Following are excerpts from a TV show, in which Egyptian Sunni activist Walid Ismail and Egyptian Shiite activist Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud come to blows. The show aired on Al-Shabab TV, via the Internet, on September 9, 2012.
Moderator: Let's just talk about one more thing, since we have only a few minutes left. Let's talk about the citizen and citizenship. Are Egyptian Shiites more loyal to Egypt or to Iran? In Lebanon, Hassan Nasrallah said: "I'm more loyal to Iran than to Lebanon." Is it the same case with the Shiites in Egypt?
Shiite activist Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: Things are much simpler than that. There is this bunch of really stupid people, who are like a woodworm gnawing away at the Egyptian people. I'm talking about the Wahhabis. They are the ones who are responsible for everything – they are the ones who have driven a wedge between Muslims and Copts, and between Muslims and Muslims. They themselves are divided into different sects.
Secondly, I was a Salafi and then I became a Shiite. I wasn't born a Shiite. My father has a Masters degree in Sunni jurisprudence...
Sunni activist Walid Ismail: He renounced you...
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: You are a liar.
Walid Ismail: He did, and so did your brothers.
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: You are a liar...
Walid Ismail: By God, they all renounced you...
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: Your wife is contacting Shiites, offering to engage them in "pleasure marriage."
Walid Ismail: That's inappropriate...
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: Do you want me to provide recordings?
Walid Ismail throws something at Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud, who jumps out of his chair
Walid Ismail: Shame on you! That was below the belt! You're being insolent.
Moderator: That's enough, Walid. [to Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud:] How dare you mention his wife?! Shame on you!
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: I didn't say anything like that.
Moderator: Show some respect! Shame on you!
Mahmoud Ahmad Mahmoud: I didn't say anything like that.
Moderator: That's it, Walid. I apologize...
Dear viewers, let's take a short break. We'll return shortly.
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