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Jahd Khalil

Jahd Khalil is a Cairo-based journalist. On Twitter: @jahdkhalil

A supporter of the Ennahda Movement party distributes leaflets on the party's candidates for parliamentary elections, in Tunis October 22, 2014. Sunday's parliamentary vote will elect the 217-member assembly, and that will chose a new prime minister to lead the government to replace Tunisia's caretaker administration. Presidential elections will follow next month. REUTERS/Anis Mili (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR4B8QR

Ennahda distances itself from Salafists

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Supporters of Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, a Salafist leader and presidential candidate, carry his posters before his arrival to present recommendation documents to the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC) headquarters in Cairo March 30, 2012. The presidential election will be held on May 23 and 24. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) - RTR304AE

Morsi Faces Challenge From Islamist, Salafist Parties

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