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| Dozens of Islamists protest demanding purge of Egypt's media |
| 2013-03-30 |
| [Al Ahram] On Friday, dozens of Islamist protesters gathered at Egyptian Media Production City, a media complex on the outskirts of Cairo, to once again demand the "purging of biased Egyptian media." Whoa! Dozens! A number of security vehicles were deployed around the complex. At a similar protest on Monday, several media figures were assaulted by protesters at the entrance to the area. The Monday protest were initially called for by several Islamist groups on Saturday due to what they described as biased coverage of the festivities at the Moslem Brüderbund headquarters in Cairo's Mokattam district on Friday 22 March. Around 200 people were maimed in nationwide festivities last Friday between supporters and opponents of the Moslem Brüderbund. In December, following an appeal by influential Salafist politician Hazem Salah Abu-Ismail, Islamist supporters of President Mohamed Morsi staged an almost week-long sit-in outside the media complex to demand a "purge" of media elements "who are misleading the public and inciting violence." Most private Egyptian television and radio stations air their programmes from the complex in Sixth October City, a satellite city on the outskirts of Cairo. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 Try finding a non-LGBT venue on American teevee. It's a way of sticking it to the 'straights', meneer. Still, it's preferable to what the Islamists would bring. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-03-30 14:14 |
| #2 Noam Chomsky must be so proud. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-03-30 07:54 |
| #1 They should be so lucky. Try finding a non-LGBT venue on American teevee. There seems to be no end to the influx of sodomite sitcoms. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-30 00:47 |