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| Turk among 21 Students Facing Egypt Trial over Protest outside al-Azhar |
| 2013-12-09 |
| [An Nahar] An Egyptian court was to try 21 Islamist university students Sunday, including a Turkish man, after a violent protest outside the prestigious al-Azhar religious institution, prosecution officials said. The students at al-Azhar University in Cairo are accused of attacking the headquarters of the Sunni Musselmen authority in a November protest. A court has already sentenced 12 Islamist demonstrators to 17 years in jail for attacking the headquarters during another protest. Universities have become a key battleground for students who oppose the military's overthrow of Islamist president Mohammed Morsi ...the former president of Egypt. A proponent of the One Man, One Vote, One Timeprinciple, Morsi won election after the deposal of Hosni Mubarak and jumped to the conclusion it was his turn to be dictator... in July. |
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