Egyptian Islamist party rocked by nose-job scandal

Then it turned out there was no carjacking, no beating and no robbery. Al-Balkimy just had a nose job.

The problem with that is that his party follows a strict line of Islam that forbids cosmetic surgery as meddling in God’s work.

It was especially embarrassing for al-Nour, just weeks after a surprisingly strong showing in Egypt’s parliamentary election, where it captured a quarter of the seats by championing one of the world’s strictest interpretations of Islam, similar to Saudi Wahhabism…

“Based on what the hospital officials said, we decided to expel him from the party, and so he submitted his resignation,” Bakar said, adding that al-Balkimy apologised for the incident.