Shaykh Yassir Burhami, vice president of the Da’wah al- Salafiah, stated during a popular conference held in al-Kharijah [Kharga], in al- Wadī al- Jadīd, that they support Abd al-Fattāh al-Sīsī in the presidential elections due to their belief that he is the most capable of leading the country in this critical phase which it is going through. He added that the reason why the Nūr party and al- Da’wah al- Salafiah is supporting al-Sīsī is to uphold the interest of the state rather than the interests of a single political faction. (Muhammad Badr al- Dīn, al- Dustūr, May 17, p. 2).