ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Egypt's second biggest Islamist faction may have rallied behind a new army-backed constitution passed in a referendum last week, but its support for a presidential bid by military chief General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi appears less certain.

A prominent Egyptian academic who has been charged with espionage in a case whose co-defendants include ousted president Mohamed Morsi, said on Wednesday that the allegations against him were "baseless and politically-motivated."

Six Brotherhood members were arrested in Warraq, Giza, after prosecutors ordered their arrest on charges of organizing demonstrations in violation of the law which not only requires prior-authorization but bans all Brotherhood-related activities.

The Ministry of Justice is waiting for a response from Qatari authorities regarding the request to extradite leading Gamaa Islamiyya member Assem Abdel Maged to stand trial for charges in Egypt, Deputy Minister of Justice for International Cooperation Adel Fahmy told Youm7 Wednesday.

The National Alliance to Support Legitimacy urged citizens to revolt against the military-backed government in a statement published on their official Facebook page on Wednesday.

Former president Mohamed Morsi will attend his trial in a soundproof booth on Jan. 28, security sources told Youm7 Tuesday.

The moderate front for countering religious violence and excessiveness, which includes several Al-Jihad dissidents, has declared participation in events on 25 January with a new initiative to support nomination of Defense Ministry Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for presidency and return of Muslim Brotherhood back to politics after abandoning violence.

An UAE court Abu Dhabi ruled against 30 Egyptian and Emirati defendants, in person and in absentia, in the case of the Muslim Brotherhood cell, with prison terms ranging between three months and five years, while one person was acquitted from two charges, according to Emirati newspaper Emirates Today on Tuesday.

The Muslim Brotherhood will run the upcoming parliamentary elections, Nour Party Spokesperson Abdel Ghaffar Taha told CBC channel in an interview Monday.

Judge Mohamed Sherine Fahmy, head of the Cairo Criminal Court , on Monday filed a lawsuit against Hazem Salah Abu Ismail, founder of the Al-Raya Party, accusing him of insulting the court.

A Cairo appeal court ordered on Tuesday deposed president Mohamed Morsi to stand trial on 16 February over allegations he collaborated with Hamas, Hezbollah and other organisations to commit terrorist acts in Egypt.

Prominent Egyptian Salafist Sheikh Yasser El-Borhamy has levelled accusations at Muslim Brotherhood leaders for last August's violent dispersals of the group's two sit-ins in Cairo, saying that they are responsible for the hundreds of their members who were killed by security forces whom "they abandoned".

CAIRO, Jan 20 (Aswat Masriya) Prominent Salafi preacher and politician Hazem Salah Abu Ismail was sentenced to one year in prison, with labor, on Monday, for insulting the Egyptian judiciary.

Pro-Muslim Brotherhood students in Asyut attempted to break into the administration building of Asyut University Monday, after protesting in front of the Faculty of Science, but were stopped by security.

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Members of the Britain First party protested Saturday in front of the Muslim Brotherhood headquarters in London, to urge the expulsion of the group from England, according to its website.

A Cairo University spokesperson said on Monday that the university’s council had agreed to allow police on the campus, Al-Ahram Arabic reported.

Attorney General Hisham Barakat has referred deposed president Mohamed Morsi and 25 others to a criminal court for “insulting the judiciary.”

Russians have celebrated the Orthodox Christian holiday of Epiphany by dipping themselves into below zero freezing waters.

Any national reconciliation starts with the political will among all disputed parties to realize the reconciliation, General Secretary Assistant of Al-Nour Party Shaaban Abdel Aleem said Sunday.

The Muslim Brotherhood’s “greed and stubbornness” prevented positive changes in Egypt after the January 25 revolution, Salafist Nour Party spokesperson Naddar Bakkar has claimed.