Authenticity Party

{{short description|Political party in Egypt}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Authenticity Party

| native_name = حزب الأصالة

| chairman = Ehab Shiha{{Cite news|title=Salafi-oriented Asala Party elects new chairman |url=http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/salafi-oriented-asala-party-elects-new-chairman|agency=Egypt Independent|date=4 January 2013|access-date=13 December 2013}}

| logo = Authenticity Party logo.jpeg

| colorcode = {{party color|Authenticity Party}}

| founded = July 2011{{Cite news|title=Al Asalah' |url=http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/al-asalah/?por=egyptian-elections-2011 |agency=Hiwar Magazine |access-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030200933/http://hiwarportal.dedi.org.eg/key/al-asalah/?por=egyptian-elections-2011 |archive-date=30 October 2013 }}

| ideology = Religious conservatism
Islamism
Salafism

| national = National Legitimacy Support Coalition{{Citation |url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/06/28/islamist-forces-join-together-for-rabaa-al-adaweya-protest/|title=Islamist forces join together for Rabaa Al-Adaweya protest|work=Daily News Egypt|date=28 June 2013|access-date=13 December 2013}}

| position = Far-right

| native_name_lang = ar

| country = Egypt

| seats1_title = House of Representatives

| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568|{{party color|Authenticity Party}}}}

}}

{{Salafi}}

The Authenticity Party ({{langx|ar|حزب الأصالة}}, ḥizb el-asala) is one of the political parties created in Egypt after the 2011 Egyptian Revolution. It has an ultra-conservative Islamist Salafist ideology, which believes in implementing strict Sharia law.{{Cite news|title=The Authenticity Party (Al-Assala Party)|url=http://egypt.electionnaire.com/parties/?id=10|agency=Egypt Electionnaire|access-date=13 December 2013}} The party was formed by the former head of the Virtue Party, General Adel Abdel Maksoud; he left the Virtue Party after allegedly discovering a plot which changed the moderate principles of the party.{{Cite news|title=Egypt's Salafists proliferate with yet another Salafi party in the works|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/16075/Egypt/Politics-/Egypts-Salafists-proliferate-with-yet-another-Sala.aspx|agency=Ahram Online|date=11 July 2011|access-date=13 December 2013}} The party is considering leaving the Anti-Coup Alliance.{{Citation|url=http://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/537901|title=تحالف "المعزول" يحتضر|publisher=Al Masry Al Youm|date=4 October 2014|access-date=4 October 2014}}

In the 2011–12 Egypt parliamentary elections, the Authenticity party ran on the platform of the Islamist Bloc led by Al-Nour Party, another Salafist party. The Islamist Bloc 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, second-place after the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party. The Authenticity Party received 3 of these 127 seats.{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/interactive/2012/01/20121248225832718.html|title=Interactive: Full Egypt election results - Interactive|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=1 February 2012|access-date=13 December 2013}}