Salafist Party Asserts Role in Egypt as Brotherhood Teeters
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The dethronement of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood party is giving rise to a new political power.
The ultra-conservative Nour Party was the only Islamist group to support the military-backed plan to topple Mohamed Mursi and the Muslim Brotherhood organization that fielded him for office. The move has cast them as political power brokers, evidenced by their scuttling, at least for now, of Mohamed ElBaradei’s appointment as prime minister.