CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's leading religious scholars spurned the ruling Muslim Brotherhood's choice and picked an apolitical Islamic law professor on Monday to be the country's top cleric.
The post of grand mufti of Egypt carries wide influence over legislation and social affairs.
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