Head of the Salafist Al-Nour party Emad Abd El-Ghafour denied on Friday news that he will be running for the presidential candidates. Abd El-Ghafour's statements came after a facebook page was set in support of him as president.

Abd El-Ghafour stated that he has no connection to the activists who set up the facebook page and did not know who they were, confirming that he is not intending to run the presidential race.