Al Nour Party is a Salafi

Salafi

A Salafi come from Sunni Islam is a follower of an Islamic movement, Salafiyyah, that is supposed to take the Salaf who lived during the patristic period of early Islam as model examples...

 Islamist

Islamism

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 political party

Political party

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 in Egypt

Egypt

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. The party was established after the 25 January, 2011 Egyptian Revolution

2011 Egyptian revolution

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Political orientation

Al Nour Party is an Islamist party maintaining a strict version of Islam, known as the Salafi

Salafi

A Salafi come from Sunni Islam is a follower of an Islamic movement, Salafiyyah, that is supposed to take the Salaf who lived during the patristic period of early Islam as model examples...

methodology. Their main source of governance is strictly based on the Quran and the Sunnah.

Election

The principles of Islamic Sharia should be the main source of legislation. However the party promises that they will allow Christians to have their own separate laws for their internal matters.

Second Uprising

Yousri Hamad, the official spokesman of the Al Noor Salafi Muslim political party, said he thinks that the violence could affect election plans.

External links

• Website
• http://www.islamopediaonline.org/news/al-nour-party-calls-copts-join