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Authenticity Party

The Authenticity Party is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.

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Authenticity Party
حزب الأصالة
ChairmanEhab Shiha1
FoundedJuly 20112
IdeologyReligious conservatism
Islamism
Salafism
Political positionFar-right
National affiliationNational Legitimacy Support Coalition3
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The Authenticity Party (Arabic: حزب الأصالة, ḥizb el-asala) is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.4

History

The party was formed by the former head of the Virtue Party, General Adel Abdel Maksoud; he left the Virtue Party after allegedly discovering a plot which changed the moderate principles of the party.5

The party joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt ahead of the 2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections,6 though it withdrew and formed the Islamist Bloc alongside the Al-Nour Party, another Salafist party, and the Building and Development Party, the political wing of Al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya; both parties were also part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt.7 The Islamist Bloc received 7,534,266 votes out of a total 27,065,135 correct votes (27.8%) and gained 127 of the 498 parliamentary seats contested, second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. The Authenticity Party received 3 of these 127 seats.8

The Authenticity Party joined the National Legitimacy Support Coalition.3 The party was considering leaving the Anti-Coup Alliance in October 2014.9

Electoral history

People's Assembly elections

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Lawsuit against Islamic parties

The Authenticity Party is one of the eleven Islamic parties targeted by a lawsuit in November 2014, when an organization named Popular Front for opposing the Brotherhoodization of Egypt sought to dissolve all political parties established "on a religious basis."10 The Alexandria Urgent Matters Court however ruled on 26 November 2014 that it lacked jurisdiction.11

See also

See also

References

References

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  2. "Al Asalah'". Hiwar Magazine. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  3. "Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest", Daily News Egypt, 28 June 2013, retrieved 4 January 2026
  4. "The Authenticity Party (Al-Assala Party)". Egypt Electionnaire. Archived from the original on 14 December 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  5. "Egypt's Salafists proliferate with yet another Salafi party in the works". Ahram Online. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  6. "Egypt political parties coalesce in readiness for parliamentary elections". Ahram Online. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. "Islamist Bloc (Alliance for Egypt)". Ahram Online/Jadaliyya. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  8. "Interactive: Full Egypt election results - Interactive". Al Jazeera English. 1 February 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2026.
  9. تحالف "المعزول" يحتضر (in Arabic), Al Masry Al Youm, 4 October 2014, retrieved 4 January 2026
  10. Auf, Yussef (25 November 2014). "Political Islam's Fate in Egypt Lies in the Hands of the Courts". Atlantic Council. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  11. "Court claims no jurisdiction over religiously affiliated parties". Daily News Egypt. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2026.