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{{Short description|Political party in Algeria}}
{{About|the political party in Algeria whose abbreviation is Hamas|the Palestinian organization|Hamas}}
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{{Infobox political party
| name = Movement of Society for Peace
| native_name = حركة مجتمع السلم
| native_name_lang = ar
| logo = Movement of Society for Peace logo.png
| logo_size =
| colorcode = {{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}
| leader = [[Abderrazak Makri]]
| foundation = 6 December 1990
| ideology = {{unbulletedlist|[[Sunni Islam|Sunni]] [[Islamism]]|[[Islamic democracy]]|[[Social conservatism]]|[[Economic liberalism]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/836565973|title=Political Islam in Algeria|date=May 2007|first=Amel|last=Boubekeur|isbn=978-92-9079-721-0|location=Brussels|oclc=836565973|publisher=Centre for European Policy Studies|series=CEPS Working Document|volume=268}}</ref>}}
| position = [[Right-wing]]
| headquarters = [[Algiers]], [[Algiers Province]], [[Algeria]]
| national = [[Green Algeria Alliance]] (2012–2017)
| international = [[Muslim Brotherhood]]
| colours =
| slogan = Peace is the solution {{small|(since 1997)}}<br/>Islam is the solution {{small|(until 1997)}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.hmsalgeria.net/}}
| country = Algeria
| seats1 = {{Composition bar|0|144|{{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}}}
| seats1_title = [[Council of the Nation]]
| seats2 = {{Composition bar|65|407|{{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}}}
| seats2_title = [[People's National Assembly]]
| seats3 = {{Composition bar|152|2004|{{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}}}
| seats3_title = [[People's Provincial Assembly|People's Provincial Assemblies]]
| seats4 = {{Composition bar|49|1540|{{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}}}
| seats4_title = [[Communes of Algeria|Municipalities]]
| seats5 = {{Composition bar|1225|24786|{{party color|Movement of Society for Peace}}}}
| seats5_title = [[People's Municipal Assembly|People's Municipal Assemblies]]
}}
{{Politics of Algeria}}

The '''Movement of Society for Peace''' ({{lang-ar|حركة مجتمع السلم|Harakat mujtamaâ as-Silm}}; {{Lang-ber|ⵀⴰⵔⴰⴽⴰⵜ ⵎⵓⵊⵜⴰⵎⴰⵄ ⵙⵉⵍⵎ}}), sometimes known by its shortened form '''Hamas''' ({{Lang-ar|حمس}}) is an Islamic party in [[Algeria]], led by [[Mahfoud Nahnah]] until his death in 2003. Its current leader is [[Abderrazak Makri]]. It is aligned with the international [[Muslim Brotherhood]].

== Roots in the Muslim Brotherhood ==
The [[Muslim Brotherhood]] reached [[Algeria]] during the later years of the [[France|French]] colonial presence in the country (1830–1962). Sheikh [[Ahmad Sahnoun]] led the organization in Algeria between 1953 and 1954 during the French [[colonialism]]. Brotherhood members and sympathizers took part in the uprising against France in 1954-1962, but the movement was marginalized during the [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] [[one-party rule]] which was installed at independence in 1962. Islamic forces however remained active in religious education, [[mosque]]s and religious associations, including sympathizers of the Muslim Brotherhood. Brotherhood activists generally refrained from confronting the regime, which did not tolerate independent [[Opposition (politics)|opposition]], but sometimes protested the government and generally argued for a greater role for [[Islam in Algeria|Islam in the country's politics]]. Muslims also called for increased [[Arabization]] of education and the state bureaucracy, and gained a foothold through heavy state backing for the early Arabization programs under [[President of Algeria|Presidents]] [[Ahmed Ben Bella]] and [[Houari Boumédiène]]. The reformist-Islamist ideology of the Muslim Brotherhood, in particular, was strengthened through the recruitment of [[Arabic language]] teachers from other Arab countries, particularly [[Egypt]], which is the Brotherhood's main stronghold.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYYyDwAAQBAJ&q=Ahmed+Sahnoun+%221953%22&pg=PA320|title = Historical Dictionary of Islamic Fundamentalism|isbn = 9781538106709|last1 = Guidère|first1 = Mathieu|date = 20 September 2017}}</ref>

== History of the party ==
When a [[multi-party system]] was introduced in Algeria in the early 1990s, the Muslim Brotherhood formed the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP), led by [[Mahfoud Nahnah]] until his death in 2003 (he was succeeded by present party leader [[Boudjerra Soltani]]). The party was initially known as the ''Movement for the Islamic Society'', and abbreviated in Arabic as Hamas, but following legal bans on religiously founded parties, the name was changed (the abbreviation Hamas still remains in use).

A dissident wing of Brotherhood-inspired Islamists led by [[Abdallah Djaballah]] formed their own party, [[Islamic Renaissance Movement|El Nahda]], which later split to create [[Movement for National Reform|El Islah]], advocating a more hardline stand towards the government. (Neither is supported by the Muslim Brotherhood's international organization, which recognizes MSP/Hamas as its Algerian wing.) The Muslim Brotherhood in Algeria did not join the [[Front islamique du salut]] (FIS), which emerged as the leading Islamist group in the [[1990 Algerian local election|1990 local]] and [[1991 Algerian legislative election|1991 parliamentary elections]], although the rapidly growing FIS did attract some of its supporters.

In 1992, a military [[coup d'état]] cancelled elections which the FIS was on the verge of winning, and banned the organization. The Brotherhood condemned the coup, but refused to join the resulting violent uprising by FIS sympathizers and the [[Armed Islamic Groups]] (GIA) against the Algerian state and military. Instead, the group urged a peaceful resolution to the conflict and cooperation with the state, which for a time caused some strains with the international Muslim Brotherhood, where many sympathized with the Islamist insurgency.

The MSP/Hamas thus remained a legal political organization, and ran in all elections organized by the state while the ex-FIS and other rebel forces urged a boycott. In retaliation for the party's pro-government stance, several members were assassinated by extremist militants during the war. Since 1997, the party has been supportive of the presidencies of [[Liamine Zeroual]] and [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]], and has participated in government.

In parliament and government, the party has tried to strengthen conservative and Islamic trends in state and society, e.g. in opposing secularizing changes in the [[Algerian Family Code]]. It has argued in favor of [[amnesty]] and [[Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation|reconciliation efforts]] towards former Islamist guerrillas, while simultaneously condemning violence and supporting the state in its confrontation with radical groups still fighting, such as [[al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb]] (formerly [[Al-Qaeda Organisation in the Islamic Maghreb|GSPC]]).

== Electoral participation ==

In the first round of the [[1991 Algerian legislative election|1991 parliamentary elections]] (Algeria's first multi-party elections) the MSP/Hamas gained 5,3% of the popular vote, becoming the fourth-largest party in parliament. The movement was significantly weaker than the non-Brotherhood FIS, which became the largest party with 47%. The second round of elections were cancelled by a military coup in January 1992, and the FIS was banned.

===During the civil war ===

The MSP/Hamas protested the coup, but also clearly condemned the [[Algerian Civil War|Islamist insurgency]] that ensued. The party remained committed to the [[Elections in Algeria|political process]], arguing in favor of peaceful reconciliation, an amnesty for Islamist fighters and a return to [[democracy]], while criticizing both sides of the conflict. In 1995, Sheikh Nahnah participated in the presidential elections as main contender against the military-backed winning candidate, [[Liamine Zeroual]]. He finished second with 25.38% of the popular vote.

In the 1997 parliamentary elections, the party gained 14.8% of the vote, finishing as the second-largest party in parliament.[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/a/algeria/algeria1997.txt], and subsequently joining the pro-Zeroual governing coalition under leadership of the [[National Rally for Democracy (Algeria)|RND]].

=== Presidential alliance under Bouteflika ===
The party would later support Zeroual's successor as [[president of Algeria|president]] from 1999, [[Abdelaziz Bouteflika]]. In the first parliamentary elections under Bouteflika, the MSP received 7% of the vote in [[2002 Algerian legislative election|the 2002 elections]], gaining 38 members in the parliament. In the [[2004 Algerian presidential election|2004 presidential elections]], the party endorsed and were part of a coalition supporting the reelection of Bouteflika, and it has remained committed to the three-party "presidential coalition" (together with the secular [[National Liberation Front (Algeria)|FLN]] and the [[National Rally for Democracy (Algeria)|RND]] parties). As part of the presidential coalition, the party has argued for conservative values and the Islamization of society, as well as supported Bouteflika's projects to grant amnesty to former Islamist militants.

In the [[2007 Algerian legislative election|2007 parliamentary elections]], the MSP again ran as a member of the presidential bloc, earning 9.64% of the popular vote and becoming the third-largest party of the parliament, with 52 members. The party further supported constitutional changes in 2008, designed to allow President Bouteflika to run for a third term. Rather than launching its own candidate, it campaigned in favor of Bouteflika's candidacy in the [[2009 Algerian presidential election|2009 presidential election]].

=== Green Algeria Alliance ===
In 2012 it however turned to founding the [[Islamism|Islamist]] coalition [[Green Algeria Alliance]], together with Islah and Nahda. Jointly participating in the [[2012 Algerian legislative election|2012 legislative election]], the three Islamist parties had to suffer losses achieving only 6.22% of the popular vote and 49 seats. On 25 January 2014, the MSP announced to boycott the [[2014 Algerian presidential election|2014 presidential election]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://thecairopost.com/news/86457/regional_news/algerias-islamist-group-to-boycott-presidential-elections|title=Algeria’s Islamist group to boycott presidential elections|agency=Cairo Post|date=7 February 2014|access-date=7 February 2014}}</ref>

The party did not participate in the [[2019 Algerian presidential election|2019 presidential election]]. A former member of the party, former Tourism Minister [[Abdelkader Bengrina]], started his own party, the ''[[National Construction Movement|el-Bina]]'', and received 1.5 million votes, or 17.4%, on a turnout of 40%.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aawsat.com/english/home/article/2031646/algeria-election-may-bring-new-era-or-continued-protests|title=Algeria Election May Bring New Era or Continued Protests|website=Asharq AL-awsat|language=en|access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.hmsalgeria.net/}} (in Arabic)

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[[Category:Political parties in Algeria]]
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