Egypt Presidential Candidate 'Will Push For Sharia'

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By Samer al-Atrush | AFP – 12 minutes ago

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate for Egypt's presidency, Khairat el-Shater, has pledged to press for the implementation of sharia (Islamic law) if elected, a Muslim think tank said on Wednesday.

Shater, whose candidacy for the May election sent political shock waves throughout the post-uprising country, said implementing the sharia was "his first and final goal," said the Legal Authority for Rights and Reform after meeting with him on Tuesday.

Shater, who stepped down as the Brotherhood's deputy leader to run, said "he would work to form a group of scholars to support parliament in achieving that goal," according to a statement on the group's website.

When asked by AFP, a senior official with Shater's campaign did not deny the statement, but clarified that Shater shared his electoral programme with the Brotherhood's political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party.

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[kestrel91316]

1. I guess he figures Egypt can live without the tourist dollars,

because tourists will give a country with sharia law a wide berth.

[provis99]

2. to hell with the Coptic Christians, I guess.