WOW! EGYPT'S ISLAMIC SALAFIST LOGO LOOKS LIKE OBAMA'S LOGO

 

WHILE THE SUBJECT OF EGYPT IS ONE OF THE TOP NEWS STORIES OUT THERE - HOW ABOUT THIS - EGYPT'S ISLAMIC SALAFIST LOGO SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE DEMONRAT'S LOGO.  LOOKS LIKE THE SHARIA LOVING PARTY HAS THE SAME LOGO DESIGNER AS OUR SHARIA LOVING PRESIDENT. 

 

LEFT: EGYPT'S ISLAMIC SALAFIST LOGO     RIGHT: OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN LOGO 

 

The source of this description of this political party is taken from wikipedia.  This should solidify the fact that you can't trust anything from wikipedia. The term "ultra-conservative Islamist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law" is impossible on it's face.

 

The al‑Nour Party (Arabic: حزب النور‎, Ḥizb Al‑Nūr) ("Party of The Light") is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.

It has been described as the political arm of the Salafi Call Society,^[2] and "by far the most prominent" of the several new Salafi parties in Egypt,^[3] which it has surpassed by virtue of its "long organizational and administrative experience" and "charismatic leaders".^[2]

In the 2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections, the Islamist Bloc led by Al‑Nour party received 7,534,266 votes out of a total 27,065,135 correct votes (27.8%). The Islamist Bloc gained 127 of the 498 parliamentary seats contested,^[3] second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. Al‑Nour party itself won 111 of the 127 seats.

To better understand how ironic this is, here's an article about Egypts Al-Nour Salafist Party: 

Profiles of Egypt's political parties

By Said Shehata BBC News

Al-Nour is a Salafist party that was legalised in June 2011 by the Political Parties' Committee and headed by Emad Abdul Ghafour.

It includes Salafists who were active in some cities in Egypt during the Mubarak era, especially Alexandria, where they provided religious and social services.

Its logo is a sun, meant to show that the party will bring clarity and light.

It gained attention during a 29 July demonstration called "Kandahar Friday", when Salafists carried slogans calling for applying Islamic Sharia and the Koran.

Programme and goals:

Applying Islamic Sharia in all aspects of life is the main goal.

They call for people to follow Islam that was practiced during the time of the Prophet Muhamad and his companions, and for Islamic ethics to be the terms of reference of daily life.

"The party aims at reforming people's lives according to the Koran and Sunnah and a modern state based on Islamic ethics," a senior party official, Yousry Hamad, told the BBC.

Al-Nour highlights the right to private property and economic competition as long as it does not damage public interests. 

It asserts freedoms and rights as possible within the confines of Islamic Sharia.

Electoral Alliances:

The party was part of the Democratic Alliance led by the Freedom and Justice Party, but they withdrew to establish a new bloc.

Their Islamic views are more conservative than those of the Freedom and Justice Party regarding Islamic Sharia and the relationship with Israel.

They believe in a strict application of Sharia law, such as implementing Islamic punishments known as Hudud. They also found it hard to deal with non-Islamist parties. 

They have formed the Islamist Alliance with other parties including al-Gamma' al-Islamiyya's Reconstruction and Development Party and the Salafist al-Asala Party.

Funding:

Al-Nour is accused by some liberal parties and some Egyptian media of getting money from Gulf countries, but the party denied this. 

"We face financial problems and this led to our absence in Cairo," said Yousry Hammad. "If we have abundance of money as others claim, we could have nominated candidates in all districts, and this is not the case."

He said the campaign has been financed by members and sympathisers, and costs have been kept low because of the efforts of volunteers.

Women and Copts:

The party programme states the right of Copts to have their separate personal status laws and their freedom of religion.

However, Copts are suspicious about Salafist intentions to apply Islamic Sharia.

Al-Nour calls for a Muslim male to be the president of Egypt because it is a Muslim state.

"If 95% of the population are Muslims, no wonder the president should be a Muslim because the president should preserve Islam," said Yousry Hammad.

The party has no Copt on their list, saying no Christian approached the party. They call for women to focus on the family, which they say is their main duty in society.

In the party's view women can be teachers and nurses, but not in leadership positions over men. It has 60 women as on the electoral list.

Constitutional principles document (El-Silmi):

Al-Nour joined other Islamists in an 18 November protest to express their rejection of the document, which states that 80 out of 100 members of the constitutional committee will be appointed, rather than elected from the new parliament, and gives the army immunity from parliamentary oversight.
"This document should be guiding and not binding because it will not be put for referendum," says Yousry Hamad.

Party chairman Emad Abdel Ghafour said the party refuses the usage of "civil state" in the document because it might mean a secular state that separates religion and the state.

Chances in the Parliament:

The party leadership admits it will get few seats.

They do not have a candidate in Cairo, which will provide 36 seats for party lists and 18 seats for individual lists.

Their stronghold in Alexandria will give them their best chance of winning seats. Elsewhere, they will struggle to challenge the Freedom and Justice Party and remnants of the dissolved NDP.

Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-15899539