The Movement for the Society of Peace (French: Mouvement de la société pour la paix, Arabic: Harakat Moudjtamaa As-Silm حركة مجتمع السلم, formerly called Hamas حماس) is an Islamist party in Algeria, led until his 2003 death by Mahfoud Nahnah. Its current leader is Bouguerra Soltani .

It received 7% of the vote in the 2002 elections and has 38 members of parliament. It is currently (as of 2004) part of a ruling coalition with the FLN and RND.

It favors the Civil Harmony Act , an amnesty for guerrillas who lay down their arms, and is strongly opposed to proposed changes in the Algerian Family Code.

External links

• HMS site