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Origins. The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP) was founded in 2011 as the political arm of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (founded 1928), riding the Tahrir revolution to victory in the 2011–2012 parliamentary and presidential elections. The Nour Party was founded in 2011 as the political arm of the Salafi Call (al-Da'wa al-Salafiyya), a long-standing literalist movement based primarily in Alexandria.

Where they diverge. Both are Islamist, but in different Sunni traditions. The Muslim Brotherhood is gradualist-electoralist, with a long history of competing in Egyptian elections and operating networks of social services; doctrinally it draws on the framework of Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid Qutb but updated for modern politics. Salafism is literalist-puritanist, rejecting bid'a (innovation) and historically rejecting electoral politics entirely — until the post-2011 opening. On alliances: FJP backed Morsi's presidency from 2012 to 2013; Nour broke with the Brotherhood and supported the July 2013 military removal of Morsi, then signed onto the Sisi-era constitutional process. On state-religion: both seek Islamic law as the principal source of legislation, but Nour's doctrinal literalism is harsher.

Where they overlap. Both supported Article 2 of the 1971 and 2014 Egyptian constitutions ("Islam is the religion of the state, and the principles of Islamic Sharia are the principal source of legislation"). Both opposed liberal-secular parties in 2011–2012.

Why it matters today. FJP was dissolved by court order after the 2013 coup and the Brotherhood has been designated a terrorist organization since then. Nour remains the only formally Islamist party permitted to operate.