Ittihad Party

Ittihad Party
حزب الاتحاد
Founder Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha
Founded 1924 (1924)
Dissolved 1936 (1936)
Split from Wafd Party
Headquarters Al-Azhar Mosque, Cairo, Kingdom of Egypt
Newspaper Al-Ittihad
Al-Shab al-Masri[1]
Ideology Egyptian nationalism
Islamic democracy
Traditionalism
Political position Right-wing
Religion Sunni Islam
International affiliation Muslim Brotherhood (1928–36)
Colours      Blue
Politics of Egypt
Political parties
Elections
Ittihad is separate and distinct from Union Party.

The Ittihad Party ("Union Party", Arabic: حزب الاتحاد, Hizb al-Ittihad) was a right-wing political party active in the Kingdom of Egypt.

The party was founded by a group of ulamas with royalist and islamist ideas that legitimized the Sir Lee Stack's assassination in 1924. This group was composed also by young future political leaders like Muhammad Hamid Abu al-Nasr and Ali Mahir Pasha.[2] The ideological values were entrencheds in the Egyptian "traditional" culture. The party was gather in the Al-Azhar Mosque. The Ittihad was financially supported by King Fuad I and British agents, that trusted that the Ittihad would have destabilized the activities of the left-wing radicals. Nevertheless, the Ittihad failed in his goal of built a conservative party, due to his religious views. Its platform was composed mainly by teachers, farmers, ulamas and imams.

The party program was:[2]

The Ittihad was also tutelaged by Hassan al-Banna's Muslim Brotherhood. After this alliance, the Ittihad became mostly active against Copts, and refused the French Revolution, reputed as anarchy, supported a strong authoritarian state.[1] Despite his low electoral results, he party took over the governments of Egypt in 1930s thanks the support of independent politicians present in the House of Representatives.

The party hasn't been a long life and in 1936 was dissolved. Its member adhered mainly to Wafd Party and Muslim Brotherhood.

Electoral results

House of Representatives
Election year # of
overall votes
% of
overall vote
# of
overall seats won
+/– Leader
1926 unknown (#3)
10 / 215
New
Muhammad Tawfiq Nasim Pasha

References

  1. 1 2 James Whidden (2013). Monarchy and Modernity in Egypt: Politics, Islam and Neo-Colonialism Between the Wars. I.B. Tauris. p. 235.
  2. 1 2 Goldschmidt, Arthur; Johnson,Amy J. (August 1, 2005). Re-Envisioning Egypt 1919-1952. Hardcover.
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