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The Homeland Party (Arabic: حزب الوطن, romanized: Ḥizb al‑Watan) is an Islamist political party in Egypt, founded in January 2013 following a split within the al-Nour Party.[2] It was formed when Emad Abdel Ghaffour, the former leader of al-Nour, and 150 other party members quit in protest at the part of a dispute between Ghaffour and followers of Yasser Borhamy.[2] The party has stated that Copts will be allowed to join the party and women will be allowed on electoral lists.[3] In June 2013, 130 members of the party resigned in response to differences within the party leadership.[4] The party withdrew from the Anti-Coup Alliance on 17 September 2014, though the reason for its withdrawal was not because of political differences.[5]