Salafism has existed in Egypt for most of the 20th century, eventually becoming an influential social force after the 1970s. The majority of Egyptian Salafis, however, first avoided any involvement in politics, and were heavily critical of the Muslim Brotherhood for taking part in the democratic facade of the Mubarak years. The 25 January 2011 revolution changed the picture completely: from March 2011, Salafis started announcing the creation of political parties - seven of them until this day. The biggest and most successful of all turned out to be the Nour party, which was founded by the country's most powerful Salafi religious organization: the Salafi call (al-da'wa al-salafiyya) of Alexandria. During the parliamentary elections of late 2011-early 2012, the coalition led by the Nour party gained about 25% of the seats in both the majlis al-sha'b and the majlis al-shura (i.e. the two houses of Egypt's parliament). The integration of Salafis to the political sphere sparked extremely lively debates among Salafi sympathizers and ideologues about the legitimate means and aims of politics in the open context of the post-revolution era. I will argue that one can ideal-typically distinguish three groups with distinct positions on those debates: the “sheikhs”, who argue that Salafis should not practice politics for the sake of politics, and that the Nour party should be no more than a pressure group in the political sphere to defend the interests of the Salafi call; the “politicians”, who are ready to fully embrace the logic of politics, even if this means accepting to compromise with the Salafi doctrine; and the “revolutionaries”, who prefer street politics to parliamentary politics, and blame the established Salafi parties for not pushing hard enough for the implementation of the Sharia. In this context, I will analyze the split that happened in the Nour party in December 2012, as a result of which the Salafi “politicians” left to establish a new party called the Watan (“Homeland”) party, which claims to be “a party for all Egyptians” and not only for Salafis, and openly asserts its independence from Salafi sheikhs.