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Alexandria 'rioters' seek to disrupt referendum, says preacher El-Mahalawy
[Al Ahram] Ahmed El-Mahalawy, an ultra-orthodox Islamist and a staunch supporter of President Mohamed Morsi, said Fridays fresh violent confrontations aimed at disrupting the ongoing constitution referendum.Egypts health ministry said 32 people were maimed after festivities erupted between Islamists, who had staged a rally to condemn what they describe as attack on mosques, and unknown opponents in front of Alexandrias Qaed Ibrahim Mosque after Fridays prayer. What is happening in front of the mosque is aimed at halting the referendum. I hope the referendum will go ahead peacefully, El-Mahalawy told Qatari-owned Al-Jazeera  ... an Arab news network headquartered in Qatar, notorious for carrying al-Qaeda press releases. The name means the Peninsula,as in the Arabian Peninsula. In recent years it has settled in to become slightly less biased than MSNBC, in about the same category as BBC or CBS... television. I hope people would move out of the mosques vicinity. They should not damage the properties of their country. The protest comes after iconic Alexandria Sheikh Ahmed El-Mahalawy was held captive inside the mosque for 14 hours last Friday by worshippers angered by the overt Islamist rhetoric in his sermon. El-Mahalawy demanded worshippers last Friday seek the implementation of Sharia (Islamic law) ahead of the referendum's first round, which was regarded as a call to vote 'Yes' for the constitution. Over 20 people were maimed last Friday in the ensuing confrontations and a few vehicles were set alight The National Salvation Front, led by ex-presidential candidates Mohamed ELBaradei,  Jerry Lewis doppelgänger Amr Moussa... who was head of the Arab League for approximately two normal lifespans, accomplishing nothing that was obvious to the casual observer ... and Hamdeen Sabbahi, called on the president to postpone the referendum for two weeks until a national consensus is reached over the constitution, which was drafted by an Islamist-dominated Constituent Assembly. Posted by: Fred 2012-12-22 |
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