Democratic Nasserist Party

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Democratic Nasserist Party
الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي
Arab Socialism
Pan-Arabism

The Democratic Nasserist Party (

Arabic: الحزب الناصري الديمقراطي, al-Hizb al-Nasiri al-Dimuqrati) is a political party in Yemen
.

History

The party was set up in the 1960s by Egyptian intelligence service to win the support of

2003 parliamentary elections
, remaining seatless.

Ideology

Although a Nasserist party, the party supports Sharia law and sees socialism as being compatible with Islam.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Yemen: 1993 parliamentary election Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Al-Bab
  3. ^ a b Frank Tachau (1994) Political parties of the Middle East and North Africa, Greenwood Press, p631
  4. ^ Yemen's parliamentary election, 1997 Archived 2015-10-18 at the Wayback Machine Al-Bab