{{short description|Political party in Egypt}} {{Infobox political party | country = Egypt | name = Independence Party<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/100261/news/families-of-mb-leaders-call-for-their-unconditional-release|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140402022217/http://thecairopost.com/news/100261/news/families-of-mb-leaders-call-for-their-unconditional-release|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 2, 2014|title=Families of MB leaders call for their unconditional release|agency=Daily News Egypt|date=6 March 2014|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> | native_name = حزب الاستقلال <br> Hezb Al-Istiqlal<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2013/12/22/anti-coup-alliance-cites-reasons-for-boycotting-referendum/|title=Anti-Coup Alliance cites reasons for boycotting referendum|work=Daily News Egypt|date=22 December 2013|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> | logo = | leader = Magdy Hussein<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.egyptindependent.com//news/nasl-leaders-arrested|title=NASL leaders arrested|work=Egypt Independent|date=2 July 2014|access-date=9 July 2014}}</ref> | colorcode = #009000 | foundation = | dissolved = | merged = | headquarters = | newspaper = | ideology = [[Islamism]]<ref name=cp1april>{{cite web|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/104692/news/national-alliance-claims-efforts-to-find-political-solution|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140404074430/http://thecairopost.com/news/104692/news/national-alliance-claims-efforts-to-find-political-solution|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 4, 2014|title=National Alliance claims efforts to find political solution|work=Cairo Post|date=1 April 2014|access-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> | position = [[Left-wing]]<ref name=mee24sept>{{cite web|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-rounds-senior-members-party-backed-anti-sisi-protests|title=Egypt rounds up senior members of party backing anti-Sisi protests|work=[[Middle East Eye]]|date=24 September 2019|access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> | national = | colors = | website = | seats1_title = [[House of Representatives (Egypt)|House of Representatives]] | seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|568}} }}
The '''Independence Party''' is an [[Islamist]] political party in Egypt.<ref name=cp1april/> The party was banned by the Cairo Urgent Matters Court on 29 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.aswatmasriya.com/news/view.aspx?id=b6740bc7-89ac-44fb-8278-a10d7a38bc44|title= Court bans pro-Mursi political party|work=Aswat Masriya|date=29 September 2014|access-date=29 September 2014}}</ref> The party withdrew from the [[Anti-Coup Alliance]] on 30 November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|title=More Islamist groups withdraw from Anti-Coup Alliance|url=http://www.dailynewsegypt.com/2014/12/06/islamist-groups-withdraw-anti-coup-alliance/|work=Daily News Egypt|date=6 December 2014|access-date=6 December 2014}}</ref> Many members of the party were arrested following the [[2019 Egyptian protests]].<ref name=mee24sept/>
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{{Egyptian political parties}}
[[Category:Banned Islamic political parties]] [[Category:Banned political parties in Egypt]] [[Category:Islamic political parties in Egypt]] [[Category:Political parties with year of establishment missing]] {{Egypt-party-stub}}