Egyptian Arab Socialist Party
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The Egyptian Arab Socialist Party (Arabic: Hizb Misr al-arabi al-ishtaraki) is an Egyptian Arab-Nationalist party with a membership of some 750 members.
The party generally presses for preserving gains of the 1952 July Revolution. The party nominated its head, Mr. Wahid Al-Uksory, to run for Egypt's first multi-candidate presidential elections.
[edit] Platform
The party platform calls for
- Adopting the Islamic Shari'ah as a main source of legislation.
- Freedom of religious affiliation.
- Freedom of expression.
- Preserving Egypt's Islamic identity.
- Enhancing democracy based on party pluralism.