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Egypt Islamists Plan Mass Demo to 'Protect Revolution'
[An Nahar] Islamist parties have called a mass rally Friday as a show of force ahead of planned opposition protests calling for Islamist President Mohamed Morsi to go, highlighting Egypt's highly charged political divide.The Freedom and Justice Party (FJP), the political arm of the powerful Moslem Brüderbund from which Morsi hails, and several other groups, have called for a "million-man march to protect the revolution" in Cairo's Nasr City neighborhood. The groups met at the Brotherhood's headquarters on Wednesday to finalize arrangements for the rally, which calls for Islamists to close ranks and "face the counter-revolution", a Brotherhood statement said. Friday's rally is a demonstration of power by the Islamists ahead of planned June 30 demonstrations to call for early presidential elections. A campaign dubbed Tamarod (rebellion in Arabic) first called for the anti-Morsi rally to coincide with the first anniversary of his becoming president. Posted by: Fred 2013-06-21 |
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