The leaders of the Umma Party had…
1900 CE to 1911 CE
Unlike Abduh, however, who was concerned with the reform of Islam to accommodate it to the modern world, Lutfi as Sayyid is concerned with progress and the reform of society.
The aim of the Umma Party is independence.
Lutfi as Sayyid believes, however, that Egypt will attain self-rule not by attacking the British or the khedive but through reform of Egyptian laws and institutions and the participation of Egyptians in public life.
Lutfi as Sayyid believes Egypt should cooperate in any measures that will limit the autocracy of the khedive and expand constitutional government, which can only strengthen the nation.
Implicit in the Umma program is the idea of tactical cooperation and eventual negotiation with the British on the future of Egypt, an idea that Kamil and the National Party rejected.
The National Party is described as "extremist" because of its demand for the immediate withdrawal of the British, while the Umma Party is called "moderate" because of its gradualist approach to independence from British domination.
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