It was energetically publicised (albeit in caustic terms) by two Salafist (hardline Islamist) television channels.
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The ultra-conservative Salafist Al Nour party has seen members split off to form their own faction.
There had been speculation that an ultraconservative Salafist cleric, Mohammed Yusri Ibrahim, would be appointed.
Mr Ibragimov is said by Russian media to have been a "Salafist", a term used for Islamic radicals.
He is a Salafist street preacher in his 30s who owns a small mobile phone shop in Bab al-Tabbana.
That is when a believer rejects traditional Islamic mentors in favor of "Salafist, " or more radical, fundamentalist preachers and friends.
Some speculate that an extremist Salafist group may have been behind the assassination, but official investigators have yet to report back.
More tolerant and mystical versions of the faith, as well as the ultra-puritanism of the Salafist movement, also compete for market share.
Salafist candidate Hazem Abu Ismael was also disqualified from running in the election because of his mother's U.S. citizenship, state television reported Saturday.
Others who may play a significant role include the cleric Abdul Majid al-Zindani, who heads the Salafist (very conservative) wing of the Islah party.
For the purposes of interpreting the data shown on the attached chart, Shariah adherence is considered strict over 4 and typically Salafist over 7.
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Some speculate an extremist Salafist group may have been behind it.
That was the case until last Sunday, when Khalid Abdullah, the premier commentator for al Nas, a popular Salafist television station, aired the clip on his show.
Guido Steinberg, a terrorism expert at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, sees the project as a reflection of competition inside the Salafist camp.
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Some within the Salafist camp take things an extra step and dye their beards with henna , producing a range of colours from maroon to bright pumpkin orange.
But none packs either his Salafist radicalism or his charisma.
Since Mr Ben Ali's fall, there has also been a resurgence of hardline Islamists such as the Salafist movement, some of whom want to see Sharia law introduced to Tunisia.
Despite its dominance, the Muslim Brotherhood appeared to have been caught by surprise by the strong showing of the more conservative Salafist movement, which advocates the adoption of strict Islamic law.
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Zerhouni said the attack was the work of the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC), the same group that took responsibility for an attack in April in downtown Algiers that killed 33 people.
But, essentially, they are either in agreement with the legal principle (like a scholar at al Azhar, a Salafist or a Muslim Brother) or have a general but acute awareness of the law's existence.
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Mr Belmokhtar joined the conflict, which claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, and became a key figure in the militant Armed Islamist Group (GIA) and later the breakaway Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC).
He was born in Algeria in the 1970s and served in the Algerian army before joining the Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat, which was heavily involved in the Algerian insurgency in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
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