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February 8, 2014

Al-Azhar scholars call for grand shaikh to resign

Al-Azhar Scholars’ Front has said that the legal president of Egypt is the freely-elected Mohamed Morsi. It called for Al-Azhar University and Mosque’s Grand Shaikh Ahmed al-Tayyip, who offered...

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February 8, 2014

Governor of western province resigns

The governor of the western province, Dr Ahmad Al Beely, has today resigned from his post in protest against the military coup. He has also announced his decision to...

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February 8, 2014

Pro-Morsi protesters take to the streets of Egypt

Massive crowds of pro-Morsi demonstrators have taken to the streets of Egypt after the Alliance of Pro-Morsi Legitimacy called for protests in support of the democratically-elected president who was...

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February 8, 2014

Key issues behind timing of the coup

A key aide of Egypt’s President Morsi has revealed the three key decisions which appear to have been behind the timing of the military coup this week. They would...

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February 8, 2014

Post-coup casualties rise in Egypt

The Egyptian health ministry has revealed that 30 people were killed in the country’s anti-coup demonstrations on Friday. Four hundred and sixty protesters needed hospital treatment. As protesters approached...

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February 8, 2014

Brotherhood lists six goals for protests

The information advisor of the Freedom and Justice Party has issued a list of six goals for the protests against this week’s military coup in Egypt. Writing on his...

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February 8, 2014

Police open fire while anti-coup protesters pray

Video Egyptian police opened fire towards anti-coup protesters on Friday while they were praying in front of the El-Arish Governorate building in north Sinai. The shooting was apparently intended...

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February 8, 2014

Army and opposition “misjudged” Brotherhood power

The Egyptian army and opposition groups have “misjudged” the power of the Muslim Brotherhood, a leading journalist has claimed. The editor of the London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi newspaper, Abdul-Bari Atwan,...

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February 8, 2014

Arbitrary detentions signal return of police state

The arbitrary detention of Muslim Brotherhood members signals the return of a police state, a movement spokesman has said. “That is why the Brotherhood cannot accept the coup against...

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February 8, 2014

Egyptian police detain prominent anti-coup politicians

Two prominent anti-coup politicians have been arrested by the interim authorities in Egypt. Former parliamentarian Essam Sultan and Abul Ela Madi were detained, it is believed, for articulating their...

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