Presidential candidate Abdullah el-Ashaal withdrew from Egypt's presidential race in favour of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) candidate Khairat el-Shater, Mohamed Badie, the supreme preacher of the MB announced. Presidential candidate Abdullah el-Ashaal withdrew from Egypt's presidential race in favour of the Muslim Brotherhood's (MB) candidate Khairat el-Shater, Mohamed Badie, the supreme preacher of the MB announced. The decision was announced yesterday in a press conference at the MB's headquarters where head of the MB's Freedom and Justice Party Mohamed Morsi, as well the now-former candidate Abdullah el-Ashaal attended the conference. Meanwhile, Mohamed Badie, the Muslim Brotherhood's Supreme Guide, expressed his support for the decision made by presidential hopeful Abdullah el-Ashaal to withdraw from the presidential race in favour of the Freedom and Justice Party's official candidate endorsement, Khairat el-Shater. El-Ashaal, an Islamic thinker and former diplomat, announced his intention to withdraw from the race yesterday at a conference at the Brotherhood headquarters in the Mokattam district of Cairo. He had previously announced his intention to run for the presidential race in April 2011, yet his campaign since that announcement was largely invisible. The Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party announced its official endorsement of el-Shater, former deputy of the Brotherhood supreme guide , last Saturday.