MALAYSIA: Malaysian Muslims rally in support of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi

Record ID: 214008

  • Title: MALAYSIA: Malaysian Muslims rally in support of Egypt's ousted President Mohamed Mursi
  • Date: 9th July 2013
  • Summary: KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA (JULY 9, 2013) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHING TOWARDS THE EMBASSY OF EGYPT IN MALAYSIA POSTER READING: MALAYSIANS SUPPORT DR. MOHAMED MORSI VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PLACARDS/PHOTO OF EGYPT'S OUSTED PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI/CHANTING SLOGAN POLICE LOOKING AT DEMONSTRATORS EGYPTIAN IN MALAYSIA, USAMA FALWAT, SPEAKING TO REPORTERS (SOUNDBITE) (English) EGYPTIAN IN MALAYSIA, USAMA FALWAT SAYING: "The important thing is democracy in Egypt. The important thing (is to) have a good life for our future, for our children, for our women. This is what we need. We need roads, we need flats, we need good salaries, we need to have at least, the low living, the low living of life." DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PLACARD PLACARD, READING: STOP THE VIOLENCE/ PHOTO OF EGYPT'S OUSTED PRESIDENT MOHAMED MURSI VARIOUS MALAYSIAN DEMONSTRATOR, MOHAMAD FADIK ISMAIL (CENTER), HOLDING PLACARDS (SOUNDBITE) (Bahasa Malaysia) MEMBER OF MALAYSIAN ISLAMIC NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION IKRAM, MOHAMAD FADIK ISMAIL SAYING: "I am very upset on what is happening now. I would like to represent all Islamic non-government organizations in Malaysia to express our concerns on the matter. We hope the army in Egypt will listen to people's demand and uphold justice among the society and religious in Egypt as well as the surrounding areas." DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING PHOTO OF MURSI AND A BANNER BARRING HAMAS LOGO HAMAS LOGO MASZLEE MALIK, PROFESSOR OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT IN INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA SPEAKING TO CROWD MURSI PHOTOS (SOUNDBITE) (English) PROFESSOR OF ISLAMIC POLITICAL THOUGHT IN INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY OF MALAYSIA, MASZLEE MALIK, SAYING: "The people, I mean the Tamaruts, the rebels and also the army are setting up a very detrimental precedent, which is you go for the ballot, somebody win, you don't like them, you go to the street, you bring in the army. And it is an endless game. And this is not the way to move forward, this is not good, not for Egypt, not for the region, not for the people of the world." VARIOUS OF DEMONSTRATORS PRAYING EXTERIOR OF THE EMBASSY OF EGYPT IN MALAYSIA SIGNBOARD, READING: EMBASSY OF EGYPT
  • Embargoed: 24th July 2013 13:00
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  • Location: Malaysia
  • Country: Malaysia
  • Topics: General,Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA9A21OEF8SSIVP1YWIMX592TO7
  • Story Text: More than 100 Muslims in Malaysia rallied in solidarity with Egypt's ousted Islamist President Mohamed Mursi on Tuesday (July 9), urging the interim government to halt violence against civilians immediately.
    The supporters, mostly members of Malaysia's opposition parties and non-governmental organizations, held up placards and photos of Mursi as they staged a demonstration in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.
    At least 51 people were killed on Monday (July 8) in Cairo when the army opened fire on Mursi supporters who camped outside the Republican Guard barracks, where the deposed leader is believed to be held.
    The Egyptian military said it opened fire in response to an attack by armed assailants.
    The bloodshed has shocked Egyptians, already tired of the turbulence that began 2-1/2 years ago with the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in a popular uprising.
    "The important thing is democracy in Egypt. The important thing (is to) have a good life for our future, for our children, for our women. This is what we need. We need roads, we need flags, we need good salaries, we need to have at least, the low living, the low living of life," said Usama Falwat, an Egyptian living in Malaysia.
    Representatives of the rally organizer presented a memorandum to the embassy demanding the Egyptian army cease all forms of "cruelty and murder" of civilians and restore the "legitimate president" Mursi.
    "I am very upset on what is happening now. I would like to represent all Islamic non-government organizations in Malaysia to express our concerns on the matter. We hope the army in Egypt will listen to people's demand and uphold justice among the society and religious in Egypt as well as the surrounding areas," said Mohamad Fadik Ismail, a member of Islamic NGO IKRAM, which promotes welfare of Muslims.
    People took to the streets of Egypt on June 30 to demand Mursi's resignation, fearing he was orchestrating a creeping Islamist takeover of the state -- a charge the Brotherhood has vehemently denied.
    But for many Islamists, the overthrow of Egypt's first freely elected president was a bitter reversal that raised fears of a return to the suppression they endured for decades under autocratic rulers like Mubarak."
    "The people, I mean the Tamaruds, the rebels and also the army are setting up a very detrimental precedent, which is 'you go for the ballot, somebody win, you don't like it you go to the street, you bring in the army' and it is an endless game. And this is not the way to move forward, this is not good, not for Egypt, not for the region, not for the people of the world," said Maszlee Malik, a professor of Islamic Political Thought in the Islamic University of Malaysia.
    The U.S State Department called on the Egyptian army to exercise "maximum restraint" in dealing with protesters after at least 51 people were killed when the military opened fire on supporters of Mursi on Monday.
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