• A man walk through town near Sharqi Mosque as Sheikh Mohammed Raslan speaks inside in Sobkh el Ahad, Egypt, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. sb/Photo by Shawn Baldwin
    A man walk through town near Sharqi Mosque as Sheikh Mohammed Raslan speaks inside in Sobkh el Ahad, Egypt, Wednesday, February 13, 2013. sb/Photo by Shawn Baldwin
  • Attendance at Sheikh Raslan's Friday sermons has quadrupled to 4,000 since Egyptians overthrew Hosni Mubarak in 2011. At the time of the uprising, Sheikh Raslan said it was wrong for Egyptians to rebel against the president. Shawn Baldwin for The National
    Attendance at Sheikh Raslan's Friday sermons has quadrupled to 4,000 since Egyptians overthrew Hosni Mubarak in 2011. At the time of the uprising, Sheikh Raslan said it was wrong for Egyptians to rebel against the president. Shawn Baldwin for The National
  • An Islamic bookstore near Sharqi mosque. Implementing Sharia, or Islamic law, is a major discussion in Egyptian politics, something unthinkable during the 60 years of autocratic rule under Hosni Mubarak and his predecessors. Shawn Baldwin for The National
    An Islamic bookstore near Sharqi mosque. Implementing Sharia, or Islamic law, is a major discussion in Egyptian politics, something unthinkable during the 60 years of autocratic rule under Hosni Mubarak and his predecessors. Shawn Baldwin for The National
  • An Egyptian walks past Sharqi mosque, right, during one of Sheikh Muhammad Said Raslan's sermons in the town of Sobkh El Ahad. Sheikh Raslan is at the forefront of the increasingly powerful opposition to the ruling Muslim Brotherhood from within the broad???
    An Egyptian walks past Sharqi mosque, right, during one of Sheikh Muhammad Said Raslan's sermons in the town of Sobkh El Ahad. Sheikh Raslan is at the forefront of the increasingly powerful opposition to the ruling Muslim Brotherhood from within the broad???
  • “They sow corruption on the earth in the name of religion, they cause people to deviate from the creed in the name of Islam. What do they offer to people? Delusions and superstitions, since they are ignorant of the truth," Sheikh Raslan said, criticisng???
    “They sow corruption on the earth in the name of religion, they cause people to deviate from the creed in the name of Islam. What do they offer to people? Delusions and superstitions, since they are ignorant of the truth," Sheikh Raslan said, criticisng???

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