The Homeland Party[2] or Libyan National Party[3] (also styled Alwattan Party, Arabic: حزب الوطنĦizb al-Waṭan or Ħizb el-Waṭan) is a conservativeIslamist political party in Libya, founded in November 2011,[4] after the Libyan Civil War and the overthrow of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. It is endorsed and led by Ali al-Sallabi, an influential Salafist cleric. Members include Abdelhakim Belhadj, Mahmoud Hamza, Ali Zeidan and Mansour Saif Al-Nasar.[1][5] At the time of its establishment, it had the provisional name of National Gathering for Freedom, Justice and Development.
Official Alwattan Party website (auto-translated to English).
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^ abcdKhan, Umar (10 April 2012), "Three-day event in Tripoli to announce "Nation Party"", Libya Herald, retrieved 5 December 2012
^Libya: Analysis by Kamil Al-Tawil of Jihadi Types` Attitudes to Political Life
^Coker, Margaret (22 June 2012), "Libya Election Panel Battles Ghosts", The Wall Street Journal
^Beaumont, Peter (3 December 2011), "Political Islam poised to dominate the new world bequeathed by Arab spring", The Guardian, London, retrieved 31 January 2012
^Nordland, Rod; Kirkpatrick, David D. (15 September 2011). "Islamists' Growing Sway Raises Questions for Libya". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-06-10.
^Spencer, Richard (19 November 2011), "Libyan cleric announces new party on lines of 'moderate' Islamic democracy", The Telegraph, London, retrieved 31 January 2012
^"The Hizb Al Watan official homepage". 20 June 2012. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
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