Following the death of the Brotherhood Supreme Guide Counselor Ma?moun al-Hudaiby, the outlawed group chose Muhammad Helal as an acting Supreme Guide. Six days later the Brotherhood decided on the name of its new Supreme Guide, ending all discussions and speculations on the conflict within the group between the elder generation and the middle generation. Muhammad Mahdī Akef, who belongs to the Brotherhood’s old guard, was named Supreme Guide of the group in Egypt and worldwide.