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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, (-5[1])Shawki Allam. This is the most populous Muslim-majority country (-5[1])where (-5[1])ecstatic exorcisms called zar are widely practiced. This country was the birthplace of a Salafist writer whose ideas about jahiliyyah (“jeh-hee-LEE-yeh”) inspired many jihadi movements, named Sayyid Qutb (10[1])(“KOO-tub”). Modernist theologians who frequently argue against Wahhabism dominate this country’s leading Islamic university, (-5[1])al-Azhar (-5[1])(“al-uzz-har”). Hassan al-Bannah founded (-5[1])an Islamic political group in this country (0[1])that took power for two years in the wake of the Tahrir Square protests in (10[1])2011. (10[1])For 10 points, the Muslim Brotherhood (10[1])originated in what most populous Arab country? ■END■ (10[3])

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