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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/egypts-hardline-islamist-party-unravels-pointing-to-fragility-in-political-islam/2012/10/04/c5e7c460-0e63-11e2-ba6c-07bd866eb71a_story.html

Egypt's Hardline Islamist Party Unravels

(AP-Washington Post) A fight for leadership could paralyze the Al-Nour Party, which became Egypt's second most powerful political force, winning a quarter of the seats in the legislature, second only to the Muslim Brotherhood's 50%. "The party is exploding from inside," Mohammed Habib, who was once a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, said of Al-Nour. "In the street, it has lost its credibility. People see clerics who they used to see as men of God engaging in earthy disputes."

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