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May 13, 2012
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Mohamed Morsi during Elections Campaign: Jihad Is Our Path, Death for the Sake of Allah Is Our Most Lofty Aspiration, the Shari'a Is Our Constitution

#3476 | 02:44
Source: Misr 25 TV (Egypt)Online Platforms

Following are excerpts from a speech delivered by then Egyptian presidential candidate Mohamed Morsi, which aired on Misr 25 TV, and was posted on Youtube, on May 13, 2012.

 

Mohamed Morsi: [in the 1920’s, the Egyptians] said: “The constitution is our Koran.” They wanted to show that the constitution is a great thing. But Imam [Hassan] Al-Banna, Allah’s mercy upon him, said to them: “No, the Koran is our constitution.”

 

 

The Koran was and will continue to be our constitution.

 

 

The Koran will continue to be our constitution.

 

 

Mohamed Morsi: The Koran is our constitution.

 

 

Crowds: The Koran is our constitution.

 

 

Mohamed Morsi: The Prophet Muhammad is our leader.

 

 

Crowds: The Prophet Muhammad is our leader.

 

 

Mohamed Morsi: Jihad is our path.

 

 

Crowds: Jihad is our path.

 

 

Mohamed Morsi: And death for the sake of Allah is our most lofty aspiration.

 

 

Crowds: And death for the sake of Allah is our most lofty aspiration.

 

 

Mohamed Morsi: Above all – Allah is our goal.

 

 

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The shari’a, then the shari’a, and finally, the shari’a. This nation will enjoy blessing and revival only through the Islamic shari’a. I take an oath before Allah and before you all that regardless of the actual text [of the constitution]… Allah willing, the text will truly reflect [the shari’a], as will be agreed upon by the Egyptian people, by the Islamic scholars, and by legal and constitutional experts…

 

 

Rejoice and rest assured that this people will not accept a text that does not reflect the true meaning of the Islamic shari’a as a text to be implemented and as a platform. The people will not agree to anything else.

 

 

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