Hazem Abu Ismail supporters rally at the State Council court

01/11

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Egyptian Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail gestures outside the court.

02/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

03/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

04/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

06/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

07/11

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Dozens gathered to demand a halt to the work of the founding committee for the development of the Constitution, which was taken over by Islamists.

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Dozens gathered to demand a halt to the work of the founding committee for the development of the Constitution, which was taken over by Islamists.

09/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

10/11

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

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Hundreds of his supporters rallied outside the headquarters of the Council of State.

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Egyptian Salafist presidential candidate Hazem Abu Ismail is surrounded by his supporters during a rally outside the State Council court in Cairo.

The court consider the case filed by Abu Ismail for the issuance of a court ruling to cancel the decision of the Minister of the Interior,And the convening of a meeting of the ruling on the legitimacy of the founding committee for the preparation of the Constitution.
The Egyptian administrative court suspended the Islamist-dominated commission tasked with drafting a new constitution amid a boycott by liberals, moderate Muslims and the Coptic church while a provisional list of candidates includes former Arab League chief Amr Mussa, ultra-conservative Islamist preacher Hazem Abu Ismail, the Muslim Brotherhood's Khairat El-Shater, former Brotherhood member Abdel Moneim Abul Fotouh, Mubarak's last prime minister, Ahmed Shafiq, and former intelligence chief Omar Suleiman