Homeland Party (Libya)
Political party in Libya
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The Homeland Party[3] or Libyan National Party[4] (also styled Alwattan Party, Arabic: حزب الوطن Ħizb al-Waṭan or Ħizb el-Waṭan) is a conservative Islamist political party in Libya, founded in November 2011,[5] after the Libyan Civil War and the overthrow of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It is endorsed and led by Ali al-Sallabi, an influential Salafist cleric. Members include Abdelhakim Belhadj, Mahmoud Hamza, Ali Zeidan and Mansour Saif Al-Nasar.[2][6] At the time of its establishment, it had the provisional name of National Gathering for Freedom, Justice and Development.[citation needed]
Homeland Party حزب الوطن Ħizb al-Waṭan | |
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| Founder | Ali al-Sallabi |
| Founded | November 2011 |
| Ideology | |
| International affiliation | Muslim Brotherhood[1] |
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| wattan | |
Al-Sallabi has strong ties to both Yusuf al-Qaradawi, spiritual leader of the international Muslim Brotherhood, and Abdelhakim Belhadj, former "emir" of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. The party calls for "moderate" Islamic democracy, but demands to base a new Libyan constitution on Sharia law.[7]
The Arabic word waṭan can be translated as "nation"[2] or "homeland".[8] The party claims to have offices in 27 Libyan cities.[2] The party won no seats in the Libyan General National Congress election of 2012.
See also
- List of Islamic political parties
- Justice and Development Party, a rival Islamist Libyan party.
External links
- Official website Archived 2021-03-08 at the Wayback Machine (Arabic)
- Official Alwattan Party website (auto-translated to English).
