| Submit your comments on this article |
| Africa North |
| Pro-Morsi forces take to streets in 'Eid of Victory' rallies |
| 2013-08-10 |
| [Al Ahram] A 10,000-person protest march started at Al-Fath Mosque in Ramses and crossed Al-Nour Mosque in Abbasiya heading towards Rabaa Al-Adawiya on the second day of Eid- Al-Fitr, which closes the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Along with chants for regime change, the protesters sent greetings to the deposed president Mohamed Morsi, who has been held in an undisclosed locatio since 3 July, and wished him happy holidays. The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy, an Islamist umbrella group supporting Morsi, had called for nationwide mass protests following Friday prayers. Dubbing the day the "Eid of Victory" the alliance has called on Morsi loyalists to march from several mosques across Cairo and in Egypt's other governorates. The main banner under which the protesters will march is "the people want to topple the coup," the alliance said in a statement released Thursday. The alliance's call comes one day after Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy declared that his government is all but ready to disperse pro-Morsi sit-ins in Cairo after attempts by foreign dignitaries to mediate a resolution to the 6-week-old standoff between the government and a defiant Brotherhood failed. In the greater Cairo area, the demonstrations were set to kick off from Nour El-Mohamadeya Mosque in Matareya; Al-Aziz Bellah Mosque in Zaitoun; Amr Ibn El-Aas Mosque in Masr Al-Qadeema; the Nour Mosque in Abbasiya; the Fath Mosque in Ramses; the Assad Ibn El-Fourat Mosque in Dokki; Mostafa Mahmoud Mosque in Mohandiseen (all in Cairo); the Istikama Mosque in Giza and El-Hasry Mosque in 6 of October. In Giza, pro-Morsi marches blocked three main streets after Friday prayer as they headed to join a weeks-long sit-in at Nahda Square. The satellite district of 6 of October also witnessed a small protest, iterating slogans against the interior ministry and the army, while raising pictures of Mohamed Morsi. |
| Posted by:Fred |