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May 21, 2012

Muslim Brotherhood Draws in the Salafis

Hassan Hassan, The National

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Any Egyptian Muslim who does not vote for Mohammed Morsi will be bitten by a serpent in his grave for four years. That fatwa, attributed to a Salafi cleric last week, made headlines in the Arabic-language media because of its absurdity. There is no such punishment in Sharia, let alone one exacted for failing to vote a certain way in a presidential campaign.

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TAGGED: Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt

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