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The influential Muslim Brotherhood wants an Egyptian president with an "Islamic background", its leader said, comments that would appear to rule out its support for a leading liberal like Amr Moussa in the forthcoming presidential election.
Two of the top contenders for Egypt's presidency are confronting a similar challenge on the campaign trail: their past.
The race for the Egyptian presidency has been redefined by the disqualification of Hosni Mubarak's spy chief and prominent Islamists, including a Muslim Brotherhood candidate and a popular Salafi cleric.