Egypt's largest opposition movement, the Muslim Brotherhood declared on Saturday its new leader. Mohammed Badie, a 66-year-old academic, is the group's eighth supreme leader since its foundation in 1928. He was chosen by the movement's 30-member international council.
According to the AP, Badie succeeds Mohammed Mahdi Akef, who became the group's first ever leader to step down. "Show the world the true Islam, the Islam of moderation and forgiveness that respects pluralism in the whole world," he was quoted as saying.
Akef's resignation reportedly came after he quarreled with the conservative faction over including more moderates on the governing council.
