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Khalil al-Anani is a scholar of Middle East studies at the School of Government and International Affairs at Durham University. He is the author of the forthcoming Unpacking the Muslim Brotherhood: Religion, Identity and Politics (tentative title). He can be contacted at kalanani@gmail.com. On Twitter: @Khalilalanani
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![A member of the Muslim Brotherhood and supporter of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi with a poster of Mursi sits on the ground in front of the courthouse and the Attorney General's office during a demonstration in Cairo July 22, 2013. The family of ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Monday it would take legal action against the army, accusing it of abducting the country's first democratically-elected president. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST RELIGION) -](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/07/RTX11UYF.jpg/RTX11UYF.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=nrGySfa8)
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![Egyptian presidential guards stand on a tank behing the presidential palace's gate as protesters gather in front of it in a show of opposition to Morsi and his Muslim Brotherhood on February 1, 2013 in Cairo. Egyptian security used water cannon and fired shots into the air as protesters threw petrol bombs and stones into the grounds of the presidential palace, an AFP correspondent said. AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI (Photo credit should read KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/03/160483233.jpg/160483233.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=kYxwKFT5)
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![A boy stands next to an electoral slogan of the Salafi political party Al-Nour that reads, "Together hand in hand we build the country through religion" outside a polling station in Toukh, El-Kalubia governorate, about 25 km (16 miles) northeast of Cairo January 3, 2012. Egyptians voted in the third round of a parliamentary election on Tuesday that has so far handed Islamists the biggest share of seats in an assembly that will be central in the planned transition from army rule. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2013/02/1-RTR2VUP5.jpg/1-RTR2VUP5.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=TxUmkI-5)
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