AFP — Muslims across Egypt offered prayers at local mosques early Tuesday to mark Eid al-Adha, as security forces shut down key public squares that have seen mass protests, including Cairo’s Tahrir Square.
The City of Mahallah in Gharbiya experienced limited skirmishes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Morsy after Eid prayers in the early morning of Tuesday.
The Muslim Brotherhood supported calls for continued protests and strongly condemned violence used by security forces, saying it demonstrated the regime’s weakness.
Toppled President Mohamed Morsy's brother, Hussein, sent him a letter for Eid al-Adha calling on him to hold on to his position.
Alexandria security services dispersed gathering by supporters of ex-President Mohamed Morsy on Mnday. Eyewitnesses said the troops fired teargas bombs and bird shots to disperse the supporters in Geleem area, east of Alexandria. The demonstrators were gathering to condemn ‘military coup’ which caused dozens to be injured.
Egyptian authorities arrested three people, allegedly belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood, in clashes between supporters and opponents of ousted President Mohamed Mursi in Alexandria on Monday.
Efforts by Islamist figure Ahmed Kamal Abul-Magd to mediate between the Muslim Brotherhood and interim government appear to have reached an impasse.
Egyptian authorities arrested senior Muslim Brotherhood figure Walid Al-Haddad early on Monday, security sources said.
Egyptian police fired teargas at protesters supporting deposed president Mohamed Morsi who gathered east of the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on Monday afternoon, according to Ahram's Arabic news website.
Military prosecution in Suez renewed the detention of 22 of Morsy supporters in Suez . They will be detained 15 days pending investigation on charges of inciting violence and attacking the armed forces.
A judge has extended the detention of deposed Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi for 30 days pending investigations into his escape from prison during the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak.
The army closed Tahrir Square to traffic on Sunday after receiving information that elements from the Muslim Brotherhood are planning to storm the square.
Prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader Mahdy Akef was referred to Cairo Criminal Court on Saturday for “insulting the judiciary and defaming its men.”
Egypt's Nour Party representative at the 50-member constitutional amendment committee, Mohamed Ibrahim Mansour, has objected to demands to classify international conventions signed by Egypt to the "level of constitutions."
Supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi have called for fresh protests despite recent clashes that left dozens dead and hundreds injured.
A vigil held to commemorate the victims killed during the armed forces’ deadly attack on predominantly Coptic protesters two years ago, dubbed by the media as the Maspero Massacre, soon turned into a march which was prevented from entering Tahrir Square on Wednesday.
The National Alliance in Support of Legitimacy, the organization leading "anti-coup" protests following the overthrow of Islamist President Mohamed Morsy, has called for fresh protests on Friday.
AFP – Thirty Emiratis and Egyptians charged with allegedly setting up an illegal branch of the Muslim Brotherhood are to go on trial in the UAE next month, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Social Solidarity Minister Ahmed al-Boraie announced Wednesday the dissolution of the Muslim Brotherhood association, saying that the ministry was operating within the proper legal framework.
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