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In this country, a story about a mounted sultan and a doll made of sugar is retold at thousands of carnivals on Mawlid. This country’s world-leading Dar al-Ifta is headed by its Grand Mufti, Shawki Allam. This is the most populous Muslim-majority country where (-5[1])ecstatic exorcisms called zar are widely practiced. This country was the birthplace of a Salafist writer whose ideas about jahiliyyah (10[2])(“jeh-hee-LEE-yeh”) inspired (10[1])many jihadi movements, named Sayyid Qutb (“KOO-tub”). Modernist theologians who frequently argue against Wahhabism dominate this country’s (10[1])leading Islamic university, al-Azhar (10[1])(“al-uzz-har”). Hassan al-Bannah founded an Islamic political group in this country that took power for two years in the wake of the (10[1])Tahrir Square protests (10[1])in 2011. For 10 points, the Muslim Brotherhood originated in what most populous Arab country? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Egypt [or Arab Republic of Egypt; or Maṣr; or Misr; or Jumhuriyat Misr al-Arabiyah]
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