On Friday, March 25, Salafists' activists demonstrated in front of the Qā’id Ibrāhīm Mosque in Alexandria, calling for the withdrawal of current Deputy Prime Minister Yaḥyā al-Jamal and his overly secular views.

In the course of the day, verbal and physical scuffles between Salafists and other demonstrators occurred. “This is the first time to witness physical clashes between protesters. We were here during the revolution. We were united. Now the Salafists movement wants to impose their way of thinking against us,” said student Muḥammad Mitwalī, a member of the January 25 Youth Coalition.

While the Salafists movement had adopted a rather apolitical stance during the Mubārak regime, they recently announced their intent to form a political party and to field candidates in the upcoming parliamentary elections.

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