“Welcome, welcome, welcome,” said the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) Guide Akef, while all the brothers cried “Allah is Almighty” and raised the Koran high. One of them rushed to kiss the shoe, and all said we should take that shoe to all our branches in the provinces. The Guide ordered that the shoe be put on a silk cushion in a glass box and placed at the entrance of the Guidance Bureau with a plate reading: This is the shoe of our struggling brother Ashraf Badr Eddin of Menoufia, the commander of the shoe operation in the Egyptian Parliament on Saturday, 13 Muharram 1430 Hijri/January 10, 2009 AD. Then the Guide kissed Ashraf's forehead and took off his Italian shoes and gave them to him as a present. But Ashraf found that the Guide's size is 44 while he wears size 41. Yet he still kept them. Then the Guide congratulated all the brothers of the world that Ashraf crushed the National Democratic Party (NDP) deputies who wanted to assault him. The small MB group of 88 won the big NDP group of 352 with big-size shoes.
I thought the MB deputies wear sandals as they go to Parliament on the camels that they give as dowry in their marriages like Antar bin Shaddad gave his beloved Abla. But it seems they do wear shoes that they throw at the NDP Jahilliah (ignorance of divine guidance) deputies. I guess this is not written in the Koran because what is worn in the feet should not be thrown at heads lest it revoke ablution.
It seems they prefer moccasin shoes because they are easy to take off in Parliament, an act they get trained for once they join the group. That is why when the Guide once saw an MB member wearing shoes with laces, he admonished him and ordered Sheikh Mohamed Abdallah al-Khatib to come up with a Fatwa (Religious Edict) prohibiting it. Finally, the Guide prayed for Montasser al-Zaidi: “God give him another pair of shoes. God do not let him throw a shoe at the Guidance Office. God only make him throw it in Parliament.” Then all the brothers took off their shoes and threw them in the air in solidarity with Gaza.
