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| Egypt protects liberalsÂ’ homes after death threat |
| 2013-02-09 |
| Egyptian police deployed security at the homes of prominent liberal opponents of the government on Thursday after a hardline cleric called for their deaths and a secular politician was gunned down in Tunisia. The killing on Wednesday of Chokri Belaid, an outspoken critic of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, sent tremors through Egypt. In both countries where “Arab Spring” uprisings swept away veteran authoritarian rulers, two years of political turmoil have exposed divisions between Islamists and their secular opponents. On the same day, Egyptian liberal politician Mohamed el Baradei, former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, sounded the alarm over a hardline cleric’s call for his death. The cleric, Mahmoud Shaaban, appeared on a religious television channel and said leaders of Egypt’s main opposition coalition would get a death sentence under sharia (Islamic law). He specifically mentioned el Baradei, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, and former presidential candidate Hamdeen Sabahy. President Mohamed Mursi, a member of the Islamist Muslim Brotherhood which has dominated democratic elections since mass protests ousted President Hosni Mubarak in 2011, condemned such comments as tantamount to “terrorism.” But he renewed accusations that the liberal opposition was inciting unrest. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #4 who gives a shit as long as the technical is a hyundai and is full of eu troops it's all good let them kill one another! |
| Posted by: Creash Elmomp8953 2013-02-09 17:56 |
| #3 But still you wonder Who's cheatin' who, who's being true Who takes extra care at the door It makes you wonder Who picked a fight or target tonight Who's technical's parked next door |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-02-09 12:23 |
| #2 And if you decide to deal with them---you already have soldiers in place. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2013-02-09 10:18 |
| #1 I was going to say something along the lines of "amazing how a glimpse of the hangman's noose sharpens one's thoughts". But I've a feeling that Morsi and his ilk decided that it's not yet time to deal with the opposition; Mahmoud Shaaban was just a wee bit premature with his fatwa. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2013-02-09 09:49 |