Egyptian Islamic Labour Party

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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