EGYPT: As Egypt braces itself for a day of mass protests, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters begin gathering in Cairo
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EGYPT: As Egypt braces itself for a day of mass protests, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters begin gathering in Cairo
- Title: EGYPT: As Egypt braces itself for a day of mass protests, hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters begin gathering in Cairo
- Date: 16th August 2013
- Summary: CAIRO, EGYPT (AUGUST 16, 2013) (REUTERS) FATTAH MOSQUE IN RAMSES SQUARE WHERE PRO-MURSI PROTESTS ARE PLANNED PROTESTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE MOSQUE FOR FRIDAY PRAYERS MOSQUE DOME PROTESTERS WALKING TOWARDS MOSQUE STEPS MORE OF PROTESTERS WALKING PROTESTER ON MEGAPHONE CHANTING (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) PROTESTER, YOUSSEF FAHMY, SAYING: "They killed them, they murdered them. We are here for Islam, not for a person, not for the Muslim Brotherhood, not for anybody. I do not belong to any political faction, I belong to Islam, to the religion, and I am here today only for the victory of Islam." WIDE OF PROTESTERS GATHERED VARIOUS OF PROTESTERS CHANTING (Arabic) "I am a terrorist if you terrorise my religion." PROTESTERS SITTING ON STEPS OF MOSQUE TRAFFIC IN STREET IN FRONT OF MOSQUE
- Embargoed: 31st August 2013 13:00
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- Country: Egypt
- Topics: Domestic Politics
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- Story Text: Hundreds of supporters of Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi began gathering at a Cairo mosque on Friday (August 16) ahead of what is likely to be a day of protest across Egypt.
The deeply polarised country is braced for renewed confrontation after the Muslim Brotherhood called for a nationwide march of millions to show anger at a ferocious security crackdown on Islamists in which hundreds were killed.
"They killed them, they murdered them. We are here for Islam, not for a person, not for the Muslim Brotherhood, not for anybody. I do not belong to any political faction, I belong to Islam, to the religion, and I am here today only for the victory of Islam," said Youssef Fahmy, one of the protesters at the mosque.
Defying criticism from major Western allies, Egypt's army-backed government warned it would turn its guns on anyone who attacked the police or public institutions.
At least 623 people died and thousands were wounded on Wednesday (August 14) when police cleared out two protest camps in Cairo set up to denounce the military overthrow on July 3 of Mursi, Egypt's first freely elected president. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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