The Moderate Front (also called the Moderate Islamist Front for Combating Violence and Extremism,
[ the Islamic Alliance to Support Stability and Renounce Violence][ and the Movement of Moderation to Confront the Religious Extremism)]jihadis
Jihadism is a neologism which is used in reference to "militant Islamic movements that are perceived as existentially threatening to the West" and "rooted in political Islam."Compare: Appearing earlier in the Pakistani and Indian media, Wes ...
, ex-members of the Muslim Brotherhood and ex-al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya
( ar, الجماعة الإسلامية, "the Islamic Group"; also transliterated El Gama'a El Islamiyya; also called "Islamic Groups" and transliterated Gamaat Islamiya, al Jamaat al Islamiya, is an Egyptian Sunni Islamist movement, and ...
members.[ The leader of the alliance is Sabra al-Qasemy al-Wasateyya,][ The alliance was founded after the 30 June ouster of Mohamed Morsi and subsequent attacks on civilians.][ The coalition has supported ]Abdel Fattah el-Sisi
Abdel Fattah Saeed Hussein Khalil el-Sisi; (born 19 November 1954) is an Egyptian politician and retired military officer who has served as the sixth and current president of Egypt since 2014. Before retiring as a general in the Egyptian mil ...
for president in the Egyptian 2014 presidential election.[ The Muslim Brotherhood has been criticized by the group for its calling for protests on the anniversary of the Mohamed Mahmoud clashes; the members of the alliance want the Brotherhood to turn away from violence. One of the members of the organization, Amr Emara,][ is also the coordinator of the Dissident Brotherhood Youth Alliance. The leader of the Democratic Jihad Party (Yasser Saad) is currently a member of the front.][
The organization worked on a book to combat ]takfir
''Takfir'' or ''takfīr'' ( ar, تكفير, takfīr) is an Arabic and Islamic term which denotes excommunication from Islam of one Muslim by another, i.e. accusing another Muslim to be an apostate. The word is found neither in the Quran nor in the ...
ideology;[ the book was published in October 2013 and distributed in Arish.]
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