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Nour Party Picks Up Islamist Mantle In Egyptian Transition

Having joined the coup against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, the Salafist Nour Party seek to lead the Islamist current in Egyptian politics.
Younes Makhyoun (2nd R), head of the Salafist al-Nour Party attends a news conference with Presidential Media Advisor and spokesman Ahmed al-Muslimani (2nd L) at the party's headquarters in Cairo August 28, 2013. During the conference, Makhyoun stated that the Egyptian armed forces are a red line and reiterated al-Nour's support of the army's roadmap back to democracy, according to local media. Picture taken August 28, 2013.  REUTERS/Stringer  (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS MEDIA) - RTX12ZWG
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After the fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and the College of Commissioners’ decision to dissolve the group, and after the arrest of officials in the group’s guidance office and in its right arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, the Salafist Nour Party has emerged as the representative of Egypt’s Islamist current.

The Nour Party is now seen as a substitute for the Muslim Brotherhood in the negotiations among the existing political forces in the process of establishing new constitutional mechanisms for Egypt.

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