Al Gharbiyah, Egypt News

The Muslim Brotherhood's candidate has a commanding lead in absentee voting for Egypt's presidency, Egyptian diplomats said Monday, buoyed by support from the country's expatriate community in Saudi Arabia - the world's largest.

ADVANCE FOR USE MONDAY, MAY 21, 2012 AND THEREAFTER - FILE - In this Friday, May 11, 2012 file photo, Egyptian presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, Ahmed Shafiq, waves to his supporters during a meeting in Tanta, about 90 kilometers north of Cairo, Egypt.

Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood planned a mass climax to its presidential campaign on Sunday, hoping to sway undecided voters and clinch victory in this week's election when Egyptians will choose their leader freely for the first time.

Egyptian presidential candidate for the upcoming elections Ahmed Shafiq, center, is welcomed by his supporters during a meeting in Tanta, about 90 km north of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 11, 2012.

Egyptian presidential candidate for the upcoming elections Ahmed Shafiq, center, is welcomed by his supporters during a meeting in Tanta, about 90 km north of Cairo, Egypt, Friday, May 11, 2012.

When asked which candidate in Egypt's forthcoming presidential elections Egypt's Copts should vote for, Metropolitan Bakhomious, acting patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church, said that the Church "stood at an equal distance" from all 13 presidential candidates and did not back any of them.