I wonder if this was talked about during the Muslim Brotherhood’s meeting with White House officials? Something tells me, no.

CAIRO (AP) — Trying to unite divided Islamists behind him, the presidential hopeful of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood has promised to give religious clerics power to review legislation to ensure it is in line with Islamic law, a group of ultraconservative Muslim clerics said Wednesday.

Brotherhood candidate Khairat el-Shater is trying to avert a split in the votes of religious conservatives in next month’s presidential election. The Brotherhood is Egypt’s strongest fundamentalist group, but several other Islamists are running in the vote — particularly Hazem Abu Ismail, who has strong support among Salafis, the most hard-line religious movement in Egypt.

El-Shater met Tuesday with a panel of Salafi scholars and clerics, seeking their support

The group, called the Jurisprudence Commission for Rights and Reform, said in a posting on its Facebook page that el-Shater promised that, if elected, he would form a council of clerics to review legislation to ensure it adheres to Islamic Shariah law. The commission is an umbrella group set up after last year’s uprising against President Hosni Mubarak to represent Islamic factions, mostly Salafis, though the Brotherhood also has a representative in the commission.