In many ways, Mohamed Morsi, a conservative Islamist, has been an accidental candidate in the race to become Egypt’s next president.
It was not until his mentor, Khairat el-Shater, was disqualified from the race that Morsi became the choice of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s most powerful Islamist group. Some Egyptians deride him as the “spare tire,’’ a reference to his backup role. He is an engineer and a university professor not known for gravitas or charisma.
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