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![[Freedom and Justice Party]](../images/e/eg}fjp.gif) image by Jaume Olle, 25 February 2015
 
image by Jaume Olle, 25 February 2015 See also:
The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) was founded on 30 April 2011, as the 
political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood. The FJP is 
chaired by Mohamed Morsy, appointed by the Guidance Office of the Muslim 
Brotherhood. In the parliamentary election held from 28 November 2011 to 11 
January 2012, the FJP led a coalition of 11 parties called the Democratic 
Alliance for Egypt. The coalition received 10,138,134 votes (37.5%), obtaining 
235 out of the 508 seats (45%) and therefore forming the largest block in the 
parliament, largely dominated by the FJP (213 seats).
The flag of the 
FJP, as shown on a photo of the party headquarters published in "The Egyptian 
Gazette", 9 March 2012, is white with the party's emblem. Below the emblem is 
the party's name, on two lines, top, in Arabic (black), bottom, in English 
(red). In this particular context, the flag has a white fringe, while the 
neighboring Egyptian flag (with golden emblem) has a golden fringe. 
http://213.158.162.45/~egyptian/index.php?action=news&id=23400 
Other 
sightings show the flag without the fringe, for instance:
http://www.hurryh.com/gallery_Details.aspx?News_ID=96 - FJP website
http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/33/100/28507/Elections-/News/Muslim-Brotherhood-braces-for-tough-electoral-race.aspx
http://english.ahram.org.eg/Media/News/2011/12/4/2011-634586200088903631-890.jpg 
- Reuters Photo
Ivan Sache, 10 March 2012