Morsi said dancing violates sharia law in 2005

From Al Arabiya:

A twirl, a two-step, a shimmy and a whirl. None are likely to win points with Egypt’s Mohammed Mursi.

The Egyptian president revealed an early dislike of dance even before he took office, a recently resurfaced video has revealed.

In an interview with Mursi, filmed eight years ago, the then MP said that dance “violates Shariah (Islamic) law.”

Mursi also belittled an Egyptian dance school, saying: “What is this school? What is its role? What are its goals?”

“This school, with the known concept of dancing, violates the constitution's article II,” Mursi told Egyptian presenter Wael Abrashi on Dream TV 8 years ago.

Mursi can also be heard saying that dancing has a “negative influence on the viewer,” adding that the school “violates” Sharia law as well as the Egyptian constitution.

Mursi’s old interview has resurfaced almost a week after an Islamist lawmaker threatened to close a ballet school in the country.

The funny part is that YouTube is filled with parody videos of Morsi dancing: