Rabat – The vice president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars and former leader of the Movement for Unity and Reform (URM), Ahmed Raissouni, said, "I was very comfortable with the overthrow of [Egypt's] Mohamed Morsi. I was in fact happy because the presidency is irrelevant", Morocco World News reported. In an interview with the Moroccan weekly newspaper Al-Ayam Al-Ousbouiya, the Moroccan scholar said, "I was aware that the quick emergence and rise of the Muslim Brotherhood were abnormal. However, the problem is not only the coup and the overthrow of Morsi – it's the bloodbath, tyranny and the cancel of all the benefits of the revolution." He added "during their visit to Morocco two months ahead of the Egypt's presidential elections, I, and some members of the URM and the Justice and Development Party (PJD) advised many leaders of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood not to elect their candidate as Egypt's president."