When Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi an**unced in a television address the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ultraconservative Salafi party official sat by his side, making an unlikely ally. Almost 11 months later, with Sisi poised to win a presidential election amid a *****down on Islamists that has killed at least 1,400 people, the Salafists of Al-**ur party are sticking by him. The support of Al-**ur, whose Galal al-Morra appeared in the dramatic television broadcast last July, has allowed it to survive the *****down but splintered its base. The leaders of Egypt's Salafists -- adherents of a puritanical school of Islam -- have had a history of falling in line with strongmen.
05-20-2014, 01:00 AM
Egypt's Salafist Muslims split over Sisi support
When Egypt's military chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi an**unced in a television address the overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, an ultraconservative Salafi party official sat by his side, making an unlikely ally. Almost 11 months later, with Sisi poised to win a presidential election amid a *****down on Islamists that has killed at least 1,400 people, the Salafists of Al-**ur party are sticking by him. The support of Al-**ur, whose Galal al-Morra appeared in the dramatic television broadcast last July, has allowed it to survive the *****down but splintered its base. The leaders of Egypt's Salafists -- adherents of a puritanical school of Islam -- have had a history of falling in line with strongmen.
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