Egyptian Islamic Labour Party
The Islamic Labour Party (Arabic: حزب العمل الإسلامي Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-islāmī ), previously the Socialist Labour Party ("Labour Party"; Arabic: حزب العمل الإشتراكي Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-ištirākī ), is an Islamist Egyptian political party. It was suspended, but is now part of the Democratic Alliance for Egypt, where it has gained 1 seat in the People's Assembly of Egypt.
Read more about Egyptian Islamic Labour Party: Platform, Political Ideology, 1990 Elections, Suspension, Renaming
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